On or around October 31, 2018, the world will celebrate the historic hunt for the unseen—something that scientists refer to as dark matter. More than 110 global, regional, and local events were held on and around October 31, 2017 by institutions and individuals looking to engage the public in discussions about what we already know about dark matter and the many present as well as planned experiments seeking to solve its mysteries.

The 26th International Conference on Atomic Physics, ICAP 2018, was held from July 22 – 27, 2018 in Barcelona. During the conference it was organized the outreach activity "Atomic Physics: past, present and future". A Nobel prize panel with five physics Nobel prizes, covering the most important developments in the field of atomic physics.

Giovanni Passaleva, the spokesperson representing the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb) spoke with El País journal about the relevance, the latest findings and the goals of this promising research. 

The ICCUB researcher Alba Cervera participates in the Radio programme Versió RAC1 talking about women in science with another two women scientists.

Alba gives example and inspiration to girls in order to change the situation of some research areas as physics which still involves few women.

Link with the progamme