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19. 08. 2024

Let’s be ambitious, say leaders of the Dioscuri Centers at the Academy

The secrets of life at the molecular level and addressing the increasing energy demands of information technology – what the two Dioscuri Centers of Scientific Excellence established at the Institute of Physics of the CAS are focusing on. ...

14. 08. 2024

From farm to trash – food waste and what we can do about it

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, up to one third of the food produced worldwide is thrown out each year. What are the impacts of food waste, and how can we prevent it?

09. 08. 2024

New type of contrast agent will help with early detection of covert diseases

It can be used in both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). This breakthrough, contributed to significantly by researchers from the IOCB of the CAS, promises a substantial improvement in diagnostics and ...

02. 08. 2024

Revolutionary method pioneered by Czech scientists reveals chromosome structure

In 1842, Swiss botanist Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli was the first to observe and describe chromosomes. Since then, research in genetics and imaging techniques has taken significant leaps forward. ...

31. 07. 2024

Citizens of no man’s land

Between March 1938 and September 1939, tens of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children struggled to survive in the forests, fields, and abandoned buildings of Central Europe’s literal borderlands. ...

16. 07. 2024

How to repair the spinal cord: Kristýna Kárová explores nerve cell recovery

In the Czech Republic alone, up to 300 people suffer spinal cord injuries every year. The aftermath of damaging this delicate bundle of nerve fibers is generally irreversible. Or is it? ...

08. 07. 2024

Bohemian Paradise Apples – The Station of Apple Breeding for Disease Resistance

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away – and we can’t help but agree. There aren’t many research facilities where you can enjoy the fruits of their labor right from the source. In this case, from their very own apple orchard. ...

26. 06. 2024

Plants contain an incredible wealth of chemicals, Tomáš Pluskal says

As a newly graduated computer scientist, he had a thriving software company in Prague. However, his desire to perfect his karate took him all the way to Japan. What was initially meant to be a short trip turned into a ten-year stay. ...

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