Miha Nemevšek (IJS) and Yue Zhang (Carleton U.) find significant generic constraints on models of dark matter coming from large scale structure formation. Their work, published in Physical Review Letters, gives analytic estimates, followed by precise numerical calculations that set … Read More

  Are you fascinated by particle physics and cosmology? Do you want to learn from leading experts and connect with other students from around the world? If so, apply now for the Ljubljana Summer School on Particle Physics and Cosmology, … Read More

      Are you interested in exploring the mysteries of elementary particle physics? Do you want to learn about the latest developments and challenges in the field, from the early universe to future colliders? These are the topics we … Read More

The first call for applications for SMASH postdoctoral Fellowships, co-funded by Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, is now open! It offers excellent research opportunities that revolve around applications of machine learning to the fields of climate research, linguistics, precision medicine and … Read More

S. Prelovšek Komelj (JSI) and M. Padmanath (Mainz) find evidence for the longest-lived exotic hadron. Their article in Physical Review Letters establishes this state with an ab-initio theoretical study for the first time.  Experiments have recently discovered exotic hadrons that consist … Read More

Prof. dr. Saša Prelovšek Komelj presented a plenary review entitled “Hadron physics: theory”  at one of the central symposiums in particle physics – the Lepton Photon symposium held in January 2022. She reviewed the current theoretical understanding of exotic and … Read More

On Tuesday March 14, 2023, Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) will host the 9th Trieste–Ljubljana-Zagreb meeting. This is a regular event attended by researchers from SISSA and ICTP (Italy), FMF UL and JSI (Ljubljana), and Ruđer Boškovič Institute (Zagreb). The venue … Read More

On December 19 2022, prof. Žitko from our department received a Zois distinction. The Zois distinction is a state award for important achievements in scientific research and development. The distinction has been awarded for his theoretical research of nanoscale quantum … Read More

On November 22, 2022, the European Research Council announced the ERC call results for researchers starting an independent research career (ERC Starting Grant 2022). This year, the ERC considered 2932 project proposals from all scientific fields and selected 408 for … Read More

  V reviji Physical Review Letters je mladi raziskovalec Jan Šuntajs skupaj z mentorjem dr. Levom Vidmarjem objavil članek z naslovom “Ergodicity breaking transition in zero dimensions“. V njem opiše nekatere osrednje spektralne lastnosti novega tipa faznih prehodov: prehoda med … Read More

V odseku News and Views revije Nature je izšel članek “Bozonska tekočina ujeta v majhni napravi”, katerega avtorja sta Denis Golež [ Odseka za teoretično fiziko, Odsek za kompleksne snovi in Fakultete za matematiko in fiziko Univerze v Ljubljani] in … Read More

Sodelavec odseka Rok Žitko je sodeloval v seriji oddaj Frekvence X “Kvantna prihodnost” na drugem programu Radia Slovenija (Val 202) na temo kvantnih tehnologij. Posnetki so na voljo v obliki podcastov: 1/3: Prvi koraki do kvantne premoči 2/3: Teleportacija? Tudi … Read More

While the temperature-responsive behavior of nonionic polymers has been extensively studied and is nowadays one of the key mechanisms of smart materials, the pressure response of thin films remains basically unexplored. We investigate the conformational transition of nonionic brushes and … Read More

Lithium/sulfur batteries are a promising candidate for the post-lithium-ion era thanks to their high energy density and environmental friendliness. However, complex degradation mechanisms and a poor understanding of the polysulfide (PS) molecular structure and ether-based components have hindered their broad … Read More

Understanding protein packing and morphological transformations in virus shells (capsids) during their maturation can be pivotal for developing new antiviral strategies. Anže Božič and coworkers studied how these principles manifest themselves in icosahedral viral capsids assembled from identical symmetric structural … Read More

The 16th Xmas Biophysics Workshop returns the series to its old tracks and will take place on December 12th and 13th at Elegans Hotel in Brdo, Slovenia. The workshop traditionally brings together researchers in biophysics from Croatia, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, … Read More

  Electrostatic interactions are crucial for the assembly, disassembly, and stability of proteinaceous viral capsids. Moreover, at the molecular scale, elucidating the organization and structure of the capsid proteins in response to an approaching nanoprobe is a major challenge in … Read More

On December 10, 2021, Prof. Nataša Vaupotič and Dr. Matej Kanduč from our department received Zois distinctions for their scientific research. The Zois distinction is a state award for important achievements in scientific research and development. Prof. Vaupotič was awarded … Read More