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Quantum physics, with its mysterious phenomena, raises more and more questions about the nature of reality – from Schrödinger’s cat, which is both alive and dead at the same time, to quantum teleportation that transmits quantum states without transferring any physical matter.

On May 30 Vadzim Horonin successfully defended his thesis “Pulsed Laser Deposition and Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy of Complex Perovskite Materials”.

From June 27 to 29, a team of six astronomers from our Faculty of Physics, led by Dr Šarūnas Mikolaitis, travelled to Warsaw to meet with Polish colleagues as part of the first in person scientific meeting of the project “The History of C, N, and O in the Galaxy”.

Researchers at the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology of Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Physics, including Dr Irina Buchovec and PhD student Gabrielė Vasiliauskaitė in collaboration with Master student Nojus Radzevičius from the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, are exploring how light-based technologies can help combat harmful microorganisms.

From 16 to 20 June, Vilnius University (VU) will host its third annual International Multidisciplinary Summer School for Doctoral Students.

Vilnius University Faculty of Physics ITPA, in collaboration with The Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) invites you to the upcoming seminar.

VU SR FPh invites you to our traditional community evening, where everyone from our faculty is invited.

Dr Jonas Bialopetravičius, lecturer of the Faculty of Physics at Vilnius University (VU) who works at the startup “Oxipit”, deserves to be introduced in a particularly interesting way: hearing an astrophysicist say that searching for star clusters and signs of an illness in a lung X-ray is the same thing is bound to spark curiosity.

Scientists in Lithuania have developed a breakthrough method that dramatically speeds up atomic force microscopy (AFM) and expands its scanning range to the millimetre scale. Developed by researchers at Vilnius University (VU) and the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, this innovation, featured in the journal “Measurement”, marks a significant advancement in nanoscale imaging, with potential applications across materials science, biotechnology, and semiconductor research.

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On 20 May, the Faculty of Philology at Vilnius University (VU) will host the interfaculty academic debate in English, “Discourse and Society”. The event will feature student teams from four faculties: Philology, Philosophy, Law, and Economics and Business Administration.

Scientific research is a long and meticulous process where human error can be costly and even compromise the intended results. That’s why researchers are constantly seeking ways to involve robots in their work. A recent breakthrough in this area has come from scientists at Vilnius University’s (VU) Faculty of Physics. Together with colleagues from Catalonia, they have demonstrated that highly complex light conversion studies can successfully be carried out by automated systems. Their achievement was even featured on the cover of the prestigious journal “ACS Central Science”.

The University of Minho invites Arqus Early-Stage Researchers to its Summer School this July. The Arqus Summer School on Research Leadership and Career Development for Early-Stage Researchers will take place from 7 to 9 July 2025. The event is organised by the University of Minho as part of the Arqus Innovation Fund.

The following week, on 13-16 May, the largest gathering of young scientists in the Baltic states will take place at the National Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology in Vilnius - the 68th International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences "Open Readings".

The Sustainability Ambassadors Network – a programme by the Vilnius University (VU) Students’ Representation – together with the Arqus Green Mobility Days initiative, is organising Breathe In, Green Out, a sustainability festival taking place on 14 May. Now in its third year, the event has become a well-established tradition that brings together a community passionate about sustainability and responsible living.

Scientists from the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy at Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Physics, in collaboration with colleagues from the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, are conducting an international study to explore the evolution of life-essential chemical elements in the cosmos. The astrophysics team is studying the abundance of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in stars within the Milky Way galaxy. The researchers hope to uncover the stellar and Galactic evolutionary processes that influence the distribution of these elements.

The Arqus Café is celebrating its 10th edition! To mark this anniversary, the Arqus Alliance is hosting a special edition of the language café on Europe Day to celebrate the language and cultural diversity of the Arqus community. The event will occur online on 9 May 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 (via Google Meet). You can register here by filling out the registration form.

The Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of Vilnius University Faculty of Physics (VU FP ITPA), the Centre for Physical and Technological Sciences (FTMC) and the Quantum Technology Association "Quantum Lithuania" invite you to an open interdisciplinary workshop on quantum physics, technologies and their applications.

On April 30, a delegation from National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) visited the Faculty of Physics at Vilnius University.