19 Apr Interesting finds of our colleague in LAMOST survey Our colleague Ernst Paunzen and his collaborators discovered not only over one thousand of chemically peculiar stars but also several mercury-manganese stars in LAMOST survey.
24 Mar TIP Prestigious Ignaz L. Lieben Award granted to Norbert Werner Prof. Norbert Werner, from the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, has been awarded Ignaz L. Lieben Award. The award is given by Austrian Academy of Science to scientists for outstanding achievements in the fields of molecular biology, chemistry or physics. Norbert Werner was awarded for his achievements in X-ray astronomy.
19 Mar GRBAlpha launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday 22nd! On the morning of the 22nd of March the Soyuz rocket carried nanosatellite GRBAlpha to orbit. Our colleagues were participating on its development.
19 Nov 2020 New astronomical vidcast! Our colleagues from the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics have made a brand new vidcast "Dialogues about Cosmos".
15 Nov 2020 Researchers's Night, long and online There are 9 videos from physics departments available for the online Researcher's Night 2020 available till the end of the year.
20 Oct 2020 TIP "We are testing how our modification of nanofibre filters will withstand industrial use," says David Pavliňák Our experts have devised a technique that facilitates the production of nanofibre mask filters. Now, with the help of a grant from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR), they are verifying how the plasma-treated surface of the filter handles temperature fluctuations, storage and other "pitfalls" of commercial production.
13 Oct 2020 Three of our colleagues have been awarded the Rector's award Our colleague Mgr. Jiří Žák has been awarded as an outstanding masters degree student, award for excellent teachers gained prof. Tomáš Tyc and prof. Mirko Černák gained award for his long-term excellent research results. Congratulations!
6 Oct 2020 This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for black hole research Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez received the Nobel Prize for their work in the field of black hole research.
21 Aug 2020 How was GATE? Online summer school GATE for students of astronomy and astrophysics took place in August - successfully!
13 Aug 2020 Czech Television report: a world-class astrophysicist moves to Brno An astrophysicist of world renown will be undertaking research at Masaryk University in Brno since this summer. Originally from Slovakia, Norbert Werner is coming to south Moravia thanks to a special grant. He will be researching intergalactic gases here and wants to cooperate with Brno companies focused on the space industry.
2 Jun 2020 Norbert Werner Is the New MUNI Award Holder Astrophysicist Norbert Werner has become the third grant holder of MUNI Award in Science and Humanities (MASH). After eight years at Stanford University in the United States, he moved to Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary. He is also giving lectures in Hiroshima, Japan.
26 May 2020 Registration for physics camp Cikháj 2020 has been opened Registration for 26th physics camp for secondary school students Cikháj 2020 has been opened on the camp web page https://www.physics.muni.cz/cikhaj.
21 Apr 2020 The Faculty of Science, Masaryk University against COVID-19: production of nanofiber filters for voluntary sewn masks The cooperation between the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physical Electronics resulted in the production of filters from nanofibrous material prepared by the electrostatic spinning method. These filters can be inserted into volunteer sewn mask and significantly increase their efficiency.
2 Feb 2020 Physics ended last year with publication in Nature New possibilities for the lossless transmission of an electrical signal, which can be used, for example, in quantum computer processors, have been tested on new compounds by an international group of scientists including experts from Masaryk University (MU), University of West Bohemia (UWB) and CEITEC Institute of Technology.
2 Dec 2019 “I try to identify the students’ level of knowledge and begin to teach from the point at which they are confident,” says our physics teacher, Zdeněk Bochníček, the new recipient of a Ministry of Education Award An interview with our physics lecturer, Zdeněk Bochníček, who received an Award from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports for his educational activities at the university on 27 November 2019.
