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Dr. Octavian Micu, invited at the Sound of Science show on Gold FM

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Today, 28 November 2014, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., you are invited to watch the Sound of Science show on Gold FM (96.9 FM) involving Dr. Octavian Micu, researcher of the Institute of Space Science (ISS) in the Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Laboratory. He will talk about micro-black holes, whose existence is still hypothetical.

The ISS researcher together with his colleagues proposes, however, a unique fingerprint to identify the decay of microscopic black holes. The identification of their signature by observations would confirm the string theory and would change physics as we know it today.

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The Institute of Space Science, present at the „Space: the Last Frontier” conference during Bucharest Science Festival 2014

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Researchers from the Institute of Space Science (ISS) are invited to hold presentations at the „Space: the Last Frontier” conference, organized by the ASUR Association today, 25 September at 5 p.m. in the Aula Magna room of the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law (36-46 Mihail Kogălniceanu Blvd.)

During the conference there will be discussed three main areas:

  • What are the direct benefits of space exploration? How does it improve everyday life here, on Earth?
  • How does the astronomy, astrophysics and space exploration contribute to the progress of human knowledge?
  • Who are the people who have ventured into the unknown? What are their stories, their dreams, how is their life?

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Researchers’ Night 2014 – The European celebration of science in Bucharest

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The launch pad is installed, the propulsion engines are ready, the journey begins!

On 26 September, at 5 p.m. in Bucharest, Tineretului Park, Şincai Entry, start your journey in the world of science at the Researchers’ Night 2014.

All travelers are invited to take the desired seat and to take part in an adventurous travel route into the world of real researchers. This year edition provokes all visitors to become passengers involved in the world of science in the four main areas of the event.

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A new journey into the world of science at the Researchers’ Night 2014

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afisOn 26 September, the Researchers’ Night invites all the curious to take part in a trip to the fascinating world of science. Researchers, engineers, explorers and inventors will be meeting with you in the campuses or downtown areas of the following cities: Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Constanta, Craiova, Galati, Brasov, Suceava, Bacau, Arad, Sibiu, Piatra Neamt, Tulcea, Oradea and Targu Jiu. Together with them you will take part in unique experiments, exciting conferences and contests with attractive prizes. The program for each city can be found on www.noapteacercetatorilor.eu.

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The International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad, 1-11 August, Suceava, Romania

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The 8th edition of the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad is organised for the first time in Romania, by the Romanian Ministry of Education in partnership with the Suceava County Council, Suceava County School Inspectorate, „Stefan cel Mare” University Suceava and the Cygnus Scientific Society — a UNESCO center. The event will take place from 1 to 11 August 2014 in Suceava.

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Public presentation of the ISS projects funded by the IDEAS, PARTNERSHIPS and HUMAN RESOURCES programs

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During 18-19 June, the Institute of Space Science (ISS) will participate at an event organised by the Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI) with the aim to present the results obtained within the research projects funded in the 2011 competition, as part of the IDEAS, PARTNERSHIPS and HUMAN RESOURCES programmes.

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The Institute of Space Science hosts the 24th FCAL Collaboration Workshop, Bucharest-Măgurele, 26-27 May 2014

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Today, researchers from around Europe arrived at the Institute of Space Science (ISS) on the Măgurele Physics Platform, in order to participate at the 24th FCAL Collaboration Workshop. FCAL is an international detector Research & Development (R&D) collaboration that twice a year brings together the scientific community involved in detector design, construction and testing of the very forward calorimeters for the experiments from future electron-positron linear colliders, CLIC (Compact Linear Collider)/ILC (International Linear Collider).

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Researchers from the Institute of Space Science offer a unique way to search for microscopic black holes

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Reprezentare artistică a două cascade de particule. Cercetătorii ISS spun că un astfel de eveniment format din două cascade distincte este semnatura unică a dezintegrarii unei găuri negre cuantice. Credit: ISS
The artistic representation of two particle falls. The ISS researchers say that such an event, composed of two distinct falls, is the unique signature of a quantum black hole’s disintegration. Credit: ISS

Three researchers from the Institute of Space Science (ISS) located on the Magurele Physics Platform propose a unique fingerprint to identify the disintegration of microscopic black holes – quantum black holes of very small dimensions, whose existence is still hypothetical. The identification of the signature they proposed based on observations can confirm the string theory and can change physics as we know it today. The contributions of the Romanian researchers have been published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, in Astroparticle Physics, and the third article is being published right now in an internationally renowned publication.

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