The Head of the Faculty of Science at the P.J. Šafárik University in Košice invites students, teachers and the general public to the events organized as part of the Science and Technology Week in Slovakia 2018, which will take place from the 5th of November 2018 until the 11th of November 2018.

The regional round of the Festival of Science and Technology AMAVET – exhibit competition of the scientific and technological projects made by primary and secondary school students was held on the 18th of October 2018 at the Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University in Košice

The contest highlights and makes visible the activity of top-class teachers of primary and secondary schools, who create innovative and effective education methods

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced the establishment of the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists. Each of the chosen elements from the periodic table will be represented by one of 118 exceptional young chemists from around the world, who will be nominated for this award. Assoc. prof. RNDr. Andrea Straková Fedorková, PhD. from the Institute of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, is included among the successful young chemists, representing the element platinum

The Award for the Best Poster presented at the 21^st International Conference on Magnetism ICM2018, which was attended by more than 2000 scientists from around the world, was awarded to RNDr. Samuel Dobák, PhD. from the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science P.J. Šafárik University in Košice

At the beginning of August 2018 an expedition took place with a seven membered scientific team, under the supervision of prof. Eric Ferré from the Southern Illinois University, U.S. in the area of Ariège (in the South of France), in the cave of Geuffre Georges, which is situated in the massif of the Mont Bèas mountain (1903 altitude) in the northern Pyrenees. Members of the scientific team were also doc. Mgr. Michal Gallay, PhD. and Mgr. Jozef Šupinský from the Institute of Geography FS P.J.Š. University

Professor Martin Bačkor, a scientist working with the Physiology and Ecology of plants in extreme conditions of the Institute of Biology and Ecology FS, P.J.Š. University, in the year 2017 (January-March) took part for the first time in a unique scientific polar expedition in Antarctica. For this reason, on the 10th of August this year he joined a new expedition which now will take place in Spitsbergen when he will connect his research with the solutions of some of his earlier projects from Antarctica.