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21. 05. 2025

We learn, remember, forget… What can memory actually do? And can we outsmart it?

Just one cubic millimeter of the human brain can hold about as much data as 1,400 high-performance computers. But how does our memory actually work? ...

13. 05. 2025

New Center for Electron Microscopy in Brno opens its doors to global science

One third of the world’s production of electron microscopes comes from Brno, Czech Republic. It’s no coincidence – the city’s history in the field dates back to the 1950s, when the renowned physicist Armin Delong helped lay its foundations. ...

06. 05. 2025

The hidden lives of waste: What can we learn from waste workers and pickers?

Czech waste policy relies heavily on technical and economic solutions. We tend to view what ends up in the trash as a problem and a threat, particularly to the environment, or, conversely, as a business opportunity in the context of waste ...

28. 04. 2025

A unique lab is hidden right beneath Prague’s Vítkov Hill

An inconspicuous door can be found just a few dozen meters from the mouth of the pedestrian tunnel connecting Prague’s Karlín and Žižkov districts. Beyond it? ...

22. 04. 2025

Renewables are a strategic investment in European security, scientists say

Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels – especially oil and natural gas – exposes it to geopolitical blackmail and makes it economically vulnerable. ...

14. 04. 2025

New record set for neutrino mass: one million times less than an electron

It’s all around us, yet it evades conventional detection. The neutrino is an elementary particle – smaller than an atom, proton, or even electron. Its mass is so infinitesimal, in fact, that it can’t be precisely “weighed. ...

09. 04. 2025

On the trail of the endangered little owl: searching for newly hatched owlets

At the beginning of the 20th century, the little owl (Athene noctua) was one of the most common birds of prey in the Czech landscape. Today, it is on the brink of extinction. ...

07. 04. 2025

Teen scientist breaks barriers: No child is a lost cause

As a child, Tomáš Čermák couldn’t look people in the eye or easily form relationships. He spent nearly three years in the hospital. But the eighteen-year-old has come a long way since then. ...

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