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Václav Špička from FZU received the highest award of the Czech Academy of Sciences
On October 6, 2025, physicist Václav Špička from the Institute of Physics received the De scientia et humanitate optime meritis medal, the highest award of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
An Artificial “Switchboard” Lets Scientists Dial Between Superconductor, Insulator – and a Strange Quantum State In-Between
Imagine flipping a dial to make a material behave like a perfect conductor, a complete blocker, or something intriguingly in-between that could help us to better understand the puzzling quantum world. That’s the idea behind a new study in Physical Review Letters, co-authored by FZU researcher Filip Křížek within an international collaboration.
First joint conference of FZU and IOCB
On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, a joint conference of the Institute of Physics (FZU) and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) of the Academy of Sciences took place. Its aim was to find potentially interesting topics on which to build long-term cooperation between the two institutes of the Academy of Sciences.
Oleg Heczko received the prestigious title Doctor of Science
The scientific work of our colleague, Mgr. Ing. Oleg Heczko, Dr., DSc., was recognized with the prestigious title of Doctor of Science.