Exchange at the Rüeblimärt The SNI team comes into contact with di昀昀erent age groups – from toddlers to grandparents – at the annu- al Rüeblimärt in Aarau. This year at the SNI booth, ev- erybody interested was able to make pendants with UV warning beads and could learn a lot about light and the SNI at the same time. Impressions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RiD_1zbz4_0 The Rüeblimärt is a good opportunity to provide information about “Nano” and to offer entertaining and educational activities. (Image. K. Beyer-Hans) Raise the drawbridge! This year's SNI Christmas campaign for inventors and tin- kerers o昀昀ered the chance to win a mechanics set that can be used to build a gingerbread house with a drawbridge and cuckoo. Outreach manager Dr. Kerstin Beyer-Hans created comprehensive video instructions and recently sent 14 winners the necessary accessories with the Fisch- ertechnik set. We can't wait to see the pictures of the gingerbread houses that are created with it. Trailer: https://youtube.com/shorts/XUvkyMQ1NxI The drawbridge can be pulled down thanks to a hidden mechanism. Video instructions: (Image: K. Beyer-Hans, SNI) https://youtu.be/yfe2IT79ztE Participation in the Global Science Film Festival In November, the Global Science Film Festival 2024 took place, in which the SNI participated for the 昀椀rst time. We produced a 6-minute video about the development and application of the atomic force microscope (AFM). Professsor Christoph Gerber 昀椀rst explained the principle and recalled what was the intention behind the develop- ment of the AFM almost 40 years ago. Researchers from the SNI network then brie昀氀y explained the wide range of applications for which they need the very di昀昀erent AFMs. Video: The video about the atomic force microscope was shown as part of the https://youtu.be/WtpDUhmIjsE Global Science Film Festival at the Stadtkino in Basel. Contact with numerous young people at the Science Days in Europa Park Rust A highlight for the SNI outreach team every year is the participation in the Science Days in the Europa Park Rust (Germany). With the active support of nanoscience students, the SNI outreach team had the opportunity to interest numerous young people in science with experi- ments and activities. This year’s theme was “You and your DNA”. Impressions: At the Science Days, everything at the SNI stand revolved around DNA. https://youtube.com/shorts/Jx_y-pC6TK0 (Image: K. Beyer-Hans) SNI INSight December 2024 30