The fifth edition of the Sirius School for High School Teachers (ESPEM 2023), organized by CNPEM in partnership with the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF), was held July 17–21 in Campinas, São Paulo.   For the first time, this event brought together representatives from all Brazilian states as well as the Federal District among the 40 high school physics, chemistry, and biology teachers who were chosen from 349 applicants. Of the final 40, 85% teach in state or municipal public schools, while 15% work in private or federal public institutions. The region with the greatest representation was the Northeast, with 11 teachers. Since its first edition in 2019, the ESPEM event has served over 500 teachers from municipal, state, federal, and private schools throughout the country.

The CNPEM regrets to inform the passing of the physicist Aldo Craievich, Professor in the Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo (USP), Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), and Full Member of the São Paulo State Academy of Sciences (ACIESP). Professor Craievich was a significant scientific leader in Brazil and abroad, with research on condensed-matter physics and nanomaterials focusing on structural studies and the structural transformations of solids and crystallographic methods. He also played an important role in creating and developing the Brazilian Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (LNLS).

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The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) campus in Campinas, São Paulo will hold an open house event on June 17 for visitors to get a closer look at Sirius, one of the world’s most advanced particle accelerators and the only one in Latin America. It is also an opportunity for the whole family to participate in activities scheduled in all the laboratories that make up the CNPEM and conduct research in the areas of bioscience, nanotechnology, and biorenewables. The event will also feature activities involving the engineering and technology team, as well as the Ilum School of Science.

Registrations are open for the 6th Brazil Interpore Chapter Conference on Porous Media, organized by LNLS/CNPEM, and will take place from August 7th to 9th, 2023 at the CNPEM campus in Campinas-SP. The Conference aims to attract students and professionals from areas related to applied mathematics, geology, and biology, among others.

The Ricardo Rodrigues Synchrotron Light School (ER2LS), organized by LNLS/CNPEM, is now accepting applications for its 6th edition, which will take place from July 10th to 21st, 2023, in Campinas-SP.

Registrations are open for the 41st edition of VUVX 2023 - International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet and X-ray Physics - co-organized by CNPEM and UNICAMP to be held from July 3rd to 7th, 2023 in Campinas-SP.

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), an organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), has just released the list of scientific projects scheduled to utilize the research facilities at Sirius (https://lnls.cnpem.br/sirius/), Brazil's largest and most complex research infrastructure.

The first official call to conduct experiments at Sirius was made late last year, incorporated new more inclusive and collaborative evaluation criteria, and received 334 proposals; most came from Brazilian institutions, but also from Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. Roughly a quarter of the proposals were received from new users, in other words, researchers who have never used the open facilities in any of the four national laboratories that comprise the CNPEM.

The first call for proposals for experiments to be conducted at Sirius, the Brazilian synchrotron light source, yielded 334 submissions from researchers in 15 countries and 17 Brazilian states. Sirius was planned and is operated by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), and is the largest and most complex research infrastructure in the country. During November and December 2022, researchers in Brazil and around the world interested in conducting experiments at Sirius were invited to submit proposals to use the six research stations, which are known as beamlines. Of the 334 proposals that were received, 298 came from Brazilian institutions and 36 from abroad, mainly from Argentina, Great Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Switzerland.

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) established a new deadline for receiving research proposals for the six beamlines of Sirius, the Brazilian synchrotron light source. The postponement occurs due to instability in the internet network that serves research institutes in Campinas-SP and Region.

POSTPONED: New deadline for research proposal submissions is 19 December 2022, 12:00 (UTC/GMT-3).

Sirius, the Brazilian synchrotron light source, designed and operated by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), a private non-profit organization under the supervision of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations (MCTI), opens a regular call for research proposals for six beamlines. From November 8 to December 15, those researchers interested in performing experiments at Sirius can submit a proposal.