IMDEA Nanociencia participates with 12 different experiments at the 'Madrid es Ciencia' 2025 fair at IFEMA

31.03.2025

• IMDEA Nanociencia researchers illustrated their research through 12 fun experiments.
• Audiences of all ages visited the IMDEA Nanociencia counter, which was open to the public on March 27, 28 and 29, at the IFEMA exhibition centre.

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Madrid, 31st March 2025. Publicize our work, disseminate the scientific culture and awaken vocations. These were the main missions of the IMDEA Nanociencia institute during the exhibition that took place at the 'Madrid is Science' fair, the flagship event of scientific dissemination in the region of Comunidad de Madrid. For three full days, from March 27 to 29, 2025, IMDEA Nanoscience researchers have shown, through various scientific experiences, the science they do in their laboratories.

From the IMDEA Nanociencia counter, at the joint stand of IMDEA Institutes, visitors have been able to enjoy scientific experiences with light, with magnets, or with advanced materials. On Thursday 27th, researchers from the Intracellular Temperature Measurements (Sebastian Thompson), Magnetic Nanoparticles (Gorka Salas) and Biosensors in Neuroscience (Valle Palomo) groups attracted the public with a workshop on drug encapsulation, magnetic nanoparticles, and fluorescent biomarkers, respectively. On Friday 28th, the following groups participated in the exhibition: Switchable Materials (José Sánchez-Costa), Transport in Quantum Materials (Mariela Menghini), Nanophotonic Bioengineering (Sara Hernández), SpinOrbitronics (Paolo Perna) and New and Emerging Spintronics (Fernando Ajejas). On Saturday 29th, the last day of the Fair and the busiest day, the Metallopharmaceuticals (Ana Pizarro), Optoelectronic Properties of 2D Materials (Víctor Vega), Photoinduced Absorption Spectroscopy (Juan Cabanillas) and Nanostructured Photovoltaics (Enrique Cánovas) groups took part. In total, 12 scientific activities for all audiences, in which a total of 26 researchers from IMDEA Nanociencia participated.

In the Agora space of Madri+d, Daniel Granados, researcher and deputy director of IMDEA Nanociencia, gave the talk "From the beach to the pocket: how a smart chip is born". He talked about chips, their current development and their impact on the future.

The IMDEA Nanociencia counter was visited by Emilio Viciana, Minister of Education, Science and Universities, and Ana Ramírez, Deputy Minister of Universities, Research and Science of the regional government of Comunidad de Madrid, who were received by Emilio Pérez, Deputy Director and Researcher at IMDEA Nanociencia. The researchers present showed them how superconducting materials can levitate, which could lead to more efficient intercity transport.

In summary, IMDEA Nanoscience showed through different scientific experiences how nanotechnology is fully integrated into our lives through applications and increasingly in more aspects such as technology, medicine or safety, thanks to the study of nanoscience.

The 'Madrid is Science' fair is organised by the Madri+d Foundation of the Community of Madrid at the IFEMA fairgrounds, in parallel with the AULA Education Fair. 'Madrid is Science' has had an estimated capacity of 26,000 visitors in this 2025 edition.

More information:

https://nanociencia.imdea.org/es/divulgacion/eventos/feria-madrid-es-ciencia

Contact:

Oficina de Divulgación y Comunicación de IMDEA Nanociencia
divulgacion.nanociencia [at]imdea.org
Twitter: @imdea_nano
Facebook: @imdeananociencia
Instagram: @imdeananociencia

Source: IMDEA Nanociencia.

IMDEA Nanociencia Institute is a young interdisciplinary research Centre in Madrid (Spain) dedicated to the exploration of nanoscience and the development of applications of nanotechnology in connection with innovative industries.