Data notizia 18 February 2026 Immagine Image Testo notizia More than 200 high school students from Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto are taking part this year in the International Masterclasses in Particle and Astroparticle Physics, an international initiative that brings students into direct contact with cutting-edge scientific research. In the region, the Masterclasses are organised by the Trieste Section and the Udine Associated Group of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in collaboration with UniTS, UniUD and the International Center for Theoretical Physics. Specifically, the INFN Trieste Section is organising the following Masterclasses:https://www.ts.infn.it/pub/eventi-e-divulgazione/scuole/masterclass Masterclass CMS experiment, 19th February and 4th March 2026Fermi Masterclass, 18th March 2026The Masterclasses will be held simultaneously at other Italian and international venues, and the students enrolled will have the opportunity to experience what it is like to work as researchers: Together with experts, they will analyse real data from large experiments in particle physics and astroparticles, discovering how research is carried out in large laboratories. In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the activities will take place in the classrooms of the Universities of Trieste and Udine and the International Center for Theoretical Physics. The programme includes introductory seminars and practical computer sessions. The data analysed come from experiments conducted at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator at CERN in Geneva, such as ATLAS and CMS, and the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi satellite, which studies high-energy gamma rays. As is customary in international scientific collaborations, at the end of each day, the students participating in the Masterclasses in Italy and abroad will connect via videoconference with CERN in Geneva and with researchers from the international Fermi-LAT collaboration. Created in 2005, the International Masterclasses are organised worldwide by IPPOG (International Particle Physics Outreach Group) and, in Italy, by INFN. The initiative involves around 60 countries each year, bringing together some of the world’s most prestigious research institutions and universities and more than 13,000 secondary school students. This year, INFN venues include Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Cosenza, Ferrara, Florence, Genoa, Lecce, Milan, Milan-Bicocca, Naples, Padua, Parma, Pavia, Perugia, Pisa, Rome I, Rome II, Rome III, Salerno, Trento, Trieste, Turin, Udine, the Frascati National Laboratories (INFN – LNF), the Gran Sasso National Laboratories (INFN – LNGS).