The goal of the PIANOFORTE research partnership, launched in the summer of 2022, is to expand knowledge and promote innovation in the field of radiation protection for the benefit of public, patients, workers, and environmental Read more…
In a significant stride towards realising the potential of fusion energy, the joint European and Japanese effort has reached a landmark milestone with the successful operation of JT-60SA, the most advanced experimental fusion device to Read more…
The Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) is a founding member of the League of European Advanced Neutron Sources – LENS. Established in 2019, LENS coordinates the activities of 10 European neutron research institutions. Comprising leaders of Read more…
Researchers from the Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science of the HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research (HUN-REN EK-CER) have developed methods based on optical and electrochemical sensors applicable in a microscopic environment, in collaboration Read more…
The researchers at the Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science of the ELKH Centre for Energy Research (EK-CER) are developing advanced semiconductor materials and technologies with a strong emphasis on energy efficiency and sustainability Read more…
The Centre for Energy Research has been given the opportunity to install a demonstration stationary energy storage system within the Tesseract Energy Storage (2021-2.1.1-EK-2021-00002). The Centre decided in favor of sodium sulfur technology, as it Read more…
Dr. Sándor Zoletnik, head of the Fusion Plasma Physics Department of the Centre for Energy Research, was elected as the next president of the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) Diagnostic Topical Group. ITPA is a Read more…
On the 28th of April 2023, the Central European Training School on Neutron Techniques, CETS, organized by the Budapest Neutron Centre (Centre for Energy Research), was successfully completed. The 2023 event was the 15th of Read more…
Researchers from the Radiation Chemistry Department of the Energy and Environmental Safety Institute at the ELKH Centre for Energy Research (EK-CER), in collaboration with their Chinese partner, have developed a highly efficient technology for wastewater Read more…
On April 14th, 2023 at 14:15 Hungarian time, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission’s spacecraft was launched on an Ariane 5 launcher from the European Spaceport located near Kourou, French Read more…
The exploration of the now-digitized Leonardo Da Vinci notebooks continues to amaze the worldwide scientific community. A few weeks ago, engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) analyzed a series of drawings that clearly Read more…
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visited the Centre for Energy Research. During the visit, Ákos Horváth, Director General of EK-CER, presented the activities of the Centre, highlighting the results Read more…
