Hungarian students took home gold, silver and bronze medals from the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between July 10 and 19, Gábor Magyarfalvi, assistant professor and team leader told MTI. This year, 364 high school students from 92 countries participated in the event. János Elek, a student of Radnóti Miklos Secondary School […]

Two young Hungarians produced a bacterium cocktail, unique in the world, which can break down any disposable plastic in seven weeks. They are now embarking on industrial testing, after Vespucci Partners in Budapest and American Techstars, one of the world's most renowned international accelerators, have also invested in a biotech startup called Poliloop, the Hungarian […]

Dr. Edit Mátyus of the Chemistry Institute of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) in Budapest is the only Hungarian of the 408 recipients of this year’s European Research Council Starting Grants. Her project 'Theoretical developments for precision spectroscopy of polyatomic and polyelectronic molecules' won EUR 1.5 million support to be used in a period of […]