02. 06. 2025
At the end of May, the journal Global Ecology and Conservation published the article Expert opinion versus radiocarbon dating in the ivory trade, which highlights the alarming inaccuracy of expert assessments in determining the age of ivory. ...
30. 05. 2025
In early 2025, the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (NPI CAS) joined two major research efforts focusing on improved detection and evaluation of cosmic radiation – a key aspect of aviation and space safety. ...
26. 05. 2025
On May 12, 2025, our colleague Roman Garba, together with Ukrainian archaeologist Vitalii Usyk, gave a lecture in Vienna as part of the prestigious HEAS (Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences) seminar. ...
19. 05. 2025
The scientific team of Iva Synková and Jan Borovička from the Nuclear Physics Institute and the Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences has contributed to uncovering an interesting analytical issue in determining the silver content ...

It organizes the running of NPI. It includes scientific secretary, Safety and radiation protection unit, Information technology unit, International relations unit, International collaborations unit, Structural funds projects unit, Labour, wages and personal agenda unit.

Theoretical research in nuclear, particle and mathematical physics (the last one as a part of Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics), organization of the international conferences, giving lectures at Czech universities.

It examines the properties of nuclear matter under extreme conditions, studies relativistic and ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions, works on neutrino mass determination, studies weak interaction in b-decay and develops nuclear analytical methods, especially neutron activation analysis.

Performs fundamental research in nuclear astrophysics and physics of exotic nuclei, fundamental and applied research with fast neutron generators and activation with charged particles. It collaborates with SPIRAL2/Ganil and other international infrastructures.

It carries out fundamental and applied research with thermal neutrons at the horizontal channels of LVR-15 reactor and develops nuclear analytical methods with charged particles at the Tandetron 4130 MC. accelerator. Neutron Physics Laboratory (NPL) is part of the CANAM infrastructure.

Ensuring the operation of accelerators - cyclotrons U-120M and TR-24, and Mikrotron MT-25. Development and design of target systems for different types of experiments. Simulation of dynamic parameters of the beams during acceleration and extraction processes.

Research on the effects of low radiation doses, characterization of ionizing radiation transmission at molecular and cellular level, research on cosmic radiation on Earth, on board of aircrafts and spacecrafts, study of anthropogenic effects in nature, radiocarbon dating.

It develops novel medical radionuclides and studies cyclotron production of 99mTc, labeling of monoclonal antibodies and their fragments, development of microfluidic systems for automated labelling and measurement of excitation functions of nuclear reactions on cyclotron U-120M.

It organizes the economical and technical running of NPI. It includes Finance, budget and technical evidence unit, Logistic unit, Technical and operational unit.

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