For the third year in a row, the respectable Italian Domus magazine has ranked the Department of Industrial and Unique Design of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, among the top one-hundred European schools in architecture and design. It made the list as the only Slovenian institution.
The associates of the Jožef Stefan Institute and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, published an article in Nature Physics entitled Light-controlled topological charge in nematic liquid crystals, which describes experiments creating and stabilising a pair of topological defects in a liquid crystal using intensely focused laser light.
The associates of the Jožef Stefan Institute and the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, published an article entitled Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscape. The research has shown that at least one large carnivore species lives on roughly one third of the European territory. Researchers found that a model of co-existence with humans has made it possible to preserve large carnivores in a forested cultural landscape, even on a densely populated area, such as Europe.
Associates from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, participated in the development of four out of sixty existing prototype devices in magnetocaloric refrigeration. In the field of electrocaloric devices, they manufactured the third such prototype in the world, while the fourth one is being produced by applying the latest findings. Based on an invitation received from a prestige publisher, the team was the first to present its results in the scientific monograph entitled Magnetocaloric Energy Conservation: From Theory to Application, thus confirming its leading role in the world.
At the end of January, the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana, organised a conference on cross-border cooperation entitled “Deans, Rectors, and Business Directors in the eRegion Meeting on the Cross-border Joint EU Projects Opportunities in the Area of Transport and Logistics,” which was attended by the rectors and deans of Slovenian, Italian, Austrian and Croatian universities, ambassadors to Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, plus professors and representatives of the wider economy. The purpose of the conference was to prepare current topics for application to European invitations to tender and to promote cooperation among the interested parties.
