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A GLANCE AT PHYSICS: Hunting Cosmic Rays

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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)  

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

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…

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RESEARCH: On a quest for Holstein Polaron

RESEARCH: On a quest for Holstein Polaron

RESEARCH: Physics in the service of surgery

RESEARCH: Physics in the service of surgery

INTERVEIW: Jakša Vučičević, PhD

INTERVEIW: Jakša Vučičević, PhD

RESEARCH: In search of antimatter

RESEARCH: In search of antimatter

CERN: Particle physicists update strategy for the future of the field in Europe

CERN: Particle physicists update strategy for the future of the field in Europe

RESEARCH: Novel work on repulsive interaction of photons

RESEARCH: Novel work on repulsive interaction of photons

NEWS: The Science Fund has approved funding of the ATLAS artificial intelligence project

NEWS: The Science Fund has approved funding of the ATLAS artificial intelligence project

RESEARCH: Quantum scars in Nature edition

RESEARCH: Quantum scars in Nature edition

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