This category brings together articles about scientific institutions and organizations of Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The region has historical ties to the development of radiophysics and nuclear research: the Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory) operated here — the country's first state center in the field of radio engineering — while Sarov is home to the RFNC-VNIIEF (Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics). Active institutions include the Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI) and the Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences.