1 August 2025
In a groundbreaking international collaboration, researchers from Umeå University (Sweden), HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (Budapest), ELI ALPS (Szeged), and the University of Szeged have developed the most intense few-cycle laser system ever built. Their results were published in the prestigious journal Nature Photonics.
23 July 2025
In Star Wars, the main characters fought with lightsabers. Although such sabers are still nonexistent in real life, millions of people enjoy improved vision thanks to laser eye surgeries. We asked Professor Katalin Hideghéty about the biomedical aspects of laser research at ELI ALPS.
18 July 2025
This year's International Conference on Laser Physics (LPHYS), held annually since 1992, was organized in Szeged. Among the researchers attending the event was Paul Corkum, the co-recipient of the 2022 Physics Wolf Prize for his role in the creation of attosecond physics. We interviewed him duing his visit to ELI ALPS.
9 July 2025
This year, the International Laser Physics Conference (LPHYS), organized annually since 1992, was hosted by Szeged from 30 June to 4 July 2025. Nearly a hundred of the attending researchers visited ELI ALPS.
4 July 2025
Our research institute organized a five-day summer camp for physics-loving secondary school students for the fourth time. Altogether 42 youngsters from 17 schools responded to our invitation.
3 July 2025
Dr. Leonida Antonio Gizzi of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) in Pisa, Italy, will join the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) as the new Director of Science. In his new role, he will lead ELI’s integrated scientific user programme, working in close coordination with the management and scientific leadership of the facilities.
23 June 2025
The annual ELI User Meeting, held from 18–20 June 2025 in Szeged, welcomed nearly 200 participants from across the ELI user community, representing a broad spectrum of scientific fields.
10 June 2025
Gergely Samu, a research fellow of the Ultrafast Dynamics Group at ELI ALPS and assistant professor at the Faculty of Science and Informatics of the University of Szeged, received the Academic Youth Prize in March and the Polányi Mihály (Michael Polanyi) Youth Prize in June. We have interviewed him on this occasion.
3 June 2025
The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) continues to strengthen its ties with Canadian researchers and institutions, building on a history of collaboration in high-intensity laser science. In May, a delegation from ELI visited Canada for a series of meetings with scientists and key stakeholders across the country.
27 May 2025
On 22 May, the ELI Industrial Liaison Officer (ILO) Network gathered at the ELI facility in Szeged, Hungary, to deepen cooperation between European research infrastructures and industry. This was the second meeting of the ILO Network.
29 May 2025
Csongor Nagy, a year three physics student and colleague of ours has come third in the Optics and Laser Science section of the National Conference of Scientific Students’ Associations (OTDK) with his paper titled Time-resolved ellipsometry measurements of surface plasmons. We interviewed Csongor about the special road that has led him to physics.
22 May 2025
We encourage secondary school students interested in physics to shift their holiday by a week and join the summer camp at our research institute from 23 to 27 June 2025, to gain unique experience again this year.
20 May 2025
On 16 May, ELI ALPS’ Day of Light event attracted hundreds of visitors to the institute. This year, quantum science was in the focus, as the UN General Assembly declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.
25 April 2025
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology on the occasion that the development of the field kicked off 100 years ago, with discoveries published in 1925. Our programmes on 16 May – the International Day of Light – will also showcase the achievements of quantum science.
22 April 2025
Enikő Szűcs, a senior student at Tömörkény István Secondary Grammar School in Szeged, is a frequent guest at our research institute. She has routinely attended our open days and events organized for students in the past years and has recently written an article about ELI ALPS in the journal titled A Természet Világa.
17 April 2025
The FLexRICAN (FLEXIBILITY IN RIs FOR GLOBAL CARBON NEUTRALITY) project offers sustainable energy solutions for large research sites. The third consortium meeting of the initiative was held in France from 9 to 11 April.
14 April 2025
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we invited year 8 to 12 secondary school students to a Girly Afternoon. The event was attended by thirty-five young ladies from our region and beyond; girls living as far as Debrecen were also interested in the work being done here.
11 April 2025
The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) had a strong presence at this year’s SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics conference, held in Prague from 7–10 April 2025.
3 April 2025
The EuPRAXIA Consortium has recently selected ELI Beamlines, the Czech facility of ELI ERIC, as the site for the planned laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerator. The aim is to pioneer compact, high-performance electron accelerators using advanced laser- and beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration technology.
18 March 2025
The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) is pleased to announce the launch of the 6th ELI User Call, with submissions open until 25th April. Researchers from around the world are encouraged to submit proposals, which will be evaluated by an international peer-review panel based on scientific excellence.