Hayato Muto, a postdoctoral researcher funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) project Quasiparticles in van der Waals magnets: Q-MAG at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, received a Poster Award at SCES 2026 for his contribution “Orbital Magnetism in van der Waals Antiferromagnet VBr3”.

Researchers from the Materials Growth and Measurement Laboratory (MGML) have published two Communications Materials papers supported by the GAČR Q-MAG project 25-15448S and featured in the Nature Collection “Condensed Matter Physics at High Pressure.” Combining crystal growth, high-pressure experiments, advanced characterization, spectroscopy, diffraction, and theoretical modelling, the studies reveal mechanisms governing pressure-tunable magnetism in van der Waals materials. They also highlight the successful collaboration between Charles University and the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.