Czech scientists described a new genus of reed. The results of tomographic scans from the Laboratory of X-ray Tomograpgy in Centre Telč, ITAM CAS contributed significantly to its diagnostics. Yhe Head of the laboratory, Assoc. Prof. Michal Vopálenský, is one of the co-authors of the related publication in a prestigious scientific journal Scientific Reports from the Nature publishing house.

On behalf of the organizing team, the members of WTA – International (TC5 Concrete) and of the JPI-CH CONSECH20 project, we cordially invite you to the 7th Colloquium WTA – Strategies for the Conservation of Historic Concrete Buildings and Structures, which will take place on June 10th, 2022.

E-RIHS (www.e-rihs.eu) and IPERION HS (www.iperionhs.eu) are organizing a series of webinars, a key source of state-of-the-art information on heritage science research, facilities, policy and impact. It aims at developing a vibrant heritage science community and is intended for anyone involved in interdisciplinary heritage research.

We are looking for a talented and motivated early-stage researcher.
Research project: Characterisation of binders used for premodern plasters in the ever-changing urban environments (ESR15)

On 15th of March 100 years ago, professor Jaroslav Němec, an important expert on solid material physics, fracture mechanics, material fatigue and ageing of structures, was born. During his succesful career, he was also the director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the (then) Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1978-1987). In 2004, he received a prestigious National Award in Sciences and Technics for outstanding contribution to science and its application for industry. Professor Němec was not only a scientist in his own right but also a thinker and a phylosopher of a renaissance type. He was a university professor and founded a new study programme - material engineering. He was also a painter - his pictures create a permanent exhibition in Chateau Horažďovice, Municipal House in Kašperské Hory and in sanatoriums in Karlovy lázně and Chateau Příchovice.

Application for the Advanced Masters Instructural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Construcions

A four-year collaborative project between eight European universities and research institutes began, pushing the boundaries of interdisciplinary education and research in materials science and archaeology. The project with a total grant of four million Euros is fully funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action under the EU Research and Innovation funding programme Horizon2020. The project runs from 2021 to 2025.

All interested parties are invited to participate on the first Local Working Table meeting of the STRENCH project (Interreg Central Europe), which will be held on Friday, 26th February 2021 at 15:00 via the Zoom app here: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/96400374538?pwd=a3dmbWtjRmdEcXRxMC91MzV5NWhpdz09. The aim of the meeting is to inform about the newest deveopment in the project, its outputs so far and to provoke a discussion with the stakeholders in the field of protection of natural heritage against natural hazards. The focus will be on the Troja hamlet as one of the project pilot sites.

Newsletter No. 1 of the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme project Living Danube Limes has been published.

Newsletter no. 1 of the Interreg Central Europe project STRENCH (CE1665) has been published. The Newsletter covers the period from April to December 2020.

In the second half of 1990s, an increased attention was paid to the safeguarding of the built heritage and its integration into the life of contemporary society. The complexity of problems of cultural heritage called for modern interdisciplinary approach and this was started in a systematic way in 1995 by founding of a new department of the Institute - the Associated Research Centre for Historic Structures and Sites (ARCHISS) - joining together researchers from two institutes of the Academy of Sciences. The process continued, because of success in grant project competitions and now there are scientists involved in the research from other institutes and universities and two operating research units - one in Prague and one in another World Heritage City of Telč.

Roman-catholic diocese of St.Pölten and the city of Brno own a great many buildings, such as churches, rectories and monasteries. These structures do not always have a purpose, which consequently has a negative impact on urban development. Not being in use causes their decay. The current problems are of the same character on both sides of the regions' borders, caused mainly by a negative demographic development and past political events in the course of the 20th century.

Utilization of nanomaterials for sustainable conservation of historical sculptures and architectonic works of litavský limestone.  More at: http://www.nanolithproject.eu/