Stories: Hungary

Stories connected to Hungary.

• A clay scientist invented one of the early industrial nanomaterials.Hungarian-born mineralogist Barbara Neumann studied the structures of clays, then developed the synthetic cla…
• An Olympic halfpipe run without the big tricksRepresenting Hungary in 2018, Elizabeth Swaney completed women’s halfpipe runs without the tricks spectators…
• The ink would not flow through a fountain-pen tipJournalist László Bíró noticed the quick-drying ink of newspaper printing. Its viscosity prevented it from fl…
• Lángos retains a trace of an older cooking methodHungarian lángos is familiar as fried flatbread. Its name comes from láng, meaning flame. Historically, lefto…
• A masked carnival welcomes the season’s changeBusójárás is a carnival tradition in Mohács, Hungary. Masked participants join music, dancing and parades. On…