Czech scientists find hope for improved cancer treatment
A major advance in cancer treatment may be on the way, thanks in part to the work of Czech scientists. Researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences in collaboration with colleagues in the UK have...
View ArticleScience Journal 21.1.2012
There’s a hole in the middle of Prague, and we want you to know what’s in it. The early 1980s metro station at Národní třída is the scene of a fascinating archaeological dig that we’ll be visiting in...
View ArticleScience Journal 18.2.2012
Presbytis hosei canicrus – let’s call him Miller's Grizzled Langur, is one of the rarest primates in the world, with hardly any pictures in existence and very few people having ever seen one. In fact...
View ArticleGregor Mendel’s landmark manuscript returns to his Brno abbey
It can easily be called one of the most important documents in the history of modern science. Gregor Mendel’s priceless manuscript on the inheritance of plant traits, composed in Brno in 1865, opened...
View ArticleScience Journal 17.3.2012
In this edition of Science Journal: Czech physicists make the American Science magazine with an experiment on quantum walks. And the secrets of the Antarctic unfold beneath the watchful eyes of...
View ArticleUFOs over Czech skies do battle with sceptics
Last weekend there were reports from around the country of strange lights in the sky, flying about, flaring up, flaring out, chasing each other. It’s true, unidentified flying objects do not just...
View ArticlePirate Parties in Prague set sails for Europe-wide political success
Cue: Pirates of the World, Unite! – that was the message at this weekend’s Pirate Party International meeting in Prague, the third in the organisation’s history and the first in the Czech capital....
View ArticleCzech scientists uncover reason behind high incidence of abortions in mares
In this month’s edition of Science Journal: A team of Czech researchers may have found the answer to a question that has puzzled veterinarians, horse breeders and biologists for decades – why such a...
View ArticleMycologist Jan Borovička on mushrooms and where to find them
With mushroom season in full swing, our guest in this edition of One on One is Jan Borovička, a leading member of the Czech Mycological Society, who combines a very Czech hobby of mushroom picking...
View ArticleScience Journal 7.7.2012
In this edition of Science Journal, two interviews with Czech scientists who have recently published two very different articles in the prestigious American journal Nature, one mapping biodiversity...
View ArticleCzech scientists present unique trilobite specimens, attacked by an unknown...
Czech scientists have found unique specimens of trilobites that suggest something thought to be impossible – something was eating them. The small animals were amongst the most successful in history,...
View ArticleGroundbreaking chemist Antonín Holý dies at 75
As is often the case in science, you may not know the name of the Dr. Antonín Holý even if your life depends on it. The work of the acclaimed Czech chemist has extended or improved the lives of...
View ArticleWill auction of frequencies bring cheaper mobile calls?
The Czech telecommunications authority has moved to open up the country’s mobile calling market for new players. It is auctioning the frequencies of 800, 1800 and 2600 MHz, which is expected to fetch...
View ArticleCzechs toast the discovery of cosmic rays 100 years ago this week
In the early morning hours of Tuesday a crowd gathered to watch the release of a hot air balloon over Prague’s Libuše meteorological observatory in honour of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of...
View ArticlePatient survives six months without heart
A patient in the Czech Republic has become the first person in the world to survive for nearly six months without a heart. The patient, a 37-year firefighter, had a malignant tumor that allowed...
View ArticleScience Journal 1.9.2012
In this month’s Science Journal we talk to the Czech psychologists who monitored the participants in the Mars 500 experiment.
View ArticleScience Journal 29.9.2012
Two stories of the fruitful work of Czech scientists on the international scale in this month’s Science Journal, both touching on key modern issues of food production and climate change.
View Article'Bionic man' defies nature after living six months with no heart
A man who lived for more than six months without a heart died at the weekend, ending a remarkable experiment in medicine that could pave the way for improving treatment of heart disease in the future....
View ArticleCutting-edge biomedical research center to open near Prague
The Czech Academy of Science and Prague’s Charles University have come together to launch a new top-of-the-line scientific center, that should place the Czech Republic on the map of modern biomedical...
View ArticleConstruction of supercomputer facility launched in Ostrava
Earlier this month, construction began on a new four-floor centre in the city of Ostrava that will house the first Czech supercomputer. The site, which will house hundreds of processors and will...
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