A GLANCE AT PHYSICS: Hunting Cosmic Rays Cosmic rays have been known for more than a century: we know that they come from space, that they are mainly composed of protons, and that they enter Earth’s atmosphere where they collide with atmospheric particles. This produces secondary cosmic…
AWARDS: Branislav Nikolić Receives the Prestigious Marko Jarić Prize The Prof. Dr Marko V. Jarić Foundation presented the prestigious Marko Jarić Prize for 2025 to Professor Branislav Nikolić, a full professor at the University of Delaware in the United States of America. The traditional award ceremony will be held…
A GLANCE AT PHYSICS: First Steps in Experimental Astrobiology (Video) The new episode of the series A Glance at Physics presents the newly established Laboratory for Experimental Astrobiology (LEA) at the Institute of Physics Belgrade. What is astrobiology, exactly? What does it study and what are its goals? What are LEA’s goals?…
FROM THE MEDIA: Aleksandar Bogojević in the Series on Serbian Scientists  The Click for Serbia channel has launched a series of videos about Serbian scientists, realised with the support of the Institute of Physics Belgrade, as well as other institutions such as the University of Belgrade and the Nikola Tesla Museum.…
CALL: Apply for the MEDIALAB Training Programme for Science Journalists In cooperation with the portal ‘Science through Stories’, the Institute of Physics Belgrade is again organising Media laboratory – a unique school of science journalism, known as MEDIALAB. This year’s training programme is intended for those who wish to train…
DOCTORATES: Pavle Stipsić Our colleague Pavle Stipsić defended his doctoral dissertation titled ‘Symmetries in Higher Gradient Theories’ at the Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade. The doctoral dissertation defence committee consisted of Dr Marija Dimitrijević Ćirić, Dr Dragoljub Gočanin and Dr Igor Prlina.…
LECTURES: Lectures Series on Photonics at the Kolarac Foundation The Institute of Physics in Belgrade and the Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation are organising a series of lectures on photonics from March 2 to April 6, 2026. Entitled ‘Under Quantum Light’, the new lecture series will be held on Mondays…
IN MEMORIAM: Dr Miloras Popović (1947-2026) Dr Milorad Popović, long-standing friend of the Institute of Physics Belgrade and a physicist with a career in the USA, passed away at the age of 79, on 24 February 2026. He was born in Belgrade, but his passion for…
DOCTORATES: Veljko Maksimović Our colleague Veljko Maksimović defended his doctoral dissertation titled ‘Physics of the W Boson and Luminosity Calibration on the ATLAS experiment’ at the Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, on Thursday, 12 February 2026. The doctoral dissertation defence committee consisted…
AWARDS: Petar Brinić Receives Award for Best Master’s Thesis The ‘Prof. dr Ljubomir Ćirković’ Foundation Award for the best master’s thesis defended at the Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, during the 2024/2025 academic year has been awarded to Petar Brinić from the Laboratory for Computer Applications in Science.…
