Charles University is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe in continuous operation. Today, the university consists of 17 faculties located in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Plzeň. The Charles University belongs to top three universities in Central and Eastern Europe. It is ranked around 200-300 in the world. The establishment […]
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The Technical University of Liberec is a university in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic. The university has undergone great transformation in its over sixty-year history. When it was founded, it was called the Institute of Mechanical Engineering in Liberec, and its original classrooms were located in the attics of the F. X. Šalda Grammar School. […]
The University of Pardubice (UPCE) and the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT), in cooperation with CTU in Prague, are about to offer entirely new doctoral study programmes for restorers. The Faculty of Restoration of UPCE, which is based in Litomyšl, and the Faculty of Chemical Technology of UCT Prague […]
The findings of the team led by MU researcher Norbert Werner have been published in an online circular of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Gamma-ray bursts occur when neutron stars collide or when very large, rapidly rotating stars collapse. They provide astrophysicists with the opportunity to study and understand many […]
Palacký University Olomouc (UP) has taken a major step towards the commercialisation of the fourth-generation of Mössbauer spectrometers—instruments for analysing materials containing iron or iron oxides—developed by its scientists. Their manufacture, sale and servicing will be handled by a private spin-off company Iron Analytics under a licencing agreement. Among other things, the […]
The prominent structural biologist and founder of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc., has died aged 65. The academic and scientific career of Prof. Jaroslav Koča was closely linked with Masaryk University, first with its Faculty of Science and later with CEITEC, where he […]
Monitor water quality. Constantly and without the need to travel to the site for samples. This should be made possible by the new device, which will be prepared by a group led by Jaromír Hubálek from FEKT and CEITEC BUT as part of the Czech-Austrian WaterMon project. The research, which […]
The Czech University of Life Sciences is a public university (according to Act No. 111/1998 Coll. on universities). Currently there are 27 public universities and 2 state universities in the Czech Republic. Both public and state universities are financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. However, public universities […]
Watch the video from the 4EU+ Governing Board meeting held on 30 June at Charles University in Prague. It was the first face-to-face meeting of academic leaders of 4EU+ member universities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While in Prague, the Rectors signed the Articles of the recently established […]
Climate change is gradually changing the conditions of fish farming in the Czech Republic. Rising summer water temperatures will be deadly for some species in the coming decades. Globally, fish production is growing at a rate of about 4% per year. Increasing demand, with stagnant catches from classic ponds, is to […]
