Night of Physics 2022
The Department of Physics and NCCR "QSIT - Quantum Science and Technology" are pleased to invite you and your family to the Night of Physics! On the afternoon and evening of Friday, 17 June 2022, you are all cordially invited to join us on the ETH Zurich Hönggerberg campus. We will have the latest in the field of physics ready for you to see, touch, play and interact with, and listen to. And our scientists will be happy to answer your questions.
Through hands-on experiments, lectures, laboratory visits, and more, we will present the exciting world of physics, ranging from quantum computers and materials science, to astrophysics and particle physics.
Participation is free, all are welcome. Registration is only needed for the lab tours, you can register directly on site at the respective "meeting points". For all other events no registration is needed.
Apart from the lectures and guided tours, all other events take place outside in the grounds of the Albert-Steiner-Garten.
We look forward to seeing you at Hönggerberg!
Programme
The Night of Physics organising committee has prepared the summer festival on the theme of research intensively and with great pleasure. Our goal is to offer an exciting and entertaining programme mix for everyone (adults and children alike), which also leaves enough room for direct and spontaneous exchange with researchers, students and apprentices.
In this interview for the ETH News, Professor Klaus Ensslin explains why a visit to the Hönggerberg is worthwhile.
The latest from cutting-edge research
In the lecture halls you can expect, for example, lectures on diamond quantum sensors, the exploration of life on distant planets and the fastest clock in the world. In over 30 hands-on experiments & demonstrations, a series of laboratory tours and visits to the physics workshops, we also show why basic research is so central to our society.
Personal exchange with researchers
In the extensive landscaped garden of the Hönggerberg campus, our research groups offer an insight into their current basic research at over 30 stands and answer questions about the latest findings in physics: about the latest telescopes, solar observation, quantum computers and quantum engineering.
Experimenting and finding out about study programmes
Phenomena which are often difficult to understand in theory become comprehensible when you experiment yourself. Or have the opportunity to watch experiments being demonstrated, which the apprentices at the department have built during their apprenticeship. These experiments illustrate how much physics is involved in our everyday lives, for example how data packets are transmitted in fibre optic cables. Those who want to understand physics and study, or complete an apprenticeship, at ETH will not miss out either.
Fun and games until late at night
Sit in the park or under the passerelles with a glass of beer or coke while listening to the current pieces of the ETH Big Band, watch children at the workshops and meet friends. Maybe solve a quiz together or visit an exhibition with insights into the laboratories, look up at the sky through the telescope when it gets dark, or play Newton's Apple yourself in the bouldering area. And under starry skies, eat ice cream made by researchers especially for the Night of Physics with liquid nitrogen, which they otherwise use to immobilise exotic matter.