New website of the FZU
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The Institute of Physics has launched a new version of its website today that represents a fundamental shift away from its previous Internet presentation.
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Polycrystalline diamond layer will protect fuel cells in nuclear reactors
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The patented solution of scientists from the Institute of Physics and Czech Technical University prolongs the lifetime of nuclear fuel rods under nuclear reactor accident and working conditions by coating the surface of fuel rods by a thin polycrystalline diamond layer.
The computing programme “Jana” has connected the worlds of crystallography and excellent research in magnetism
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A work published Science in March 2020 shows that the development of crystallographic calculations also plays an important role in top physical research.
16th of May 2020 – the important milestone in the laser history
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Today is an important milestone in the laser history. On the 16th of May 1960, the American physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman designed and launched the first functional laser system in the world and this year we celebrate its 60th anniversary.
Bubbles on an implant enchanted the jury. The photograph has won the cover of a prestigious journal
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A photo taken by an electron microscope sent to a competition for the cover page of a prestigious journal Materials Today published by Elsevier brought success to our PhD student Karel Tesař.
Remembering Ludvík Smrčka
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The recently deceased Ing. Ludvík Smrčka, DrSc., an outstanding researcher and a friend, as remembered by four of his colleagues.
The Fourth Year of the Talent Academy is Starting Now
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At the moment, students can participate in an Internet round of the competition at the following website: www.talentovka.cz. During a three-day finale in October, twelve best competitors will check out the simulation of a scientific experiment at professional laboratories of the laser centres.
Czech scientists have contributed to the development of a new class of single-dimensional organic conductors
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A joint work by Czech, Spanish and Swiss scientists published by Nature Nanotechnology this week, introduces a new approach to the development of non-metallic conductors which could be used in solar energy, optical technologies or nanoelectronics.
A serial production of protective masks will be launched by the Institute of Physics in cooperation with ten Czech companies
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One of the first batches of the planned weekly 50 000-piece productions will be delivered to the institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences, where researchers test samples for the presence of the coronavirus
