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This award was established in 2011 to celebrate and recognise individuals who have made extraordinary lifetime achievements in mercury research, mentoring, or contributions to governmental policy and public outreach. At the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) 2019 in Krakow EMPIR Project Coordinator Milena Horvat from the Jožef Stefan Institute was awarded the Life Achievement Award for mercury research. 

Does your research include citizen science and use of novel emerging low-cost technologies? In our review article, we explore how to keep citizen science volunteers committed in long-term participation.

Marine waters in Gulf of Trieste with Soča/Idrijca river systems are very interesting for mercury research as area include world second biggest Hg mine in Idrija and its influence area, influences of World War I. from upper Soča valley, and cement industry in lower Soča flow.

Advisory committee on climate policy has called on the government to take all necessary measures for efficient and timely action against climate change. The committee proposes the government make a plan for post-epidemic economic recovery with a focus on investment in sustainable development.

FoodTraNet (Advanced research and Training Network in Food quality, safety and security) accepted for funding.

We are proud to announce that the selection of the most visible achievements of the past year – Excellent in Science 2020, carried out by members of the Scientific Research Councils of various scientific fields, includes the achievement of dr. Aleš Lapanje from the Department of Environmental Sciences, JSI.

Of course snowflakes or snow crystals don’t have nuclei in the traditional, biological way, but they all do form around one single particle whether that’s a speck of dust or a piece of pollen.

Members of the Group of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Polona Vreča and Sonja Lojen, co-authored a paper on the origin and characteristics of the sediment of Lake Futalaufquen with colleagues from the Atomic Centre Bariloche and CONICET Scientific and Technological Centre of Northern Patagonia, Argentina.

The EUTOPIA European University is pleased to announce the opening of 20 post-doctoral fellowships, within the EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Fellowships Programme (EUTOPIA-SIF).

The Special Issue reprint book edited by P. Vreča and Z. Kern has been published online and is freely accessible on the MDPI Books platform. 

Congratulations to dr. Dafina Kikaj and dr. Matic Bergant, our new doctors of science.

Jožef Stefan Institute and 16 other partners will develop novel educational and training tools in nuclear and radiochemistry. The project is coordinated by the Czech Technical University and will last 3 years.