Students

A Czech team of secondary school students from Hlučín, Plzeň and Prague won a gold medal at the international round of the Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT), hosted by Zurich, Switzerland, from 5 to 12 July.

Do you study at a secondary school or university and want to travel to do science? The fund can support you on a short trip abroad. It can be a conference, a summer school, or a short research stay at a university or research institute.

Silence, the smell of books, and whispering readers. That is the traditional image of a classic library. But the Scientific Library Cukrovarnická at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences quickly proves this stereotype wrong. There is no quiet reading room here, and the idea of sacred silence is just a dream. In reality, it is an active workplace that provides solid support for research teams.

She spent a year in the FZU laboratories, researching structures invisible to the naked eye, and advanced to the national round of the Students’ Professional Activities (SPA). How did Lucie Krejčová work her way to such a remarkable success?

Eight teams, six months of preparation, three days of physics competitions. The winners of this year’s 39th Young Physicists’ Tournament have been announced.

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.

A team of students under the umbrella of the Christian Doppler grammar school is leading after the central round of the Young Physicists Tournament. However, none of the top competitors has won yet. There is still a selection camp left before the end of the competition, which will decide on the nomination of the five best representatives of the Czech Republic for the international round in Lund, Sweden.