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Highlights

Breakthrough in Nuclear Magnetism at CERN’s ISOLDE

(photo: “Using high-resolution laser spectroscopy, the researchers were able to observe, for example, the Bohr–Weisskopf effect, where the molecule’s energy levels shift slightly due to the internal magnetic structure of the nucleus.”. Credit University of Jyväskylä) Scientists at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have, for the first time, observed how magnetism is distributed within an atomic nucleus...Continue reading→

ERC Consolidator Grant Awarded to Strong-Interaction Theorist

(photo: University of Helsinki with AI-enhanced background) University of Helsinki researcher Risto Paatelainen, based at Kumpula Campus Physicum and contributing to our Phases of Strongly Interacting Matter Theory Programme, has received a prestigious €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant to advance theoretical understanding of matter under extreme densities, including quark matter in neutron stars. This significant...Continue reading→

HIP News

HIP NEWS,  7 September 2026  

  HIP NEWS,  7 September 2026         OPEN POSITION   Helsinki Institute of Physics invites applications to the post of DIRECTOR to a fixed term position for 5 years starting 1.2.2027 or as agreed. Application period closes 5 October 2026.   For more information on the post and how to apply, see: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Director%2C-Helsinki-Institute-of-Physics-%28HIP%29/1371284057/...Continue reading→

HIP NEWS, 24 August 2026  

  HIP NEWS, 24 August 2026         HIP SEMINAR Monday 24 August 2026 at 14:15 in A315 and using Zoom (Note unusual time!) Robert D. Pisarski (Brookhaven) “Syncreticity with fractional ‘t Hooft determinants in the chiral phase transition” Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/   COSMOLOGY SEMINAR Thursday 27 August 2026 at 14.15 in A315 and using Zoom Neil Turok (The...Continue reading→