As an integral part of the UAB innovation ecosystem, ICMAB is proud to participate in the first edition of the UAB's Innovation Week. We will be actively engaging in a variety of activities to showcase the cutting-edge research taking place at our institute.
Meetings Participation, TECH TRANSFER/
Celebrated simultaneously in more than 25 European countries, the European Researchers' Night brings together research, innovation, scientists and the society with a myriad of outreach activities addressed to all audiences. The ICMAB will contribute to this event by participating in demonstrations, talks and other activities. Don't miss them!
Fairs, Outreach & Dissemination
This annual initiative by UAB offers secondary school students an invaluable opportunity to experience the world of research firsthand.
This July, the ICMAB hosted two participants from the "Joves i Ciència" programme by Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera. The students had the opportunity to collaborate with our researchers on projects involving laser manufacturing for supercapacitors and hydrogels for cancer immunotherapy.
The students of the José Echegaray school in Martorell interviewed the 2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Sir Fraser Stoddart on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, as part of their Magnet Alliance with the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC.
TV, Websites News, Radio, Newspapers, Visits and open doors, Social, Press Review
The complete collection of CSIC Scientific Challenges: towards 2030, the CSIC White Paper formed by 14 volumes, is now available on paper in our ICMAB Manuel Cardona library (and available for loan), in the handbooks section.
Outreach publications, Breaking News, timeline
Xavier Obradors, former Director of ICMAB-CSIC, gave a presentation at the RACAB about the life of Carles Miravitlles, founder of the same research center.
In the framework of the cycle at the CSIC Delegation in Catalunya "L'escalfament climàtic: Solucions energètiques d'avui per a demà".
ICMAB participated in the ESCOLAB programme "Connectem recerca i aula" to connect research with schools and bring Organic Photovoltaics closer to students.
Visits and open doors, Outreach & Dissemination
The video includes some images of the CSIC centres in Catalunya, including ICMAB, to show the research and innovation of these centres and some of their projects.
Eight highschool centers of 1r BTX students came this year to the 10alamenos9 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Festival organized by the UAB, ICN2, ICMAB and IMB-CNM, with the collaboration of ICE.
Visits and open doors, timeline, Outreach & Dissemination
This year the recommended books are the ones that they just read and liked. The list is very diverse, you will find graphic novels, science fiction, travel books, science fiction and much more.
Enjoy the read and happy Sant Jordi!
By the way, do you know why is Sant Jordi the saint patron of Catalunya? And what do we do in this special day? Read below for more info!
Outreach publications, Breaking News, Outreach & Dissemination
On Friday, 14 April 2023, we received the visit of the "Sol i Lluna" school from Castellar del Vallès. The students aged 11-12 years old could experience some of the science at ICMAB and ICN2.
The students of the "Sol i Lluna" school in Castellar del Vallès participate in the project NanoInventum, in which they learn concepts of nanoscience and nanotechnology and have to create nanorobots with extraordinary properties to solve some of the problems of our live.
In last year's edition of the NanoInventum project, one of the prizes (the Technology Prize) was a visit to the ICMAB labs, to see how researchers work and to see some topics of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Visits and open doors, Breaking News, timeline
On Monday, 27 March 2023, Obradors gave this talk in the framework of the 37th Edition of the Lacetània Days in Manresa.
Outreach Videos, Outreach & Dissemination
ICMAB researchers of the Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures group prepared some interactive experiments to show the spectacular properties of our superconducting materials to the young attendees of the festival.
In this edition there is a special prize for stories about Archaeology. Texts of a maximum of 800 words can be sent, in the young or adult category, and in Spanish, Catalan, Galician or Basque. The deadline for receipt of stories is June 4, 2023.
Outreach & Dissemination, Online
On Wednesday, 8 March 2023, International Women's Day, we received students of 4th course of primary school of the Escola Ítaca who are doing a project on sand.
Visits and open doors, Outreach & Dissemination
In the next conference of the IEC "Dijous de ciència" the talk will be by M. Rosa Palacín on batteries.
The Science and Technology Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans invites you to the conference of the 2023 Science and Technology Thursday cycle—research at the service of society—, which will be given by M. Rosa Palacín, research professor at the 'Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB) of the CSIC, and which will be entitled "Batteries and materials: where do we come from and where are we going".
Outreach Videos, Breaking News, Outreach & Dissemination
#CientífiksenJoc is a program for 5th Primary School classes, where students will design a video game about an active Catalan researcher. This year the topic of energy is discussed from various research perspectives.
Outreach Videos, Outreach & Dissemination
The channel, a project led by ICN2, features some research made in ICMAB. In this new chapter, Rossella Zaffino from the FunNanoSurf group shows us what Molecular Electronics are and how we can measure electronic properties of organic molecules in the Nanoquim Platform.
On the occasion of the 70th birthday and retirement of ICMAB researchers Francesc Teixidor and Clara Viñas, a special volume of the Advances in Catalysis book series book titled “Advances in the synthesis and catalytic applications of boron clusters: a tribute to the works of Professor Francesc Teixidor and Professor Clara Viñas” has been edited.
Outreach publications, Published books
The PRISMA guide has been developed to implement the 10 PRISMA measures that favor LGTBQIA+ equality and diversity in research centers and in science, technology and innovation environments.
Outreach publications, Women in Science, Outreach & Dissemination
For this year's Science Week 2022 we went to different schools to give some talks and workshops and participated in the Catalan Society of Nanotechnology Conference, among others.
On 18 November at 9:30 a.m. the UAB offices of the Vice Rector for Innovation and Strategic Projects and the Vice Rector for Students and Employability organise a "Science and Entrepreneurship in Feminine" seminar to raise awareness of women standing out in innovation and entrepreneurship at the UAB campus.
Outreach Videos, Women in Science, Breaking News
Around 25 students came to this year's session at ICMAB, on Saturday, 1 October 2022.
Visits and open doors, Outreach & Dissemination
ICMAB researchers were in Vic and Barcelona to spread our science to the world!
Fairs, Outreach & Dissemination
On 24 May 2022 a group of students from the University of Twente (The Netherlands) visited ICN2 and ICMAB.
Don't miss the events that will take place starting Tuesday 27 September and until Sunday 2 October across Catalunya!
Fairs, Outreach & Dissemination
This special issue of ‘CSIC Investiga shows the performance of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) within the EU R&I framewok programme Horizon 2020.
Outreach publications, Breaking News
ICMAB was involved in the Escolab programme "Connectem Recerca i Aula" which brought Organic Electronics closer to students.
Visits and open doors, A researcher in your classroom, Outreach & Dissemination
We have new books for all our staff available in our "Manuel Cardona" Library.
The channel, a project led by ICN2, features also some research made in ICMAB.
"What the Fisica" or #WTF is a new science Youtube channel in Spanish that offers a broad view about top research performed at ICN2 and neighbouring centres such as ICMAB, IFAE and IMB-CNM-CSIC.
The UAB supports this channel not only by sharing content but also offering a space for the video recording.
Outreach Videos, Breaking News
The ALBA Synchrotron, in collaboration with the FECYT, has made a series of five informative videos in which some examples of experiments performed with synchrotron light are reported.
Commemorations, Breaking News, Outreach & Dissemination
Many of our ICMAB researchers participated during 2022 in the Nanoinventum projecte, bringing nanotechnology to primary school students. Is it a difficult task?
A researcher in your classroom, timeline, Outreach & Dissemination
A new workshop for secondary high school students to know where does the sand from our beaches come from and what is sand really is made of.
A researcher in your classroom
