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30. 11. 2023

The 2023 Photogenic Science contest: iron, dragon’s blood, and a beetle predator

In the tenth jubilee year of the in-house photo contest of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the winner became the photo by Dušan Tichoň from the Institute of Physics of Materials of the CAS entitled “The Life Form of Iron”. ...

28. 11. 2023

CAS researchers describe how cells assemble the molecular scissors that cut RNA

With a bit of imagination, we can picture the Gemin3 protein as a sort of molecular hairdresser. The protein, discovered almost 25 years ago, was known to be essential, as no organism can survive without it. ...

22. 11. 2023

A new computer model of the ear to simulate hearing and improve cochlear ...

From the outer ear to the auditory nerve. A new complete computer model of the ear, developed by researchers at the IOCB of the CAS, will allow the non-invasive study of hearing in mammals, including humans, on an unprecedented scale. ...

10. 11. 2023

Three CAS researchers received the Academic Award – Praemium Academiae

On 9 November 2023, three internationally renowned researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences received the Academic Award – Praemium Academiae from the President of the CAS, Eva Zažímalová. ...

06. 11. 2023

The Week of the Czech Academy of Sciences 2023

The third annual Week of the Czech Academy of Sciences took place from 6–12 November 2023, opening the doors of research institutions in 22 locations across the Czech Republic. ...

23. 10. 2023

The Czechs the first in the world to monitor barley mitosis in real time

About eighty minutes. That’s how long it takes for barley cells to divide. Plant geneticists from the Institute of Experimental Botany of the CAS have brought this previously unknown information to light. And in real time, too. ...

18. 10. 2023

Novel Digital History Project developed by MIT and Czech historians

In cooperation with specialists from MIT, the Masaryk Institute and Archives of the CAS is developing unique software that will enable researchers to search through and contextualise a tremendous number of digitised historical sources and ...

16. 10. 2023

Call for applications: L'ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science programme 2023

Registration for the 18th edition of the prestigious L'ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science programme is now open. Women researchers who are under forty years old and have a PhD in physical sciences, formal sciences, engineering sciences and ...

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