The first ever FZU Theater Days were part of the Open Days at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences at Slovanka. Over the course of two days, five performances of various genres were presented, demonstrating that events combining science and art have the potential to appeal to audiences of all ages, from experts to the general public.
In addition to a wide range of tours, lectures, and workshops for schools and the public, the Open Days at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences also brought something new in the form of the Institute of Physics Theater Days.
Unlike in working with particle accelerators, where scientists plan their experiments in detail in advance, Patrik Čechvala has to wait and see what particles arrive from the depths of space. He is dedicated to observing particle showers caused by photons with extraordinary energies. In an interview about the MSCA COFUND Physics for Future postdoctoral program at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, he talks about why space is the best laboratory and how cosmic rays help uncover the secrets of the pyramids – as well as how to present the topic to the public in contests such as FameLab, in whose Czech finals he represented the Institute of Physics this year.
On the last Friday in September, Researchers' Night attracted more than 1,400 physics enthusiasts of all ages to the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Patrik Čechvala, a postdoctoral researcher in the MSCA COFUND Physics for Future program, represented the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences at this year's national finale of the international contest FameLab.
Young Czech physicists in secondary schools are among the world's best at solving complex physics problems. The Czech team brought home a bronze medal from the finals of the International Young Physicists' Tournament in Lund, Sweden.
For the ninth time, we met science enthusiasts from schools and the general public at the Czech Academy of Sciences' Science Fair, the largest popular science event in the Czech Republic. At the FZU exhibition, people could play sunrays in the photovoltaic tent, see the spectrum of visible light with their own eyes, build molecules from Lego, read new physics-themed comics and short stories, and also see a real magnetic sputtering machine, observe the martensitic transformation of alloys under a microscope, and other important physical instruments and phenomena.
Altermagnets and magnonics have both made the headlines repeatedly last year. Miina Leiviskä, a MSCA COFUND Physics for Future fellowship postdoc at the Institute of Physics of the CAS, blends these topics that have so recently upturned the world of physics. Are they at the core of future computing, or is it not so simple?
