A young scientist, Elena Podladchikova, gets the international recognized Zeldovich medal pinned up during the COSPAR conference in Canada. The medal is conferred for excellence and achievements. Dr. Podladchikova works at the 'Solar-Terrestrial Center of Excellence' (STCE), a Sun-Earth research group in Ukkel, Members of this team are also nominated for the prestigious Descartes prizes for their unique and excellent contributions to solar physics and space research.

Also nice to know: EIT data was used in Hollywood productions like 'The Da Vinci Code', 'Spiderman 2' and 'Sunshine'.

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