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Central Europe's top research-oriented data centre inaugurated at MTA's Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Central Europe's top research-oriented data centre inaugurated at MTA's Wigner Research Centre for Physics
A research-oriented data centre of exceptionally high sophistication by even European standards was inaugurated by Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, President of MTA József Pálinkás, and CERN's Director-General Rolf-Dieter Heuer at MTA's Wigner Research Centre for Physics on 13 June.
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Increasing Momentum: 14 new research teams to form by excellent young Hungarian researchers supported by the Momentum programme
Increasing Momentum: 14 new research teams to form by excellent young Hungarian researchers supported by the Momentum programme
The winners of MTA's Momentum programme this year include five medical researchers, three chemists, two physicists, two economists, a mathematician, and a biologist. The 14 researchers of outstanding performance receive a total support of HUF 633.7 million to form independent research teams in academic research centres, research institutes, and Hungarian universities.
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Thai delegation at the Academy: scientific relations becoming livelier
Thai delegation at the Academy: scientific relations becoming livelier
On 4 June, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences held a round-table discussion where Hungary's only full-employment research institute network and the achievements of Hungarian researchers were introduced to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Surapong Tovichakchaikul and his 23-strong delegation.
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MTA welcomes General Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
MTA welcomes General Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
On 6 June the Hungarian Academy of Sciences welcomed a delegation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences led by General Secretary Huang Huatao for a discussion about the experience gained from MTA's comprehensive renewal programme as well as about opportunities to broaden collaboration in bilateral research. The meeting bore special importance serving as a preparatory event for the meeting of Prime Minister of China Li Ko-csiang and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, an event co-prepared by the Academy.
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Taiwanese delegation learning about MTA research centres
Taiwanese delegation learning about MTA research centres
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences organised round table discussions on 5 June where visiting Taiwanese experts could get an insight into discovery research carried out at academic research centres and Hungarian research universities.
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Intersections of Hungarian and Italian cultures
On 29 May, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences hosted a conference with more than fifty Hungarian and Italian researchers participating. The conference explored an important chapter of Hungaro-Italian cultural-historical relations, i.e. the survival of the classical heritage between the avant-garde and the postmodern periods of 20th century Hungarian and Italian cultures.
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Multidisciplinary messages for upcoming Budapest Water Summit
At a two-day Multidisciplinary Water Conference, prominent Hungarian researchers presented their latest findings in water research, sending out scientific messages for the Budapest Water Summit scheduled for 8-11 October 2013. The conference held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 15-16 May was welcomed by President of Hungary János Áder, and opened by President of MTA József Pálinkás.
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Thai ambassador's introductory visit to MTA
MTA's President József Pálinkás welcomed Ambassador of the Royal Thai Embassy to Budapest Sompong Sanguanbun on an introductory visit on 14 May. Among the subjects discussed were the Hungarian experience in utilising research achievements in industry, and preparations for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Surapong Tovichakchaikul's forthcoming visit to Hungary.
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New members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Twenty-six highly acknowledged researchers including three winners of the Momentum programme became corresponding members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the election held on the first day of the General Assembly. According to the Statutes of MTA, members can be elected from among scientists who hold Doctor of the Academy or other equivalent scientific degrees and "who cultivate their fields of science on a well-recognised, extremely high and creative level."
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New members to be elected by the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The opening ceremony of the 184th General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences will be greeted by Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán on Monday, 6 May. Then, the most prestigious Academy awards are to be presented, and a lecture held commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of outstanding politician József Eötvös. New members of the scientific community are to be elected in the afternoon.
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Our society is one centred on science
On his visit to Budapest, President of the German National Academy of Sciences and Honorary Member of MTA Jörg Hacker drew attention to the importance of collaboration between academies and researchers. President Hacker arrived in Hungary invited by MTA's Committee on General Microbiology and the Hungarian Society for Microbiology. The scientist gave a talk on his microbiology research in the Main Building of MTA.
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Cross-continental exchange of scientific experience in Budapest
Scientists of fourteen nations have met for discussion in Budapest at the conference “Science and Diplomacy: Central Europe and Southern Mediterranean – exchange of experience in the framework of an Italo-Hungarian International Year of Culture and Science”. At the event organised by MTA, the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Institute of Culture in Budapest, and TWA a welcoming speech was given by President of MTA József Pálinkás.
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World Science Forum goes global: Rio welcomes the world forum after Budapest
At its meeting in Paris, World Science Forum's (WSF) Steering Committee finalised the November programme of the international event series initiated by Hungary. On the initiative of MTA, the world forum will be held outside Europe for the first time with Rio de Janeiro hosting the event this year.
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