
Another Hungarian in space soon
NASA's 4th Axiom Space mission with international partners is entering the ‘hot’ preparation phase.

Eight Hungarian universities rank among top 500 in Shanghai Ranking
The Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) ranks 1,900 universities from 96 countries in the fields of natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences.
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Success with Rucaparib
A drug used against cancer could also be effective against severe coronavirus infection.

A scientific ‘golden team’ is being created
Research physicist Gergely Endrődi, professor at Bielefeld University, will continue his work in Hungary as part of the Research Grant Hungary programme.

Nobel Prize-winner tapped to advise on science policy
Ferenc Krausz, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, will serve as the chief advisor on science policy to Culture and Innovation Minister Balazs Hanko from October 1, the ministry said on Wednesday.

Hungarian astronomer discovers near-Earth asteroids
A Hungarian astronomer recently discovered previously unknown near-Earth asteroids, the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network said on Monday.

Budapest tech university higher up in Shanghai Ranking
The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) has been included in the 801-900 group of the world's 1,000 best universities by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), advancing from the 901-1,000 group last year, the university said on Friday.

Hungary to contribute EUR 32 million to ESA programmes in 2025
Hungary will contribute 32 million euros to European Space Agency (ESA) programmes in 2025, the foreign ministry's commissioner for space research said on Sunday.

Hungary urges European space research strategy
Hungary's ministerial commissioner for space research called for a common European space research strategy and regulation in an address to a conference of ambassadors to the European Union in Parliament on Saturday.

Hungary’s Kurtag, Roska among Wolf Prize recipients
World-renowned composer Gyorgy Kurtag and renowned neurobiologist Botond Roska are among the recipients of the prestigious Wolf Prize this year.
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Ader hails Hungarian invention aimed at eliminating disposable plastics
President Janos Ader on Monday hosted two young Hungarian chemists in his podcast Blue Planet, who had created a mixture of bacteria which could make plastics bio-degradable.

HUNOR: astronaut candidates complete isolation training
Four candidates to become astronauts in the Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) programme have successfully completed a six-day isolation training session, HUNOR said on Facebook on Friday.

MCC Youth Research Institute: Half of Hungarian 15-19 year-olds use ChatGPT
Young Hungarians increasingly feel the impact of AI in their daily lives, according to a survey by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Youth Research Institute published on Wednesday.
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Hungarian astronauts to conduct unique experiments at ISS
The procedure to select Hungarian astronauts for a 30-60-day mission to the International Space Station is under way. The astronauts are scheduled to test world-class Hungarian innovations and conduct unique experiments aboard the ISS in the middle of the decade.

Hungary’s Kariko, Krausz presented Nobel Prize at ceremony
Hungary's biochemist Katalin Kariko and physicist Ferenc Krausz were presented the Nobel Prize by Swedish King Karl Gustaf XVI, at a ceremony in Stockholm on Sunday afternoon.

Hungary to get new supercomputer
Hungary has won funding of 6 billion forints (EUR 15m) for developing and operating a 20 petaflop supercomputer, the Ministry of Technology and Industry (TIM) said on Wednesday.