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High School Students Experience Hands-On Particle Physics

Mar 6th 2012

As part of International Hands-on Particle Physics Masterclasses, on Thursday, March 8, a group of 40 high school students will have the opportunity to analyze real data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator in the world, located at CERN.

Analysis of Telomeres to Slow the Aging Process

Feb 29th 2012

The Ruđer Bošković Institute is one of the few institutions in the world to offer the possibility of determining and analyzing human telomere length, one of the most reliable indicators of the progression of aging. Such analysis provides insight into the biological condition of the body, i.e., determines the biological age of an individual in relation to chronological age.

Lecture by American Ambassador James B. Foley at the RBI

Feb 28th 2012

We invite you to attend a lecture by the Ambassador of the United States of America, His Excellency James B. Foley, entitled “U.S. Science and Innovation Policies – from Research to Prosperity", to be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in the auditorium of Wing III of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54.

Construction and Establishment of a Croatian Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Feb 27th 2012

Today at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb, a Letter of Intent on the construction and establishment of a Croatian center for advanced materials and nanotechnology to be located at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, was signed.

Public Signing of a Letter of Intent on the Construction and Establishment of a Croatian Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Feb 27th 2012

Today at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb, a Letter of Intent on the construction and establishment of a Croatian center for advanced materials and nanotechnology to be located at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, was signed by the Rector of the University of Zagreb, Prof. Aleksa Bjeliš, Ph.D., the Director General of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Danica Ramljak, Ph.D., and the Head of the Institute of Physics, Petar Pervan, Ph.D.

Young RBI Scientist Receives Annual Award for Her Contribution to the Natural Sciences

Feb 24th 2012

Nena Peran, Ph.D., a research assistant in the Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, recently received the Annual Award of the Society of University Teachers, Scholars and Other Scientists of Zagreb for her contribution in the area of the natural sciences.

Croatian Scientist Head of the World Academy of Art & Science

Feb 17th 2012

A scientist's mobility is an advantage to be cultivated in order to allow him to play the role of an ambassador of his country in the world and a promoter of science and its importance in society, as was said at the celebration at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb held today on the occasion of the election of the distinguished Croatian scientist Ivo Šlaus as President of the World Academy of Art & Science. (HINA)

Lecture by the Distinguished Scientist Prof. Jadran Lenarčič, Ph.D.

Feb 17th 2012

As part of the series Distinguished Scientists at the RBI, Prof. Jadran Lenarčič, Ph.D., (Jožef Štefan Institute, Slovenia) will deliver a lecture entitled The Jožef Stefan Institute—Between Science and Technology, on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, beginning at 12 noon in the auditorium of Wing III.  

Interview with Academician Šlaus in Slobodna Dalmacija

Feb 15th 2012

Croatia is the first in something—Ivo Šlaus has been elected President of the World Academy of Art and Science.  To read about science as the main bearer of progress for mankind, the need to solve unemployment and the unusual extremes of weather.

Forum – The Mystique of GMOs

Feb 7th 2012

The Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) in cooperation with the Center for Inquiry (CFI) Croatia – Center for the Promotion of Science, Humanism and Critical Reasoning, is holding a public forum entitled the Mystique of GMOs, to be led by Dr. Hrvoje Fulgosi, beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2012, in the Auditorium of Wing III of the RBI.