On July 20-22, 2022, a delegation of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, chaired by Jacek Bogusławski who is the Board Member of the Greater Poland Voivodeship and chairman of the Hydrogen Platform in the region, took part in an information and promotion trip to Bangkok within the trade fair of "Future Energy Asia 2022" that is one of the largest events devoted to energy transformation in Asia. Our employee Dr. Łukasz Lindner was included among the honorable group of the delegates. The purpose of the trip was to promote the regional brand of "H2GreaterPoland - hydrogen direction" by presenting to foreign partners the elements of the economic promotion system, including the activities of the region's local government, as well as representatives of territorial self-government and scientific units from Greater Poland Voivodeship, which develop and promote the low-emission economy ecosystem in the region.

The article "Magnetic damping in ferromagnetic/heavy-metal systems: The role of interfaces and the relation to proximity-induced magnetism", co-authored by the employees of the Department of Thin Films, published in Physical Review B, was highlighted on The Advanced Photon Source (APS) website U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility. The text promoting this article will be published in "APS Highlights Books".

On Friday, June 10, 2022, the Final of the National Construction Competition took place, the aim of which was to build vehicles powered by mousetraps and driving them over a distance of 12 meters in the shortest possible time.

Over 50 teams from all over Poland applied for the competition, of which 35 teams took part, and 18 vehicles reached the finish line. The vehicles were made of a mousetrap (each team had the same mousetraps) and of ... Imagination!

The competition was full of excitement as each team had the ability to release the same vehicle 3 times. In between races, there was an opportunity to improve the designs, which was often associated with great emotions!

The essence of the competition was learning through play and observation that in the construction of even the smallest devices the laws of physics are of great importance. And that understanding these laws allows you to directly apply textbook knowledge in practice.

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Lecturers of "Physics Worth Poznań" on April 27 this year visited St. Urszula Ledóchowska Primary School No. 1 in Poznań. The lectures "We are changing the world for the better - how to take care of the climate and the environment", "Renewable energy sources" with the accompanying demonstrations were prepared and conducted by dr hab. Iwona Olejniczak, dr inż. Bolesław Barszcz and dr inż. Paweł Ławniczak. They enjoyed great popularity among students of the oldest classes of this School.

 We invite you to watch a short photo report.

We are happy to announce that dr hab. Tomasz Toliński, professor of the IMP PAS, by the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, was awarded the title of professor.

We would like to congratulate Professor Tomasz Toliński and wish him many further scientific successes!