Were are not guinea pigs

A LAPTh member on the French TV show "On n'est pas que des Cobayes" (we are not only gunea pigs).  This is a regular show on the national channel France 5.

Richard Taillet was invited to participate in the issue of January 10, 2014, where friendly "cobayes" wonder if one can jump off a running train, as in the movies.

Vidéo

FameLab

The CCSTI Cran Gevrier,  LAPP, and  LAPTh teamed up  for the organisation of one of the four regional finals of FameLab on 17 april 2014 in Annecy. FameLab is an international contest in scientific communication, which was created in 2005 at the Times Cheltenham Festival, and which involves each year more than 5000 young scientists and engineers from more than 20 countries. This year, the first French edition of this contest will take place, organised in collaboration with AMCSTI, CNES, CERN, INSERM, and Cheltenham Festival.

The candidates for FameLab France have to

• be older than 21 but less than 40 years,
• work or study in exact sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics in France
• sign up before 28 february at the address http://www.britishcouncil.fr/famelab

Read more: FameLab

Guilhem Bernard on French TV. The Cosmic bubble

Guilhem Bernard a PhD student at LAPTh was invited, during the Fête de la Science (the yearly Science Festival), on the news programme of the French channel FR3 to talk about  his project (the cosmic bubble) and the importance of outreach especially towards young children. Video here.

The Cosmic Bubble: : Let yourself be drawn into a galactic journey to discover the source of cosmic rays. This unique sensory experience to discover the wonders of the galaxy

Read more: Guilhem Bernard on French TV. The Cosmic bubble

Festival of Science 2013

The 2013 Science Festival

For this year's festival, a cycle of 4 presentations for the general public will be given by physicists from LAPTh and LAPP on saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October. These presentations will be held in the auditorium Marcel Vivargent (LAPP/LAPTh) in Annecy-le-Vieux.

Here is the programme (All talks in French) :

Saturday 12 October at 14h : "Voir l’invisible, vues scientifiques et vues d’artistes" par Loic Rolland (LAPP)

Saturday 12 October at 17h : "Un boson nommé Higgs" par Paul Sorba (LAPTh)

Sunday 13 October at 14h : "Défis technologiques : explorer l’espace et la matière" par Armand Fiasson (LAPP)

Sunday 13 October at 17h : "L’image astronomique : du télescope à l’utilisation scientifique" par Richard Taillet (LAPTh)