Heat Treatment of Stone in Practice: A Unique Insight into Prehistoric Toolmaking Technology!

4.6.2025
Researchers from the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences — Hynek Hadraba, Zdeněk Chlup, and Filip Šiška — have contributed to an international study offering the first detailed ethno-archaeological insights into the heat treatment of lithic raw materials, as practised by traditional artisans from the Konso ethnic group in southern […] Read article

Looking Back at the Applied Mechanics 2025 Conference

24.5.2025
At the end of April, the Institute of Physics of Materials organized the Applied Mechanics 2025 conference, held in the picturesque town of Mikulov. The conference was chaired by Prof. Luboš Náhlík. This year marked the 26th edition of this traditional conference series, which was co-founded in 1999 by representatives from the Institute. Read article

Opening of the Center for Electron Microscopy of the IPM in the pictures

14.5.2025
The Institute of Physics of Materials of the CAS opened a new Electron Microscopy Center on Monday, 12 May 2025. Take a look at how the opening looked in the presence of guests from academia, the public, and industry. Read article

New Center for Electron Microscopy in Brno opens its doors to global science

13.5.2025
One third of the world’s production of electron microscopes comes from Brno, Czech Republic. It’s no coincidence – the city’s history in the field dates back to the 1950s, when the renowned physicist Armin Delong helped lay its foundations. The tradition continues to thrive, as evidenced by the new Center for Electron Microscopy, officially opened […] Read article

Prof. Luboš Náhlík became Vice President of the Scientific Council of the CAS

24.4.2025
At the Assembly of the Academy of Sciences in March, Prof. Luboš Náhlík was elected by the delegates in the first round to the Scientific Council of the CAS (SC CAS) for the period 2025-2029. Read article

IPM completed the construction of the Electron Microscopy Centre

19.3.2025
The construction of the Electron Microscopy Centre has been completed at the Institute of Physics of Materials of the CAS. In the new building, a total of 5 rooms for 2 transmission and 3 scanning electron microscopes, including the necessary facilities and laboratories for sample preparation have been built. Read article

Entropy Matters! Czech Research Advances Materials Development

4.3.2025
A team of scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences and Masaryk University, of which Prof. Mojmír Šob, emeritus scientist at the Institute of Physics of Materials, is also a member, has made a major contribution to research into the accumulation of impurities at the interface between crystals, a phenomenon having caused e.g. a series […] Read article

We invite you to the exhibition Genius Material

28.2.2025
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Institute of Physics of Materials invite you to an exhibition entitled Genius Material. You can look forward to 19 exhibits – various materials and interesting related facts. Read article

Institute of Materials Physics to Focus on Safety in Sustainable Transport and Energy

27.2.2025
On 19 February 2025, the main building of the Institute of Physics of Materials of the CAS (IPM) hosted the kick-off meeting of the project Partnership for Safety in Sustainable Transport and Energy (PSSITE), implemented under the call for intersectoral cooperation of the OP JAK managed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of […] Read article

First 3D multi-materials printer Lithoz CeraFab Multi 2M30 in the Czech Republic

27.1.2025
As part of the MEBioSys project, a CeraFab Multi 2M30 multi-material 3D printer from Lithoz, working on the DLP (Digital Light Processing) principle, was purchased and put into operation. Read article