Alarming increase in soil drought in a third of the world, researchers find
Soil moisture has been declining significantly on one third of our planet over the last four decades.
02. 01. 2024

Alarming increase in soil drought in a third of the world, researchers find

At the start of each new year, people usually look to the future to speculate what it will bring. Experts from CzechGlobe have looked back into the past, however, to map the drying of the planet’s soil. ...
22. 12. 2023

Academy Council of the CAS statement on the tragic events at the Faculty of ...

The Czech Academy of Sciences is deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic events that occurred on 21 December 2023 at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague.
08. 12. 2023

Petr Baldrian: The Czech Science Foundation (GACR) has come a long way

The Czech Science Foundation (Grantová agentura ČR) is our most important institution that provides earmarked public funding for basic research. ...
05. 12. 2023

AMULET project to focus on multiscale materials development

Multiscale materials could find practical applications in electrical engineering, medicine, and environmental technologies. Their research and development is being carried out by researchers as part of the AMULET project led by the J. ...
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. ...
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