Highlights
Prof. dr. Lev Vidmar awarded a prestigious ERC project
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the results of the Consolidator Grant call. 308 researchers have been selected from more than 2000 applicants, including prof. dr. Lev Vidmar, a colleague of the Department of Theoretical Physics F1. Prof. dr. … Read More
12th Nonequilibrium Quantum Workshop, 10. – 14. 12. 2023
The workshop will take place from 10 to 14 December 2023 at Krvavec in a mixed format. Remote participation will also be provided via the Zoom platform. Remote presentations will be broadcasted live to the audience physically attending the meeting … Read More
Prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer gave keynote talk “From Flavour Anomalies Towards New Physics” at the conference “Implications of LHCb measurements and future prospects”
Prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer gave the keynote talk “Implications of LHCb measurements and future prospects” at the conference “From Flavour Anomalies Towards New Physics“, which took place from 25 to 27 October 2023 at CERN. The aim of the conference … Read More
Med letošnjimi prejemniki Blinčevih nagrad tudi prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer in prof. dr. Lev Vidmar z odseka F1
Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko Univerze v Ljubljani in Institut Jožef Stefan sta petič podelila Blinčeve nagrade za raziskovalno in strokovno delo na področju fizike, ki so namenjene fizikom, delujočim v Sloveniji. Blinčevo nagrado za fizike na začetku kariere je prejel izr. prof. … Read More
Journal Nature: prof. dr. Peter Prelovšek and prof. dr. Dragan Mihailović from Jožef Stefan Institute with authors from Italy and Germany revealed an unusual quantum effect
The macroscopic properties of quantum materials arise from microscopic quantum phenomena and cannot be understood solely through classical physics and chemistry. Sometimes, they behave entirely counter to intuition. In an article recently published in the journal Nature, a group of … Read More
A Hubbard exciton fluid in a photo-doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulator
Dr. Zala Lenarčič from the Department for Theoretical Physics at Jožef Stefan Institute published “A Hubbard exciton fluid in a photo-doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulator” as a Nature Physics article, together with colleagues from California Institute of Technology (USA), University of … Read More
Prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer gave keynote talk “From Flavour Anomalies Towards New Physics” at the conference “Implications of LHCb measurements and future prospects”
Prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer gave the keynote talk “Implications of LHCb measurements and future prospects” at the conference “From Flavour Anomalies Towards New Physics“, which took place from 25 to 27 October 2023 at CERN. The aim of the conference … Read More
Med letošnjimi prejemniki Blinčevih nagrad tudi prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer in prof. dr. Lev Vidmar z odseka F1
Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko Univerze v Ljubljani in Institut Jožef Stefan sta petič podelila Blinčeve nagrade za raziskovalno in strokovno delo na področju fizike, ki so namenjene fizikom, delujočim v Sloveniji. Blinčevo nagrado za fizike na začetku kariere je prejel izr. prof. … Read More
High Energy Physics Workshop 2023: Illusive Physics Beyond the Standard Model in Brda, Slovenija
The High Energy Physics Mini-Workshop 2023 is set to take place in Brda, Slovenija from October 11 to 13. Hosted by the Institute of Jožef Stefan and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of University of Ljubljana, this workshop will bring … Read More
Postdoc in Theoretical Particle Physics
The particle theory group at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia invites outstanding young researchers to apply for a post-doctoral position. The areas of interest include grand unification, flavor physics and CP violation, baryon and lepton number violation, Higgs physics, particle … Read More
SMASH postdoctoral Fellowships
The Second Call for SMASH MSCA Fellowships 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 fundamental physics. 20 positions for 2-years postdoc Marie … Read More
Dark Matter Dilution Mechanism through the Lens of Large-Scale Structure
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
Prof. dr. Lev Vidmar awarded a prestigious ERC project
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the results of the Consolidator Grant call. 308 researchers have been selected from more than 2000 applicants, including prof. dr. Lev Vidmar, a colleague of the Department of Theoretical Physics F1. Prof. dr. … Read More
12th Nonequilibrium Quantum Workshop, 10. – 14. 12. 2023
The workshop will take place from 10 to 14 December 2023 at Krvavec in a mixed format. Remote participation will also be provided via the Zoom platform. Remote presentations will be broadcasted live to the audience physically attending the meeting … Read More
Med letošnjimi prejemniki Blinčevih nagrad tudi prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer in prof. dr. Lev Vidmar z odseka F1
Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko Univerze v Ljubljani in Institut Jožef Stefan sta petič podelila Blinčeve nagrade za raziskovalno in strokovno delo na področju fizike, ki so namenjene fizikom, delujočim v Sloveniji. Blinčevo nagrado za fizike na začetku kariere je prejel izr. prof. … Read More
Journal Nature: prof. dr. Peter Prelovšek and prof. dr. Dragan Mihailović from Jožef Stefan Institute with authors from Italy and Germany revealed an unusual quantum effect
The macroscopic properties of quantum materials arise from microscopic quantum phenomena and cannot be understood solely through classical physics and chemistry. Sometimes, they behave entirely counter to intuition. In an article recently published in the journal Nature, a group of … Read More
A Hubbard exciton fluid in a photo-doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulator
Dr. Zala Lenarčič from the Department for Theoretical Physics at Jožef Stefan Institute published “A Hubbard exciton fluid in a photo-doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulator” as a Nature Physics article, together with colleagues from California Institute of Technology (USA), University of … Read More
Intervju z Zalo Lenarčič v reviji El Normal: Iskanje estetike v abstraktnem razumevanju sveta
Zala Lenarčič je po študiju fizike na Fakulteti za matematiko in fiziko Univerze v Ljubljani kot mlada raziskovalka na Odseku za teoretično fiziko Instituta Jožef Stefan in asistentka na fakulteti vpisala tudi doktorat, ki ga je leta 2015 uspešno zagovarjala. … Read More
Wetting Contact Angle as a Key Factor in the Stability of Lipid Monolayers on Solid Substrates
A recent publication by M. Šako, F. Staniscia, and M. Kanduč in PNAS Nexus unveils the conditions under which lipid monolayers can spontaneously self-assemble on solid substrates. Although it has long been known that this process requires a sufficiently hydrophobic … Read More
Paper on wrinkling instability in tissues published in PRL
Urška Andrenšek, Primož Ziherl, and Matej Krajnc published a paper in Physical Review Letters. In their work, they investigate the elasticity of an unsupported epithelial monolayer and they discover that unlike a thin solid plate, which wrinkles if geometrically incompatible … Read More
Coarse-graining the finer structure of macromolecular interactions
The workshop will take place in Ljubljana, August 27–30, 2023. It aims to identify the most exciting prospects and challenges in the field. It will host the most far distinguished researchers worldwide, experimentalists and theorists alike. There will be time … Read More
Front cover in ACS Macromolecules: “Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions of Nonionic Polymer Brushes”
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
Investigating next-generation battery materials with neutron scattering and molecular simulations
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
Packing and trimer-to-dimer protein reconstruction in icosahedral viral shells with a single type of symmetrical structural unit
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