We are very pleased to announce that in the 27th edition of the OPUS competition, Dr. Piotr Graczyk's project entitled “Charge-mediated magneto-electric effects for wireless applications” has received the National Science Centre (NCN) funding (1.549.120 PLN) – read more about the project.

The grant application was evaluated in the ST3 (Condensed Phase Physics) panel, where 6 proposals received funding out of the 30 submitted.

Under the OPUS-27 competition, NCN funding was also granted to the project entitled “Interaction of magnetorheological elastomer with magnetic materials in soft robotics application”. The project will be carried out in the consortium with the Poznań University of Technology (Faculty of Automatic Control, Robotics and Electrical Engineering); coordinator at IMP PAS: Dr. hab. Karol Synoradzki. The grant application was evaluated in the ST7 (Systems Engineering) panel – read more about the project.

We warmly congratulate our laureates and wish them fruitful results and satisfaction with their research.

On 17 October 2024, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Poznań Branch of the Polish Physical Society (OP PTF). The ceremony was a great celebration of the physics community from Poznań. This unique event was honoured by the presence of the President of the OP PTF - Prof. Teresa Rząca-Urban and by the speeches of eminent scientists connected with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań University of Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, and the Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The event was attended by young physics entrants (PhD students, undergraduates, and members of scientific societies), as well as physics teachers and many schoolchildren. The latter were able to participate in a number of interesting demonstrations prepared by the staff and doctoral students from various research centres, including scientists from the IMP PAS.

We would like to thank Prof. IMP PAS Andrzej Łapiński (the President of the OP PTF) and the entire Organising Committee, headed by Mikołaj Baranowski (the Member of the Council of the OP PTF), for their efforts in organising the event.

This year's Nobel Prize winners in Physics are John J. Hopfield (physicist of Polish origin) and Geoffrey E. Hinton (computer scientist) for discoveries and inventions enabling machine learning using artificial neural networks - the announcement.

At the IMP PAS, the research project entitled “Searching for free rare earth and rare earth free permanent magnets using machine learning” is conducted by Dr. hab. Mirosław Waerwiński, prof. IMP PAS. In this project, one of the tasks concerns the use of machine learning algorithms. Based on a prepared database, a practical model will be developed to predict new permanent magnets - read more about the project.

On September 27, we invite you to the Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the next edition of the “Researchers’ Night”. This unique event brings the world of science closer to anyone curious about the surrounding world and wants to discover its mysteries in an inspiring way. This year, we have prepared fascinating demonstrations, workshops, lectures, and interactive experiments from various areas of physics. This is a great opportunity to bring together scientists and people who don’t engage with scientific work in their daily lives. The event is open to everyone, regardless of age – children are welcome under adult supervision! This night will be full of inspiration and discoveries!

On August 29, 2024, a ceremonial presentation of nominations to new members of the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences (AMU PAS) took place at the Palace in Jabłonna near Warsaw. Our researcher Dr. Krzysztof Ptaszyński took part in the ceremony.

We warmly congratulate Dr. Ptaszyński on his appointment to AMU PAS and we wish him fruitful work. The choice, made by the General Assembly of the Polish Academy of Sciences, honours the Doctor's previous successes and scientific achievements.