The new high-tech device for the Materials Engineering Department - scanning electron microscope

16 Dec 2021

Tomáš Homola won the Masaryk University Innovation Award for the year 2021

13 Dec 2021

Tomáš Homola, a researcher at the Pulse Plasma Systems Departmen of IPP, won the Masaryk University Innovation Award for the year 2021. [...]

Ondřej Ficker from the Tokamak Department won the Josef Hlávka Prize for the year 2021

29 Nov 2021

Ondřej Ficker, a PhD student at the Tokamak Department of IPP, won the Joseph, Maria and Zdeňka Hlávka Foundation Award for talented students up to the age of 33 who have demonstrated exceptional skills and creative thinking in their field. [...]

Key components of Power Supply System of the new tokamak COMPASS-U delivered

26 Nov 2021

Works on the Power Supply System of the new tokamak COMPASS-U successfully advance. Further key components of the System were delivered recently, which will enable to create extremely strong magnetic fields in the tokamak coils. [...]

Czech science achievements: The Czech Academy of Sciences awards researchers for extraordinary results

18 Nov 2021

During a ceremony at Villa Lanna on Monday, November 15, 2021, The Czech Academy of Sciences President Eva Zažímalová awarded the Academy of Sciences Awards "The results highlighted by these awards contribute to the prestige of Czech science in international comparison," pointed out Eva Zažímalová. [...]

The COMPASS tokamak has left the experimental hall of the Institute of Plasma Physics after 14 years

26 Oct 2021

On Friday, October 22, the COMPASS tokamak was removed from the IPP's experimental hall. Following dismantling the support and diagnostic systems that took place since September, the 25-tonne device was lifted by a bridge crane and loaded onto a truck. COMPASS stayed in the experimental hall of IPP for fourteen years and had more than twelve years of successful experiments. [...]