In the conference hall, an exciting and interactive area awaits you and your family, promising unforgettable experiences and fun during the Long Night of Science!
Time
18:00 - 24:00 o'clock
Gebiet
Beutenberg Campus/ Carl-Zeiss-Promenade
Organizer
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V.
Göschwitz: Young visitors can get creative here. Our art corner offers fun, a change of pace or a moment of tranquillity in the evening, whilst experiments provide fascinating insights into the world of optics.
Can a wafer-thin optical fibre produce images? Discover how light can be precisely controlled to transmit images through a thin fibre and, in future, even make individual cells in a living body visible.
Time
18:00 - 24:00 o'clock
Gebiet
Beutenberg Campus/ Carl-Zeiss-Promenade
Organizer
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V.
For over 130 years, ZEISS camera lenses have been impressing users with their unique quality. In collaboration with vivo, ZEISS is developing smartphone cameras that bring the ZEISS Portrait Style to your phone. Tessar, Biogon, Sonnar—capture portraits with the legendary ZEISS look.
Making its debut! Take a look at the fascinating plant collection at the Haussknecht Herbarium. Discover what a plant specimen over 100 years old reveals about the future, and how AI is helping us unravel the mysteries of plants!
Time
18:00 - 21:30 o'clock
Gebiet
Stadtzentrum
Organizer
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität JenaandSenckenberg Institut für Pflanzenvielfalt Jena (SIP)
Can you see a rainbow even on a long night? We’ll get to the bottom of this question and make the invisible visible. Light is broken down into spectral colors by an optical grating. But what secrets await at the end of the rainbow?
How can a piece of glass display information while still remaining transparent? Experience hands-on holography at ZEISS Microoptics: interactive demonstrations, surprising effects, and a hands-on corner for all ages.
What can the microbes living in your gut tell us about your health? Discover how researchers combine biology, computer science, and AI to uncover hidden patterns in the gut microbiome.
Time
18:00 - 24:00 o'clock
Gebiet
Beutenberg Campus/ Carl-Zeiss-Promenade
Organizer
Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie – Hans-Knöll-Institut