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Miniature endoscope for premature babies

A team of researchers from the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University is finalising work on a new device to help treat respiratory disorders in premature newborns.

From classical hydrodynamics to quantum hydrodynamics

Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw – Maciej Łebek and prof. Miłosz Panfil – have shown that the Navier-Stokes equations used in classical physics can also be applied to quantum systems, specifically in quantum liquids where the motion of particles is restricted to one dimension. This discovery opens up new possibilities for research into transport in one-dimensiona

Neuronal plasticity of the brain and social learning

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has discovered that, to effectively learn from others, it is necessary to engage the prefrontal cortex. Scientific data on this was presented using computational and analytical contributions, developed and carried out by prof. Krzysztof Turzyński from the UW Faculty of Physics. The discovery was published in the “Science Advances” scientific journal.

The physics of transport networks in nature

An international team of scientists including researchers from the UW’s Faculty of Physics, the Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, and the Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans has described how loops, important for the stability of transport networks, occur in those found in nature.

Super-precise spectrometer

Prof. Michał Parniak and Michał Lipka from the UW’s Faculty of Physics developed a quantum-inspired super-resolving spectrometer for short pulses of light. In the future the device can be miniaturized on a photonic chip and applied in optical and quantum networks as well as in spectroscopic studies of matter. The invention was presented by the researchers in “Optica”.

Innovative perovskite waveguides

Scientists from the UW’s Faculty of Physics in collaboration with other researchers from Poland as well as Italy, Iceland, and Australia, have demonstrated the creation of perovskite crystals with predefined shapes that can serve in nonlinear photonics as waveguides, couplers, splitters, and modulators. The research results were published in “Nature Materials”.

Quantisation of tachyonic field

Physicists from the University of Warsaw and the University of Oxford proved that hypothetical particles, called tachyons, are ruled by the special theory of relativity. Results of their research have been published in “Physical Review D”.

UW researchers on transport networks

Understanding how transport networks, such as river systems, form and evolve is crucial to optimising their stability and resilience. Some networks branch into a treelike pattern, while other show a looplike topology. Researchers from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw, and the University of Arkansas sought to answer the question what conditions favour the formation of loops.

Supercomputer collaboration

The University of Warsaw is a partner in the international HANAMI project funded by the “Horizon Europe” programme. The project is an example of the European-Japanese cooperation in supercomputing. Prof. Hanna Pawłowska and Dr Piotr Dziekan from the UW’s Faculty of Physics attended the project’s kick-off meeting.

Two ERC Advanced Grants for UW

The projects of two ERC grants laureates will be carried out at the University of Warsaw. Prof. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec from the UW’s Faculty of Culture and Arts is the first Polish female researcher awarded with the Advanced Grant. Prof. Emanuel Gull, a Swiss from the University of Michigan, will conduct his project at the Faculty of Physics, where he will move his lab.

In the world of quantum algorithms

First time in the history of our University an international ERC grant winner decided to carry out his research at the University of Warsaw. Prof. Emanuel Gull from the University of Michigan is a theoretical physicist specialising in developing numerical methods to describe complex quantum many-body systems. The ERC awarded him a prestigious Advanced Grant for the project on quantum algorithms.

Memorandum on nuclear energy

On 25th March, the University of Warsaw signed the memorandum of understanding with KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS), Pusan National University (PNU) and Korea Nuclear Association for International Cooperation (KNA). The agreement with South Korean institutions will result in the founding of a European training center of nuclear energy at the UW’s Faculty of Physics.

Grant for researchers from UW’s Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies

The Foundation for Polish Science has announced the results of the competition for International Research Agendas (MAB FENG). The project submitted by researchers from the University of Warsaw received funding of PLN 30 million. The team’s work will be led by Prof. Konrad Banaszek at the Centre of New Technologies (CeNT), University of Warsaw.

Honorary doctorate for Prof. Dieter Vollhardt

On 8th April, Prof. Dieter Vollhardt was awarded with an honorary doctorate of the University of Warsaw. The ceremony was held in the Senate Hall. The researcher is an outstanding physicist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Augsburg.

Doctoral candidate from UW at NASA

Grzegorz Florczyk, who is preparing his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Physics, the University of Warsaw, has been working for three months at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, one of NASA’s research centres in Pasadena, California. He is working on the development of a new numerical model of the state of the lower troposphere, which takes into account the presence of pollutants such as particulat

Success in the QuantERA Call

The project “QM3 – Quantum Multi-Modal Microscopy”, coordinated by Dr Radek Łapkiewcz from the UW’s Faculty of Physics, was selected for funding in the international QuantERA Call 2023.

Quantum complexity

Precise measures of the complexity of states and operators in Quantum Field Theories and applying them in the holographic correspondence and quantum gravity models will be the subject of the research conducted by Prof. Paweł Caputa from the UW’s Faculty of Physics as part of the Consolidator Grant, given by the European Research Council.

UW scientist awarded the Fulbright STEM Impact Award

Prof. Piotr Szymczak from the UW Faculty of Physics received the Fulbright STEM Impact Award 2023-2024. This grant will allow him to carry out a project on the process of mineral carbonation, one of the proposed methods for removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The project will be conducted at the University of Minnesota, USA.

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