Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Institute in Poland

50°05′21.2″N 19°53′25.0″E / 50.089222°N 19.890278°E / 50.089222; 19.890278Websitewww.ifj.edu.pl

The (Henryka Niewodniczański) Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences is a research center in the field of nuclear physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, located in Kraków. It was founded in 1955^[1] by Henryk Niewodniczański. In 1988 the institute was named after Niewodniczański. The co-founder of the Institute was Marian Mięsowicz. The institute conducts research in four main areas:^[2]

Astrophysics and particle physics,
Nuclear physics and strong interactions,
Condensed matter (including nano-materials),
Interdisciplinary and applied research, which involves applications of physics in medicine, biology, dosimetry, environmental protection, nuclear geophysics, radiochemistry, high-temperature plasma diagnostics, the study of complex systems, such as the human brain, econophysics or linguistics.