The mission phase of the UHU projecthas officially come to an end. Nearly a year ago, on June 25, 2025, Tibor Kapu and his fellow astronauts embarked on the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station. During the 18-day mission, the crew carried out numerous scientific investigations, including the UHU experiment. As part of the project, their... Details >

Eszter Békési, Kristóf Porkoláb, Tamás Soha, Bálint Hartmann, János Gianone, Martin J. Mayer, Réka Kustán*, Attila R. Imre
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Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3311/PPme.44248

In May 2026, Earle R. Williams — a physical meteorologist at MIT — visited our institute, where he worked together with our researchers Gabriella Sátori, Tamás Bozóki, Ernő Prácser, József Bór and Dániel Piri. Professor Williams has spent decades studying thunderstorms, lightning, and global atmospheric electricity, with a particular focus on Schumann... Details >

Our colleague Marcell Pásztor successfully defended his doctoral dissertation with Summa Cum Laude distinction in a public defense on May 15, 2026. His research focused on the automatic detection of infrasound signals using machine learning. To this end, he utilized data from our Piszkéstető station, which has been in operation since 2017, as well as measurements... Details >

Deep beneath the forests of Sopronbánfalva, in a tunnel system built in 1962, instruments are at work monitoring the Earth’s movements — movements imperceptible to human senses — and their geophysical effects. From the outside, the Sopronbánfalva Geodynamic Observatory on Szikla Street looks like an unremarkable building. Inside, however, research... Details >

Csillag, G., Németh, K., Sebe, K., Telbisz, T., Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, Zs., Fodor, L.
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Global and Planetary Change, 257. 105251
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105251

Szárnya Csilla, az ELTE Földtudományi Doktori Iskolájának hallgatója, intézetünk Földmegfigyelés Egységének, valamint az Ionoszféra Kutatócsoportjának tagja, rádióhullámok nem-konvencionális kutatási területein folytatott tudományos munkájának az eredményeit foglalta össze doktori dolgozatában. Az értekezését sikeresen védte meg 2026... Details >

Kristóf Porkoláb, Kálmán Török, Tamás Spránitz, István János Kovács, Eszter Békési, Márta Berkesi
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Scientific Reports, 18.04.2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-43790-4

Enikő Barbély, Judit Benedek, Nikolaus Horn, Bruno Meurers, Roman Leonhardt, Gábor Papp
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J Geod 100, 22 (2026)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-026-02037-w

Szűcs József Gábor, Galsa Attila, Balázs László
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Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 146, February 2026, paper: 205816
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgsce.2025.205816