Free initiative from the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials offers physics, chemistry and biology teachers from across the country access to major national scientific facilities On Thursday, August 20, CNPEM (the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials) will open registration for the ninth edition of ESPEM, the Sirius School for…
A team made up of female students from the CNPEM undergraduate course, Ilum School of Science, won first place in the Unicamp Challenge, the main competition for business models based on technologies patented by the university. The LumiNova team took home the trophy in the Panel Evaluation category and also won the Popular Vote, a…
Matheus Zaia Monteiro, a 2023 graduate of the Ilum School of Science, received second place for the Beatriz Neves Award, given by the Brazilian Society of Applied and Computational Mathematics (SBMAC) in the Scientific Initiation category. The award was created in 2002 and every year recognizes outstanding work by students at different levels within the field of applied…
Five students from Science Olympiads got to know Sirius, carried out practical experiments and exchanged experiences with researchers and teachers during the five days of programming Between June 29 and July 3, five medal-winning students in the Brazilian Physics Olympiad for Public Schools (OBFEP) carried out a week of scientific immersion at CNPEM (Brazilian Center…
Free event at Ilum School of Science welcomes high school students and visitors interested in science on September 26 in Campinas Registration is open from June 29 to September 13 for Ilum de Portas Abertas (IPA) 2026, the annual open house at the Ilum School of Science, a free public undergraduate degree program offered by…
Researchers, students and professionals interested in the frontiers of science can look forward to the Workshop on Advanced Methods in Complex Biological Systems, which will be held by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) and the Ilum School of Science on September 14 and 15 in Ilum’s Learning Center, located at…
Young students from five states will visit Sirius, participate in hands-on activities, and interact with researchers and cutting-edge science Five students who won medals in the Brazilian Physics Olympiad for Public Schools (OBFEP) will be able to use the knowledge they acquired in the classroom in a concrete scientific research experience. Between June 29 and…
Pioneering continuing education program prepares public school teachers to use AI critically and apply it to contemporary environmental challenges Paraíba will be one of the first Brazilian states to promote large-scale training for public school teachers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to education. The initiative is the result of a partnership between the State Secretariat…
Raquel Viana, a student at the Ilum School of Science, was recognized for her research in the field of nanomaterials Raquel Viana of the Ilum School of Science, the undergraduate degree program at CNPEM (the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials), received an honorable mention during the 2026 Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian…
Como descobrir novos materiais? À primeira vista, a resposta parece simples: basta criar algo que ainda não existe. Mas o verdadeiro desafio começa quando percebemos a escala absurda do problema. Considere apenas 80 elementos “amigáveis” da tabela periódica, excluindo gases nobres e elementos artificiais ou altamente radioativos. Variando a composição em passos de 1% em…
