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3rd observation of gravitational waves has proved existence of unexpected black holes

Source: Virgo Collaboration
2017.06.01 17:05 - udgov_hs The Advan­ced LIGO research consortium (in which some NCBJ scientists participate) has reported the 3rd instance of direct observation of gravitational waves. The logged waves were emitted just before two black holes merged into a single spinning larger hole of a mass 49 times larger than the mass of our Sun and about 3 billion light years away the Earth. ----

Professor Wrochna appointed Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee

Professor Grzegorz Wrochna
2017.05.30 12:00 - admin Professor Grzegorz Wrochna has been appointed Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee, an advisory body at Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education, for six months starting June 2, 2017 ----

NCBJ scientists help to compute huge amounts of data in global networks

2017.05.30 8:42 - admin Developers and users of the DIRAC computational platform have met in Warsaw on a conference organized by NCBJ. Topics discussed during the conference included monitoring of performance of global network resources and message queuing technology (already used by Instagram, Cisco, Ford and other global concerns). ----

Agreement to support production of the “Pelican” animated cartoon

2017.05.26 17:46 - Marek Pawłowski The programme to sponsor Polish filmmakers set up jointly by NCBJ and Polish Film Institute (PISF) is going to support production of the “Pelican” animated cartoon, a tale of an unusual friendship, dreams, discovering and accepting who you are. The production won in 2016 a PISF grant. The producers will be able to purchase at some significant discounts services of Renderownia Świerk, a part of the NCBJ-operated Świerk Computing Centre (CIŚ). ----

Centre for design and synthesis of new molecularly targeted drugs planned in Świerk

2017.05.22 14:00 - admin Modern centre for design and synthesis of new radiopharmaceuticals is going to start operations in Świerk in three years. Scientists working in the centre will have at their disposal a new cyclotron, the Maria research reactor, a group of research labs, and the CIŚ supercomputer. To this end European Union will co-finance the CERAD project. ----

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