PhotonLab

Attention quantum friends! As part of the new communication and education project Quanten(t)räume of the Deutsches Museum and other institutions in Munich, the MPQ school laboratory PhotonLab is now for the first time offering visits to anyone aged 14 and interested in quantum physics. More than 20 different experimental stations are waiting to help grasp the basics of quantum physics and to learn how these phenomena shape our technologies today and in the future. On Friday per month, starting October. more

After the successful live premiere weekend on June 29 and 30, 2024 at the “Münchner Wissenschaftstage / forscha” and the “Festival der Zukunft” at the Deutsches Museum, the third episode of the German language radio play “Alice im Quantenland” is now available to listen to on all popular streaming portals. This time, Alice, Schrödinger and Rabbit go to the quantum fair, where there are once again some unusual things to discover and experience. more

A packed programme awaited this year's Girls' Day participants. In addition to talks by Dr Silke Stähler-Schöpf, head of the school laboratory, and PhD student Maya Büki, the day's main theme was "try it yourself". In the Photonlab school laboratory, the participants had a go at the various experiments and learnt about physical phenomena in a fun way - in particular, how lasers work, which play an important role in the institute's research. more