Outreach

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25JUN 2025
Outreach
Our First Workshop for primary school teachers
On June 24, 2025, we, together with panOPTICUM/SAOT welcomed a group of enthusiastic primary school teachers to our very first workshop dedicated to introducing the wide range of educational resources our project offers on the topic of color. During a vibrant and engaging afternoon, participants explored how scientific concepts around color can be brought into […]
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19MAY 2025
Outreach
Upcoming Talk: The Secret Science of Color
Wednesday, May 21st | 19:00 | Killians Irish Pub, Nuremberg Why do peacocks shimmer? Why did rainbows used to have only three colors? And what does beer have to do with pigments? Join us for a colorful evening where science meets history, art, and nature. In this engaging talk, Dr. Giulia Magnabosco will take us […]
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03APR 2025
Outreach
CRC 1411 Researchers Inspire Young Minds on Girls’ Day
On April 3rd, Annika Mauch and Frederic Dietrich, doctoral researchers of the CRC1411, introduced young female students to the fascinating world of structural color and porous materials during the “Girls’ day”. This nationwide event aims to encourage girls to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The students learned how structural colors differ […]
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02APR 2025
Outreach
CRC1411 Researchers Collaborate with GEO Magazine
Researchers from the CRC1411 have teamed up with the renowned magazine GEO to co-author an article on structural colors in animals. The piece, published on GEO.de, explores the fascinating mechanisms behind the vibrant and shimmering colors found in nature. Unlike pigment-based colors, structural colors arise from microscopic surface structures that manipulate light through reflection and […]
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17APR 2024
Outreach
Prof. Vogel awarded a prize at the science slam “Um uns die Nature”
On April 15th Niki presented how structural color works at the science slam »Um uns die Nature« jointly organized by the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and the Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V. at the Opera house in Frankfurt and was awarded the second Prize for his presentation. During his talk, he described how nature is a source […]
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25OCT 2023
Outreach
CRC1411 at “Die Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften”
On October 21st our researchers presented the basic scientific principles of the research of CRC1411 and its recent outcome to the general public. We gave visitors an hands on feeling of what we do with simple experiments on how nanostructuring materials gives rise to optical proprieties. Our researchers Paola Cardenas Lopez, Alexandra Helmer, Johannes Schöttner […]
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