AWARDS: Award to LHC Expriments Four large experiment collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, which include ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb, have received the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The researchers from CERN were awarded for the Run-2 data results. A…
RESEARCH: Institute Researchers Explore Bacterial DNA Dr Magdalena Đorđević and Dr Lidija Živković, physicists at the Institute, have published a paper in the prestigious journal for fundamental molecular biology, Nucleic Acids Research, which bridges the fields of theoretical physics and molecular biology. The paper, titled ‘Nonlinear Regulatory…
EVENTS: Memorial Scientific Conference Honouring Dr Dragan Popović To mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Dr Dragan Popović, the Institute of Physics Belgrade organized a one-day memorial conference honouring Dr Popović. The event formed part of a broader programme commemorating the legacy of the Institute’s long-serving…
LECTURES: A Series of Engaging Lectures on Novel Material at Kolarac The Institute of Physics and the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment are organizing a lecture series on novel materials in the period between 25 March and 22 April 2025. Titled ‘The Age of New Materials’, the new lecture series is held…
FROM THE MEDIA: Politika Daily on Remembering Dr Dragan Popović Politika Daily published a piece titled ‘A Man Who Loved Physics’ on Sunday, 23 March 2025, on the occasion of the unveiling of the bust of Dr Dragan Popović. Politika wrote about the scientific contributions of Dr Dragan Popović and his impact…
MEMORIES: Memorial Event in Honour of Dr Dragan Popović On Friday, 21 March, colleagues, friends, and family of Dr Dragan Popović (1949-2015) gathered in the Hall bearing his name at the Institute of Physics Belgrade. He was a physicist who, during his career, made a profound and lasting contribution…
FROM THE MEDIA: Dr Dakić and the Marko Jarić Prize This year’s Marko Jarić Prize award ceremony once again attracted significant media attention. Often referred to as “The Serbian Nobel for Physics,” the prestigious award was presented to Dr Borivoje Dakić, Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, ‘for groundbreaking…
VISITS: Students at the Institute, Coinciding with the APS Global Physics Summit On Wednesday, 19 March 2025, students from Serbia, along with researchers from three institutions focused on physics, participated in the Global Satellite Session – Serbia: Novel Topics in Quantum Science and Technology. This event was held as part of one of…
AWARDS: Dr Borivoje Dakić Honored with the Marko Jarić Prize The Prof. Dr Marko V. Jarić Foundation has awarded the prestigious Marko Jarić Prize for 2024 to Dr Borivoje Dakić, an associate professor at the University of Vienna in Austria. The traditional awarding ceremony will be held on Monday, 17 March 2024,…
GUESTS: Opening the Door to Physics – A Student Visit to the Institute In addition to its research and work with university students, as well as initiatives aimed at secondary school students, the Institute of Physics Belgrade welcomes primary school students. An eighth-grade student of the French School in Belgrade, Maxim Smith, spent…
