Science

Research physicist Gergely Endrődi, professor at Bielefeld University, will continue his work in Hungary as part of the Research Grant Hungary programme.

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.

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

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 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'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.

The University of Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, has inaugurated a pilot research laboratory set up with 5.2 billion forints (EUR 13m) worth of European Union funding.

The first fully Hungarian developed simulation space cabin fitted with VR technology was presented in Budapest on Thursday.

Orsolya Ferencz, the foreign ministry's commissioner for space science, has called Hungary's membership in the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2015 a "real success story".