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 […]
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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 […]
A brand-new challenge for the students and employees of the university during the pandemic and online courses has been announced by the Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Pardubice entitled Let’s Get the University Running. The event is intended for the students of all seven faculties and for the […]
Researchers from the Faculty of Science MU participated in the development of a new technology for water purification using low-temperature plasma. The device can remove chemical residues such as oestrogens from contraceptive products and kill pathogenic microorganisms such as cyanobacteria and bacteria. Until now, similar devices have only been produced at laboratory […]
According to the prestigious QS World University Rankings 2021, UCT Prague kept second place among Czech universities last year. In the global ranking, the university improved by thirteen places from last year, achieving a rank of 342nd. This good result in the QS World University Rankings 2021 was mostly due […]
Tens of millions of car radiators are produced annually in Europe alone. They are usually made of metal, but experts from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at BUT have been working for several years on the development of a completely new type of a radiator made of hollow polymer fibres. […]
The role of rail transport has undergone a major transformation over the past few years. It is undergoing a number of processes, which may be referred to as liberalization and digitalization, entailing both risks and opportunities. Therefore, the rail transport is at an important crossroads as to its further development. […]
