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The CroQCI Project Lays the Foundations for a Quantum-Secure Communication Future

Jun 16th 2026

The final event of the Croatian Quantum Communication Infrastructure project, CroQCI, presented the results of one of Croatia’s most important national advances in the field of secure next-generation communications.

IRB scientist Suzana Szilner receives HAZU Award for research that looks into the very heart of atomic nucleus collision processes

May 4th 2026

IRB scientist Dr. Suzana Szilner, Head of the Laboratory for Nuclear Physics at the Division of Experimental Physics of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, has received the Award of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts for the highest scientific achievements in 2025 in the field of mathematical, physical and chemical sciences.

Following Meeting in Japan, Key Steps Confirmed for the Further Development of the DONES Programme

Apr 24th 2026

At a meeting of the DONES Programme Steering Committee, held in the Japanese city of Misawa, key steps were confirmed for the further development of the international DONES Programme, one of Europe’s most important projects for the future of fusion energy.

RBI Launches Advanced Ion Beam Technology Facility

May 31st 2019

He Ion Source & DiFU Dual-Beam Facility will enable the development of new materials for fusion power plants, as well as all other nuclear applications, such as hadron therapy.

Croatia to become an Associate Member of CERN

Feb 28th 2019

Today, the Director-General of CERN, Fabiola Gianotti, and the Minister of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia, Blaženka Divjak, signed an Agreement admitting Croatia as an Associate Member of CERN.

The RBI launches Centre for Detectors, Sensors and Electronics

Dec 5th 2018

The project "Using synergy to achieve excellence in the research and development of detectors, sensors and electronics" is the first successfully completed structural project in Croatia, finished in a record-short period of six months, which was marked with a ceremony inaugurating the Centre for Detectors, Sensors and Electronics at RBI today.

Croatia and Spain Have Full Support to Speed up DONES

Oct 19th 2018

Thanks to the RBI Zagreb was the centre of the EU fusion events this week.

New grant to boost top-level research in the field of physics

Jun 7th 2018

Today the agreement for grants funded from the European Structural and Investment Funds was signed at the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia awarding the Ruđer Boskovic Institute (RBI) nearly 400 thousand euro for the top-level research projects in the field of physics.