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A structural change is necessary for the research network to become the true flagship of Hungarian science and innovation, capable of competing with the world’s top research institute networks, the President of HUN-REN told Magyar Nemzet.

HUN-REN President Balázs Gulyás held productive discussions with representatives from Arizona State University (ASU), recognised as the most innovative university by U.S. News & World Report. The delegation from overseas included Dr. Chris Howard...

From this season onwards, the format of European international football competitions has changed significantly. Based on initial experience, professionals seem to have higher expectations of the new structure than fans do. However, it is already...

The number of COVID-19 cases is once again rising in Hungary, but vaccines fine-tuned for the currently spreading variants have yet to be developed. Hungarian researchers seem to have found another deployable treatment in the ongoing fight against...

Patients with kidney failure could experience a better quality of life thanks to software developed in collaboration between Óbuda University, the HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (HUN-REN CERS), and researchers from Portugal and...

The cooperation between HUN-REN and the Hungarian Association for Innovation focuses on the utilisation of Hungarian scientific achievements in the economy, promoting knowledge transfer between actors in the national and international innovation...

This year, 366 researchers, including 62 from HUN-REN research institutes, received funding under the Science Patronage Programme for activities such as presenting at national or international conferences.

The renewing HUN-REN should adopt the best international practices—this was the key message from President Balázs Gulyás as he opened the World Scientific – HUN-REN Publishing Day event, sharing his personal experience in publishing scientific books.

This autumn, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards were presented to three outstanding Hungarian female researchers. One of the winners is Zsuzsanna Pápa, a researcher at the ELI-ALPS Laser Research Institute and the Ultrafast Nano-Optics...

In mid-October, Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will pass close to Earth, promising to be one of the most exciting celestial events of the year. What makes it even more remarkable is that researchers predict the comet will be visible to the...

This time of year is eagerly anticipated by science enthusiasts, as the Nobel Prize winners in various fields are announced. This year, there was also much speculation about which Nobel Prize would be associated with AI—or, rather, which would not.

In addition to rising temperatures, climate change could lead to significant shifts in the within-year distribution of temperature and precipitation. These changes are expected to affect, among other things, the distribution of species and other...