Skip to main content
Medialab Matadero
Madrid logo Madrid logo
logo-medialab logo-medialab Medialab-Matadero Madrid
  • ES
  • EN
Account menu
  • Search
Navegación principal
  • Activities
  • Open Calls
  • Multimedia
  • Programs
  • About
  1. Home
  2. Nojs
  3. Activities home
  4. 1685543964

Activities

May 2023
View all
Mon
29
Tue
30
Wed
31
Thu
01
Fri
02
Radiotrofismo

Radiotrofismo

Desde las 18:00 hasta 20:30 el 31/05/2023
The research developed by Fernando Cremades in collaboration with Radames JB Cordero on radiotrophism, or the tendency of a living organism to grow and move towards a source of ionizing radiation, radioactivity and artistic practice, will be presented. Exposure to ionizing radiation can cause serious illnesses in humans and animals, and few technologies are available to restore sites contaminated with radioactivity. In 1991, Ukrainian scientists discovered the presence of black fungi growing on the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor, later claiming that these black fungi could degrade radioactive material. Years later, a group of scientists linked to Johns Hopkins University interested in the properties of the fungus confirmed that its black color is due to melanin and named it Radiotrophic fungus, due to its ability to generate melanin by converting gamma radiation into energy that it uses for its growth. This process was called Radiosynthesis. The use of these black fungi...
logo-medialablogo-medialab

Medialab Matadero

Follow Us:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Youtube
  • Instagram

Address

Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14
28045 Madrid, España

Contact

info.m@medialab-matadero.es

(+34) 912 19 11 57

Newsletter

Subscribe

© MADRID DESTINO CULTURA TURISMO Y NEGOCIO, S.A., Algunos derechos reservados 2026

aviso legal
  • Legal notice
  • Política de cookies