The Czech biochip detects SARS-CoV-2 quickly and reliably
The team achieved the most crucial milestone in the development of a unique system. It is as fast as an antigen test and as reliable as the PCR method.
01. 02. 2022

Astronomy helps find oil and gas deposits

It started by accident in 2012 – now, it has become a method for finding oil and gas deposits backed by astronomers. Jaroslav Klokočník's team uses satellite data and a correlation between large hydrocarbon deposits and one of the quantities ...
26. 01. 2022

The Czech scientist’s biochip proved to detect coronavirus fast and reliably

Confirmed: the biochip is as fast as an antigen test and at the time as reliable as the PCR method. A team of Czech scientists led by Hana Lísalová has achieved the most crucial milestone in the development of their unique system for the ...
24. 01. 2022

Auxin: the transport mechanism of a key plant hormone refined

How do plants turn towards the light? Auxin tells them the way. Experts from the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) got a novel insight into the mechanism by which plants control the transport of this vital hormone. ...
14. 01. 2022

ERC grants for 3 experts from the Czech Academy of Sciences

An effective storage of solar energy, reactions of cells to stress, new strategies against cancer. Those ideas scored well in the competition of more than 4000 proposals and won the ERC Starting Grant. ...
03. 01. 2022

On the way to the Sun and Jupiter

It has already been 23 months since the Solar Orbiter spacecraft left the Earth. Now, it enters its main scientific phase and soon, it will observe the Sun and its characteristics from a close distance. ...
20. 12. 2021

Hidden warriors. Women who were actively involved in World War II

World War II also had its heroines. In the British Army Auxiliary Corps, Czechoslovakian women served not only as cooks or office workers, but also as drivers, meteorologists, interpreters, armorers and convoy commanders. ...
07. 12. 2021

Perfumes from the days of Cleopatra might be re-created

How did the ancient people obtain, combine and preserve the scents of plants? What perfumes did they make of them? Although only little remains of the ancient knowledge, a scientist wants to experimentally reconstruct the process of preparing ...
01. 12. 2021

Czech scientists: the first to observe sigma-holes

Czech scientists succeeded in confirming the presence of sigma-holes in atoms of halogen elements, which until now existed only in theory. They used their own improved method of scanning electron microscopy. ...
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