Two researchers from the University of Sopron and their scientific partners have made a internationally significant discovery regarding the development of carbonate structures (stromatolites) formed by microbes. Their finding were published in the renowned scientific journal, the Scientific Reports. The new research could contribute to a better understanding of carbonate structures formed in Earth’s geological past and help uncover modern correlations of similar processes. Experts from the University of Sopron collaborated on this project with researchers from the HUN-REN Research Centre For Astronomy and Earth Sciences and the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE).

Figure 1: As the 79.2°C thermal water reaches the surface, white calcium carbonate precipitates, forming a substrate on which lush, layered red and green biofilms—woven bacterial mats—develop (Illustration by Judit Makk).

5 international universities are collaborating on the research into the utilization of logging residues generated during timber harvesting. At the Krakow meeting, the University of Sopron was represented by Dr. Katalin Szakálosné Mátyás, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Forestry.

We are proud to announce that Máté Horváth, a former student of the Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries, has been honored with the prestigious Red Dot Award at Stockholm Design Week! 

The Faculty of Pedagogy at the University of Sopron has established the Brunszvik Teréz Methodological Center for the Carpathian Basin.

Countess Teréz Brunszvik, born in 1775, was the founder of the first kindergarten in Hungary and a prominent figure in Hungarian child and women's education. In her honor, the University of Sopron is offering a series of professional and scientific programs this year as part of the Brunszvik 250 Jubilee Memorial Year. In a formal announcement, Dr. László Varga, the dean of the faculty, declared the establishment of the Brunszvik Teréz Methodological Center for the Carpathian Basin within the Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy.