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15. 10. 2024

Light – Illuminating the invisible

Candles, lamps, microscopes… These all help shed light on the world around us. Properly “tamed” light, however, can uncover previously unimaginable depths. ...

08. 10. 2024

Interview | Julius Lukeš: The enfant terrible of Czech science

Years ago, he inadvertently made a name for himself by swallowing tapeworm eggs, nurturing the parasite inside his body for years. Julius Lukeš lives and breathes parasitology and is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the field. ...

30. 09. 2024

Startup developing ECG devices receives important certification

The academic startup VDI Technologies has reached a significant milestone, achieving ISO 13485 certification for activities that include developing, manufacturing, and selling medical devices for electrocardiography. ...

24. 09. 2024

The Academy presents Action Plan to reform research evaluation at the CAS

Since 1993, the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) has been regularly performing internal evaluations of its scientific activities, constantly improving and developing the process. ...

16. 09. 2024

Outside-the-box quantum computing used for materials of the future

The trial-and-error method has long been the modus operandi for developing stronger and more ductile metallic materials. Computational technology has greatly accelerated and simplified their advancement. ...

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 ...

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