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ICMAT at the 2026 European Researchers’ Night. Images of the ICMAT workshop and fair: Laura M. Iraola/ICMAT; podcast images: Ricardo Domingo

On 25 September, Andrés Laín, Mencía Reborido and José Antonio Fuentes, predoctoral researchers at ICMAT, brought the mathematics and physical laws behind fluid-related phenomena to the 2026 European Researchers’ Night.

Held at Espacio Fundación Telefónica in Madrid, the major science fair organised by CSIC centres and institutes once again brought science and society closer together, with a programme of workshops, demonstrations, theatre performances, podcasts, an escape road and concerts running throughout the day.

Science all day long

In the morning, the activities were aimed at pupils in Years 5 and 6 of primary school, as well as students from Year 10 to Year 13. They were able to enjoy the different stands, complete the “In Search of Nobel and Non-Nobel Women” escape road and attend the live recording of the CSIC podcast ‘Ciencia para Leer’, presented by Carmen Guerrero, a member of the CSIC Office of the Vice Presidency for Scientific Culture and Citizen Science. The episode focused on Princesas, abejas y matemáticas, by David Martín de Diego, a CSIC research scientist at ICMAT. They were also joined by Ágata Timón, a member of ICMAT’s Mathematical Culture Unit, who read several passages from the book. A video of the episode recording is available at this link.

In the afternoon, the fair opened its doors to the general public. On arrival, visitors received a science passport to fill with stickers from the different workshops and receive a final gift. The auditorium also hosted the theatre productions “Eclipsadas”, about female researchers who contributed to the advancement of science but whose professional achievements went unrecognised, and “Doro”, about Madrid-born chemist Dorotea Barnés, as well as a concert by the pop-rock group Biolocas. These performances can be watched at the following link.

 

CSIC centres and institutes

The event was organised by the following CSIC centres and institutes: the Institute of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM), which coordinated the event; the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (ICP); the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB); the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL); the Institute of Ceramics and Glass (ICV); the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT); the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IFT); the Institute of Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IMN); the Centre for Molecular Biology (CBM); the Sols-Morreale Institute for Biomedical Research (IIBM); and the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME).

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This text is an automatic translation from the original Spanish version.