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The McChasy code aids in the study of defects in semiconductors for special applications.

Defects in the crystal structure of semiconductors used in space and nuclear industry can have an impact on the functioning of devices built with them. A master's student from Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal, in collaboration with NCBJ scientists, investigated defects that arise in gallium nitride when bombarded with argon. The use of the McChasy computer program developed in Świerk was a crucial aspect of the research. ----

The Ministry of Climate and Environment has signed an agreement with Japan for cooperation in the field of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGR).

Japoński reaktor HTTR
The ceremony for the signing of the Polish-Japanese Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the field of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGR) between the Ministry of Climate and Environment and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) took place on November 16th, 2023. NCBJ is the main implementing institution of the agreement on the Polish side. ----

Midlife Crisis of the Universe: Galaxies’ interactions did not affect interstellar dust

Dust-related energy Budget of over 1000 galaxies at the midlife of the Universe. Arrows correspond to the correlations with different quantities. M* is stellar mass, age* is stellar age. Different lines correspond to different relations from the literature.  is the ultraviolet slope, a proxy for dust attenuation. IRX is the ratio of infrared to ultraviolet luminosities.
A new study has shed light on the intricate cosmic dance between interstellar dust in galaxies, properties of galaxies, and their environments. For a very long time, the relations between dust and the galaxies was investigated. However, the link between dust properties and the neighborhood of galaxies was poorly understood. In the newest work published in Astronomy&Astrophysics, the scientists studied the relationship between the amount of stellar light absorbed by dust, and the environments of galaxies. ----

MARIA returned to work

Nowa sterownia reaktora MARIA
On October 27, after a modernization break, the MARIA research reactor resumed operation. Thus, the long-awaited production of radioisotopes began again, mainly for medical purposes. ----

Neutrinos could be the key to understanding dark matter

Grafika dekoracyjna
The team of researchers from France, Poland, and the United Kingdom has proposed a new hypothesis suggesting that interactions between dark matter and neutrinos could shed light on certain anomalies in the distribution of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The details of the analysis have been described in articles published in the prestigious scientific journals, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters and Physics of the Dark Universe. ----

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