News and Views
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Consistent Renewal, Efficiency, and Momentum in Research Funding
2012.05.11.Members of MTA have overwhelmingly approved reports on MTA’ activities in 2011 on Day 2 of the 183rd General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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Cutting-Edge Research Datacenter to be Established in Hungary
2012.05.09.MTA' Wigner Research Centre for Physics is to host one of the most advanced information systems in the world, with the largest dedicated data transfer capacity in Europe. The tremendous amount of data and equipment of the Tier-0 infrastructure of the CERN will be hosted in the WIGNER Datacenter, providing Hungary with a unique advantage in information technology, science and economy.
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Success and Responsibility - The 183rd General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2012.05.08.At the 183rd General Assembly of MTA the Academy's President József Pálinkás talked about the mission of scientific research, the success of the renewal of the institute network, and the responsibility of scientists in his address. On behalf of the government Deputy Prime-minister Tibor Navracsics expressed his will to support the reform of the Academy's institute network.
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New Report issues a warning about humanity’s ability to survive without a major change in direction
2012.05.07.2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years, by Jorgen Randers, launched by the Club of Rome, an international think-tank of which József Pálinkás, the president of MTA is also a member.
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Significant Gender Differences in Intimate Relationships
2012.04.30.As a person ages, significant differences in relationship preferences emerge between men and women. Following menopause, women's focus noticeably shifts from their husband to their children, especially their daughter(s), scientists maintain in their recently published article in Scientific Report. Among the authors are members of MTA János Kertész and László Barabási-Albert.
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From Solar Panels to Quantum Computing
2012.04.25.Done with support from MTA' Momentum program, the research of Ádám Gali of the Wigner Research Centre for Physics and Budapest University of Technology and Economics may not only increase the efficiency of solar panels, but also perfect biological markers and even produce so-called quantum computers.
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HUF 2bn Infrastructural Support for HAS’ Renewed Institute Network
2012.04.25.The President of the MTA announced the results of the applications for the largest infrastructural development in decades on April 23. Due to significantly increased government funding, the condition of the infrastructure of MTA’ most outstanding and competitive scientific workshops recently renewed will improve significantly this year.
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Member of MTA Addresses EU Decision-makers
2012.04.24.A committee of experts assembled by the European Research Council has chosen three outstanding scientists out of thousands to talk about their research and share their views on excellence in Europe at the Excellence 2012 Conference attended by science policy leaders of the EU. Among the chosen ones has been member of MTA Tamás Vicsek.
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Joint Effort for Research Excellence
2012.04.14."Gaining back truly outstanding scientific minds and providing them with a competitive research environment are the true pre-conditions for achieving research excellence", MTA President József Pálinkás said in his talk delivered at the 10th Bolyai Workshop Conference. Besides its research activities, the Academy has been collaborating with research universities in various research projects and in training a steady supply of new researchers.
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Compass of Curiosity
2012.04.05.In a special way János Szentágothai’s personality unified the Aristotelian Triad: beauty, goodness and truth, i.e. an aspiration for aesthetics, morality and scientific truth. This is how brain researcher and former disciple Balázs Gyulyás recalled the character of his former mentor and teacher. According to the honorary member of HAS and professor of the Swedish Karolinska University, János Szentágothai had always considered the moral [...]
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