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16. January 2025
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Bacilli and counterfeiters, tremble

In the latest issue 2/2024 of the popular science magazine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, A / Easy, an article by our colleague Ing. Jiří Sobek, Ph.D., from the Research Group of Waste Management and Sustainable Technologies, was recently published: “In the future, our money could be protected from counterfeiting by a special antibacteri…

28. June 2024
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VědaFest 2024

Like every year, we took part in ScienceFest, which took place on 19th June at Vítězné náměstí in Dejvice. We showed several experiments that can be carried out at home in the kitchen. The children liked mostly the colourful rainbow, the foam and the lava lamp. Despite the high temperatures, many people came and enjoyed…

13. June 2024
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Science fair 2024

Like every year, we participated in the Science Fair, which took place from Thursday 30th May to Saturday 1st June 2024 at the PVA EXPO exhibition centre in Prague-Letňany. The interest of visitors was huge. Our stand was featured in a report in Studio 6 broadcasted on ČT24 (30. května – Studio 6 | Česká…

27. May 2024
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Chemistry workshops for the little ones

During April, our Institute was visited four times by children from the Gagarinova nursery in Prague-Suchdol (class Bears). Under the guidance of Andrea Žitková and Marek Terentyak, they tried out how entertaining chemistry can be. There were a number of chemical experiments on the program, so the children learned for instance how to turn water&h…

3. May 2024
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Open Science Internships

This year, our Institute has participated in the Open Science internships (https://www.otevrenaveda.cz/cs/index.html). In this programme, secondary grammar school students will be involved in the research that is carried out at our Institute. Two internships have been announced, with 5 enthusiastic students attending them since January. Three secon…

6. February 2024
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Internal grant agency will support four student projects in 2024

Our institute supports independent research of Ph.D. students through the Internal grant agency. Students can apply for up to 50,000 CZK to cover the material costs, carry out experiments, or travel expenses covering the Ph.D. student’s trip to a conference. IGA 2024 awardees. From left to right Mark Terentyak, Kateřina Nyklíčková, Natalie Ja…

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