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Late Prof. Danuta Kiełczewska

Professor Danuta Kiełczewska, 21.08.1945–22.02.2016
2016.02.23 13:50 - admin Professor Danuta Kiełczewska passed away on February 22, 2016. She was a member of the Warsaw University Physics Faculty and also for several years a member of scientific staff in the Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies. Her professional achievements and organizational talents laid foundations for experimental neutrino physics in Poland cultivated by strong teams in Warsaw, Cracow, Wrocław and Katowice ----

Attendees of the Great Energy Summit conference have visited Świerk

Delegates for the Great Energy Summit 2016 conference are visiting the MARIA reactor in Świerk (photo Marcin Jakubowski NCBJ)
2016.02.18 18:00 - admin Representatives of some private companies from the British nuclear industry sector and some employees of Commercial Sections of British embassies in CEE/Balkan countries have visited NCBJ Świerk.  ----

NCBJ management has met with some Ministry of Health officials

Mr. Krzysztof Łanda, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health (photo Katarzyna Żuchowicz)
2016.02.15 9:08 - admin Mr. Krzysztof Łanda, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health, accompanied by some representatives of Health Technology Assessment Agency, paid a visit to Świerk. The guests were presented with NCBJ capacities and achievements in the field of nuclear medicine-related applications. ----

Gravitational waves discovered 100 years after Einstein had predicted them

The Warsaw press conference (photo Marianna Zadrożna)
2016.02.12 8:01 - admin For the first time in history scientists have observed some “wrinkles” on the spacetime “fabric”. These gravitational waves have arrived to Earth from a distant point in the Universe where some catastrophic event had taken place. The observation has confirmed one of the most profound consequences of the General Theory of Relativity proposed by Einstein in 1915 and has opened up quite new perspectives in research on the Universe. ----

What is known on gravitational waves

Artistic vision of gravitational waves emitted by a system of two objects quickly orbiting around their centre of gravity (photo NASA)
2016.02.11 15:51 - admin Current status of research on gravitational waves was presented on a special press conference organized by Polish scientists on February 11, 2016 in Warsaw on the occasion of 100th anniversary since Albert Einstein predicted the waves. ----

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