In 2010 our institute was again ranked among the best (class A) research organizations. This was mainly thanks to a large number of publications in prestigious scientific journals. A good example is given by prof. Janusz Wilczyński, who was awarded the prize for the best achievement in IPJ in 2010 in basic research. He published a series of papers in “Physical Review Letters” and “Physical Review” devoted to the discovery and study of a new mechanism of fast ternary or quaternary breakup of a heavy system into massive fragments. Experimental results obtained at LNS Catania in collaboration with an international, mostly Italian and Polish, were analized and interpreted by prof. Wilczyński and his collaborators.