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FZU laser centres are celebrating their tenth birthdays
This year marks a decade since the European Commission and the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports approved two unique laser research projects ELI Beamlines and HiLASE, which were both successfully implemented as part of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In celebration of the anniversary, an official meeting attended by the representatives of leading Czech and foreign institutions took place at ELI Beamlines in Dolní Břežany. In a video-call, it was also joined on-line by Gérard Mourou, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics and the initiator of the centre at the European level.
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NCC for MATCA has received prestigious Award of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
The National Centre of Competence for MATCA, managed by the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, has won in the category of Partnerships of the Awards of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, which are used to award the best applied research projects with a high contribution to society.
Einstein was wrong and in Olomouc today thus photon twins are researched
For the tenth year, Ondřej Haderka heads the Joint Laboratory of Optics (SLO) in Olomouc – a workplace that is operated by the Division of Optics of the Institute of Physics together with the Faculty of Sciences of the Palacky University. A place where huge mirrors for space observatories are created and astrophysics is focused on, but also where research is conducted in the field of quantum optics and lasers.
PHYSICS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2022
This year’s photography competition named The Charm of Physics is now open – apart from the current and former FZU employees – to high school students. Each contestant can submit up to 5 photos. The submission deadline is 31 October 2022.
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The Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences is a public research institution that contributes basic and applied research in the field of physics to new revolutionary discoveries and innovations, helps in the education of students and makes physics accessible to the public.
