World-leading scientists will shed new light on climate
15 Sep 2011
World-leading climate scientists gather in Germany 18-23 September 2011 to present new research on how Earth’s land areas – forests, soils, permanently frozen regions, deserts, croplands and pastures – affect the global climate.
The key breakthroughs will come in future from exceptional physicists, not from philosophers
14 Sep 2011
Martin Rees is Master of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He holds the honorary title of Astronomer Royal and also Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and at Leicester University. After studying at the University of Cambridge, he held post-doctoral positions in the UK and the USA, before becoming a professor at Sussex University. In 1973, he became a fellow of King's College and Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge (continuing in the latter post until 1991) and served for ten years as director of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy. From 1992 to 2003 he was a Royal Society Research Professor.
European Heritage Days in Château Liblice
30 Aug 2011
The Czech Society for Mechanics decided to institute Z.P. Bazant Prize for Engineering Mechanics
17 Aug 2011
The Prize is to be given annually. The prize will include a monetary award of 1200 USD. The charter of the prize is attached. The deadline for accepting this year's contribution is December 31, 2011. Dr. Zdenek P. Bazant, McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University, Evanston, member of NAS, NAE and AAAS, and a famous alumnus of CTU in Prague.
Tony Martinek have been named as the 2011 recipients of the Blake H. Gooding Memorial Award
21 Jun 2011
Conestoga’s developers of an exam program for Certified Engineering Technologists and Technicians will be recognized for their significant contribution to the profession at a gala awards ceremony to be held in Toronto in October 2011. Tony Martinek, P.Eng., former Dean of Conestoga’s School of Engineering Technology and Principal of the Doon Campus, and Jeff Schelling, LLB, corporate solicitor for the Regional Government of Waterloo, have been named as the 2011 recipients of the Blake H. Gooding Memorial Award bestowed by the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (0ACETT), as professional association established in 1962 to maintain high standards for the profession of Engineering/Applied Science Technology.
Honorary Fellowship for Professor Jan Palouš
7 Jun 2011
The Royal Astronomical Society honored Professor Jan Palouš from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic as an Honorary Fellow of the Society.
ELI Beamlines gets the green light!
22 Apr 2011
The European Commission finally approved the ELI Beamlines project. This is the first of the large projects of the Operational Programme Research and Development for Innovation (OP RDI) to be approved. The main purpose of the project consists of the construction of a cutting-edge research complex in the central Bohemian town of Dolní Břežany for a budget of almost 7 billion Czech crowns. The center should become operational at the beginning of the year 2016. ELI will be a top-of-the class research infrastructure providing the best conditions of access to the international scientific community.
Representatives of the Czech Republic visited ESO at Paranal
20 Apr 2011
On 6 April 2011, the ESO Paranal Observatory was honoured with a visit from the President of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus, who also took the opportunity to admire Cerro Armazones, the future site of the planned E-ELT. The distinguished visitor was shown the technical installations at the observatory, and was present when the dome of one of the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope opened for a night's observing at Cerro Paranal, the world's most advanced visible-light observatory.
Results of international audit on Research, Development & Innovation
19 Apr 2011
Management of Protected Areas course – grants for Central and Eastern Europe
14 Apr 2011
The province of Carinthia is making two grants available for participation in the Management of Protected Areas MSc course. The grant of € 6,200 is targeted at applicants from Central and Eastern Europe, which have a need to make up economic ground on other European states. It gives applicants access to international expertise and global networks. Both grants will be awarded as part of a competition. Apply now, the terms and conditions are detailed below.
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