Ivan Vujmilović, doc. dr. Luka Leskovec and prof. dr. Saša Prelovšek Komelj have, for the first time, calculated the internal structure of an exotic particle made of four quarks using ab-initio large-scale numerical simulations of quantum chromodynamics. The study was done … Read More

Vabljeni k poslušanju nove epizode ASEF podcasta, v kateri gostuje naša sodelavka Nikiša Plešec. V pogovoru razkriva svojo zanimivo pot od umetniškega oblikovanja do teoretične fizike delcev, kjer sta ključna tako struktura kot domišljija. Nikiša podrobneje predstavi svoje raziskovalno delo … Read More

Department of Theoretical Physics at the Jozef Stefan Institute is announcing a PhD student position in theoretical particle physics.   The recipient will be hosted by the particle physics group in a dynamic environment with regular events: international workshops, group … Read More

Vabljeni k poslušanju pogovornih podcastov Vala 202, Radiovedni in Aktualno 202, v katerih sta sodelovala naša sodelavca, Gregor Medoš in Nikiša Plešec.      

V petek, 10. oktobra 2025, sta v Kongresnem centru Brdo pri Kranju Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko Univerze v Ljubljani (UL) in Institut Jožef Stefan (IJS) podelila Blinčeve nagrade za raziskovalno in strokovno delo na področju fizike, ki so namenjene … Read More

The Machine Learning for Physics (ML4Physics) Summer School successfully concluded last week in Ljubljana, Slovenia, bringing together 55 participants — 47 from abroad — for a week-long deep dive into the intersection of machine learning and physics. The school was … Read More

Vabljeni k poslušanju pogovornih podcastov Vala 202, Radiovedni in Aktualno 202, v katerih sta sodelovala naša sodelavca, Gregor Medoš in Nikiša Plešec.      

We are hapy to announce that our colleague, dr. Luka Pavešić, has been honored with the Golden Emblem of Jožef Stefan (Zlati znak Jožefa Stefana) during the 34th Jožef Stefan Days. This prestigious award recognizes the exceptional impact and international … Read More

Sodelavki iz našega odseka, dr. Lara Ulčakar in Iris Ulčakar, sta nastopili v TV oddaji Ugriznimo znanost, kjer sta približali tehnologije prihodnosti, ki jih uporabljamo že danes. – dr. Lara Ulčakar raziskuje kvantno prepletenost in topološke sisteme ter razlaga, kako … Read More

We are proud to announce that our Young Researcher, Teodor Iličin, has received the Faculty Prešeren Award for his exceptional Master’s thesis. The awards ceremony took place on January 22, 2026, at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (UL FMF). … Read More

Our colleague, dr. Zala Lenarčič, shared her views on 2026 in the Večer newspaper. “At the end of the year, I sometimes wonder whether I, my research group, and our institute have been successful. I am reassured by the recognition of … Read More

We are pleased to announce that the European Research Council (ERC) has selected dr. Denis Golež, a researcher at our Department, as a recipient of the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. The project, titled “Meta-QMS” (Metastability in Quantum Materials and Simulators), … Read More

Based on the 2025 internal calls for proposals for RSF START, FUTURE and IND projects, the winners of RSF projects for 2026 have been announced. Among the recipients is our colleague dr. Jan Rozman, who was awarded an RSF START … Read More

It’s often thought that liquids cannot be stretched — pull on them, and they simply break by forming bubbles. Yet remarkably, plant sap flows under negative pressures of up to –100 atm without forming bubbles. We show that amphiphilic molecules … Read More

New research by Fabio Staniscia and Matej Kanduč, published in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, reveals how the shape and size of water nanodroplets and nanobubbles influence the adsorption of amphiphilic molecules. Using molecular simulations, the study shows … Read More

Electrostatic interactions play a key role in the behavior of soft and biological matter, yet their complexity increases when particle charge distributions are inhomogeneous. Dr. Anže Božič and his collaborators from FMF, University of Padova, and TU Wien recently published … Read More

On 26 March 2025, the Jožef Stefan Institute awarded the Jožef Stefan Golden Emblem to encourage young researchers to be even more committed to scientific research, which is also a kind of call to action for the economy to use … Read More

Obveščamo vas, da bodo od 24. do 29. marca tradicionalno potekali Dnevi Jožefa Stefana, ki jih že od leta 1993 izvajamo v počastitev rojstnega dneva slovitega fizika Jožefa Stefana, katerega ime nosi naš inštitut. To je teden, ko odpremo vrata … Read More