13-04-2018
Włochy przygotowują się do budowy tokamaka DTT. Decyzja o rozpoczęciu prac zapadła na przełomie 2017 i 2018 roku, a od kilku dni znana jest również lokalizacja inwestycji – centrum badawcze...
Read more09-02-2018
W dniu 6 lutego gośćmi Instytutu byli Józef Sobolewski, dyrektor Departamentu Energii Jądrowej, wraz z Mirosławem Lewińskim, radcą ministra Departamentu Energii Jądrowej w Ministerstwie Energii. Departament Energii Jądrowej odpowiada za...
Read more05-12-2017
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego decyzją z dnia 15 listopada 2017 r. po raz kolejny przyznało Instytutowi Fizyki Plazmy i Laserowej Mikrosyntezy kategorię naukową A (poziom bardzo dobry) na podstawie...
Read more31-10-2017
Instytut Fizyki Plazmy i Laserowej Mikrosyntezy w Warszawie został laureatem prestiżowej Polskiej Nagrody Inteligentnego Rozwoju 2017 w kategorii jednostka naukowa. Wyróżnienie zostało przyznane Instytutowi za realizację projektów związanych z udziałem w...
Read more17-10-2017
Profesor Jerzy Wołowski, sekretarz naukowy Instytutu Fizyki Plazmy i Laserowej Mikrosyntezy, został uhonorowany przez Prezydenta RP Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski. Odznaczenie przyznano za wybitne osiągnięcia w pracy naukowo-badawczej i dydaktycznej,...
Read more10-10-2017
W dniach 22-23 września 2017 roku w Warszawie odbyło się spotkanie Komitetu Naukowego Międzynarodowego Centrum Badania Gęstej Namagnesowanej Plazmy (International Centre for Dense Magnetised Plasmas - ICDMP). Wzięli w nim...
Read more06-10-2017
W dniach 18-22 września br. w salach Centralnej Biblioteki Rolniczej im. Michała Oczapowskiego w Warszawie odbyła się międzynarodowa konferencja PLASMA-2017 International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas zorganizowana przez...
Read more27-06-2017
23 czerwca 2017 roku w Instytucie Fizyki Plazmy i Laserowej Mikrosyntezy odbyła się uroczystość nadania imienia Sylwester dębowi szypułkowemu zasadzonemu rok wcześniej przez pracowników Instytutu. Był to pomysł ówczesnej przewodniczącej...
Read more19-06-2017
Naukowcy IFPiLM uczestniczą w eksperymencie na stellaratorze LHD (Large Helical Device), który znajduje się w NIFS (National Institute for Fusion Science) w Japoni. Polscy naukowcy skupiają się na badaniu transportu...
Read more09-06-2017
Rozwój badań w zakresie fizyki i techniki akceleracji stał się tematem przewodnim wizyty prof. Piotra Maleckiego z IFJ PAN w Instytucie Fizyki Plazmy i Laserowej Mikrosyntezy. Spotkanie z kierownictwem Instytutu...
Read more07-06-2017
„A jednak fizyka mnie fascynuje” – powiedział 12-latek patrząc na pociąg magnetyczny skonstruowany z solenoidu, magnesów i baterii. Był to jeden z pokazów przygotowanych przez naukowców IFPiLM na 21. Piknik...
Read more19-05-2017
After the success of the first Fusion Writers’ edition of Fusion in Europe last year, the magazine is again looking for ambitious volunteer writers. Under our guidance you develop articles...
Read more03-03-2017
The lecture about the prominent and controversial character from the world of science, politics and army altogether – the Major General Professor and Engineer Sylwester Kaliski, the minister of science,...
Read more08-02-2017
On 7th February 2017 the IPPLM Director had a pleasure to host the President of the NOT Federation of Engineering Associations Ewa Mańkiewicz-Cudny - the chief editor of the Technical...
Read more23-01-2017
The mechanism of strong gigahertz electromagnetic pulses has not been well-known yet. When high energy peak-off laser pulse is focused on the target, there is often the emission of very strong...
Read more16-01-2017
During 11-13 January 2017 Dr. Angel Ibarra, the manager of the research work package Early Neutron Source (WPENS), paid a visit to the Polish Institutes that are involved scientifically in...
Read more10-01-2017
The 6th CeNTE Governing Board Meeting can be undoubtedly called a historic one. Despite regular points for discussion, there was one more that appeared in the agenda, it was concerning...
Read more05-12-2016
Tony Donné – the managing director of the EUROfusion Consortium with his deputy Xavier Litaudon visited a few Polish institutions that take part in European research on thermonuclear energy. The...
Read more01-12-2016
It is not always easy to thoroughly analyze the past and think strategically about the future. However, the scientists from the leading plasma centers of Europe took this challenge with...
Read more20-09-2016
The Jubilee year of the Sylwester Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion achieved its peak point with an official celebration on the Royal Castle in Warsaw, which took...
Read more18-07-2016
On the annual meeting of physicians from across Poland and Italy there were discussions about the prospective of scientific collaboration within the field of thermonuclear fusion. Poles expressed huge interest...
Read more28-06-2016
In the first half of June 2016 there was one of the crucial events of the Institute, namely the Summer School of Plasma Physics in Kudowa-Zdroj – „Kudowa Summer School...
Read more06-06-2016
The scientists from IFPiLM took part in the family picnic organized on Children’s Day in the gardens of Prime Minister’s Office. For the youngest participants of the picnic there were...
Read more12-05-2016
On 7th May 2016 the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion participated in the jubilee 20th edition of the Scientific Picnic. The Institute scientists enthusiastically talked about nuclear fusion,...
Read more06-04-2016
Trzy polskie instytucje naukowe pozyskały od Komisji Europejskiej łącznie blisko 3 mln euro na projekty związane z rozwojem energetyki jądrowej w regionie bałtyckim i wyszehradzkim. Naukowcy czekają na firmy gotowe...
Read more19-12-2017
Who would turn down an invitation to “fly to Mars” if representatives from ESA, NASA and Poland’s Space Industry Association acted as the captains on board? Imagine if your co-passengers...
Read more06-10-2017
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to...
Read more14-09-2017
The plasma experiments in the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald have now been resumed after a 15-month conversion break. The ex tension...
Read more28-08-2017
The scientist in charge of Europe’s drive to harness a revolutionary new form of energy has accused Theresa May of risking its development by putting up a “new political wall”...
Read more06-07-2017
Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the sun, but closer to home scientists are trying to develop fusion reactors that could provide immense amounts of energy. These reactors are...
Read more30-06-2017
The fusion world directed its applause to the east earlier this month as the Kazakh tokamak KTM started operations with a first plasma discharge. "We are happy to report that the...
Read more13-06-2017
The ITER Organization has officially welcomed the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NNC-RK) as a new technical collaborator. On Sunday 11 June, a Cooperation Agreement was signed by...
Read more29-05-2017
The world's most sophisticated superconducting magnet is made in Europe. It is 14 m high, 9 m wide and weighs 110 tonnes—as much as Boeing 747! This is the first...
Read more10-05-2017
On April 21, the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning of South Korea released its third five-year plan for the development of nuclear fusion energy. The South Korean government enacted...
Read more28-04-2017
The team of engineers from F4E, ASG and CNIM, working in Europe’s industrial facility on the ITER site, and their colleagues in ASIPP, the Institute of Plasma Physics of China’s...
Read more10-04-2017
The first ITER diagnostic components to be supplied by F4E – five Continuous External Rogowski (CER) coils – were delivered to the ITER site earlier this week and acceptance testing...
Read more28-02-2017
The representatives of the nuclear institutions of Kazakhstan who visited ITER on 21st February 2017 stated it simply and clearly: they are very interested in collaborating with ITER. The largest of the...
Read more24-01-2017
As of 1 January 2017, Ukraine became part of the EUROfusion consortium. The Ukrainian signatory is the Kharkov Institute for Physics and Technology (KIPT) and it will coordinate the fusion...
Read more29-12-2016
The Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) tokamak-type nuclear fusion reactor has achieved a world record of 70 seconds in high-performance plasma operation, South Korea's National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI)...
Read more07-12-2016
A recent article in the online journal Nature Communications confirms that the complex topology of the magnetic field of Wendelstein 7-X—the world's largest stellarator—is highly accurate, with deviations from design...
Read more24-10-2016
After having completed the insulation of ITER’s first-ever winding pack, the inner core of the massive Toroidal Field coils which will magnetically confine the hot plasma, the stage of resin...
Read more24-08-2016
South Korea's state-run laboratory said Wednesday that it has successfully developed a technology for the mass production of tritium for nuclear fusion energy. The technology allows the annual production of more...
Read more19-07-2016
Plasma—the hot ionized gas that fuels fusion reactions—can also create super-small particles used in everything from pharmaceuticals to tennis racquets. These nanoparticles, which measure billionths of a metre in size,...
Read more13-07-2016
Iran is hoping to join an international project in southern France that aims to build the first machine to generate significant amounts of energy using nuclear fusion, which is considered...
Read more04-07-2016
Researchers at the Technology Institute of Costa Rica (TEC) announced the first discharge of high temperature plasma in Latin America on 29 June 2016, joining an elite group of countries who have...
Read more14-06-2016
Even though ITER will be the biggest fusion device, the efficient use of the remaining space inside its vessel, once all bulky high-tech components will be assembled, is expected to...
Read more31-03-2016
Like a lunar module checking its landing coordinates one last time, the cylindrical tank with six metal feet hovered silently over the Tritium Building. The event was significant. Part of ITER's...
Read more20-01-2016
In September, representatives from Euratom, the European Commission and EUROfusion paid a visit to Ukraine to start negotiations for an associate partnership on fusion research. The delegation visited Kyiv where...
Read more14-12-2015
A successful start with helium plasma / hydrogen plasma to follow at the beginning of 2016. On 10th December 2015 the first helium plasma was produced in the Wendelstein 7-X fusion...
Read more02-12-2015
Next week: start with helium plasma planned / hydrogen plasmas are to follow in 2016 With the generation of the first plasma the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device is scheduled to go...
Read moreResearch projects carried out at the IPPLM are funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Science Centre and by the European Commission within the framework of EUROfusion Consortium under grant agreement No 633053. Financial support comes also from the International Atomic Energy Agency, European Space Agency and LaserLab Consortium as well as from the Fusion for Energy Agency.