From May 5 to 8, 2025, 24 students from the national excellence school network MINT-EC were hosted as guests at the TUD Dresden University of Technology. As part of a four-day camp on astrophysics, they gained exciting insights into current research into the physics of stars. Together with scientists from the Institute of Nuclear and …
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The second ChETEC-INFRA Observational School (ChINOS2) took place in Prague from 21 to 25 July, hosted by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic at its representative residence, Villa Lanna. Twenty students from eleven countries attended lectures and undertook hands-on spectroscopic work. They also undertook spectroscopic work during the day. They observed remotely at …
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A news item on CORDIS, the online portal for EU Research & Development projects, highlights an observation by the KM3NeT experiment, which was recently published in the journal “Nature”. Details can be found on CORDIS: “Underwater telescope detects highest energy neutrino ever“.
The workshop “HELIUM25 – Helium burning and perspectives for underground labs” is hosted at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and aims to bring together experimentalists, theorists, and astrophysicists to address open questions for the study of helium-burning reactions. July 24, 2025, will be dedicated to a career development day, with talks and discussions on diverse career paths, scientific …
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ChETEC-INFRA supports the project “Stars on Earth – Inclusive dissemination paths of Nuclear Astrophysics”. Founded at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padua, the project pursues the goal to broaden the target audience of scientific dissemination activities through the development of inclusive methods of communication, adopting techniques to improve accessibility of …
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We are delighted to announce the 2nd ChETEC-INFRA Observational School (“ChINOS2”). This school will bring together Master’s students, PhD students and young postdocs who want to learn about the thrills and challenges of stellar spectroscopic observations, analysis and interpretation from experts in the field. To this end, we have secured 4 half nights with the …
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Spanish‐German WE-Heraeus-Seminar Date: 29 Jun – 04 Jul 2025Location: Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany Scientific organizers:Prof. Dr. Daniel Bemmerer, HZDR Dresden‐Rossendorf • Prof. Dr. Markus Roth, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg • Dr. Aldo Serenelli, ICE, CSIC Cerdanyola del Valles/E The physical understanding of our Sun is in many ways foundation science. Its applications range from the Sun …
The ChETEC-INFRA scientific community and consortium announce with great sadness the passing of its General Assembly member and PI of the ChETEC-INFRA infrastructure at the Rozhen telescope, Professor Evgeni Hristov Semkov, on December 29, 2024, after a brief illness. Evgeni Semkov graduated from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Bulgaria with a degree in astronomy. …
The European Union has informed the ChETEC-INFRA consortium that based on our request, the project duration of ChETEC-INFRA is extended to 54 months, with a new formal end date 31 October 2025. The total amount of funding does not change. Also, the Bellotti Ion Beam Facility (Gran Sasso LUNA-MV) has now formally been added to …
After a very well-received presentation by Dr. Matthias Junker at the ChETEC-INFRA 4th General Assembly in Strasbourg, France, the Bellotti Ion Beam Facility by INFN is provisionally added as a 14th Transnational Access facility to ChETEC-INFRA. The Bellotti Ion Beam Facility was inaugurated at the deep-underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory in October 2023. Its 3.5MV …
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