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There is nothing like climbing Everest: The world's highest peak!
“I just wanted to see what it’s like up there. I was curious,” explains Eva Perglerová, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen at Charles University, where she now teaches. It’s this curiosity that fueled her drive to climb the world’s highest peaks.
Author: Marcela UhlíkováPhoto: Eva Perglerová archive
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Science at CU: Biblical archaeology made us revise what we knew
"I think archaeology is an integral part of working with ancient texts," says Filip Čapek of the Protestant Theological Faculty. In our one-minute video, he reveals what the discovery of the temple at Tel Moca means.
Author: Pavla HubálkováPhoto: Daniel Hotový, David Rafael Moulis, Eyal Marco z Israel Antiquities Authority
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Students pull off hockey sensation at University Games
Wednesday 29. January 2025The Czech team won five medals at the Winter World University Games in Turin, Italy. Hockey players claimed gold, while biathletes Petr Hák and Svatava Mikysková secured silver in the relay. Three bronze medals were also earned.
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Science at CU: How to learn foreign languages like babies
Sunday 26. January 2025"We study how the smallest babies, who don't speak at all, learn language, what they understand and what they know about their language," says Kateřina Chládková from the Faculty of Arts in our video series. The findings are then used, for example, to help adults learn foreign languages better.
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Charleston project launched - backing postdoc research
Tuesday 21. January 2025Charles University on Monday launched Charleston, a new programme backing postdoc research with a focus on sustainability. A total of twenty grants - ten per year over two years - will be available.
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CU astrophysicist, binary star expert, clinches 2nd ERC Grant
Monday 13. January 2025“I'm interested, among other things, in how materials mix inside stars that are physically close to one another,” says CU Associate Professor Ondřej Pejcha. He will launch a prestigious ERC Consolidator project worth 2.3 million euros.
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Polarons play a role in a range of important technologies
Thursday 9. January 2025Martin Setvín has truly had a great run lately. In 2023 he received an ERC CZ grant for his research on polarons in solids. Last autumn, Science Advances published the latest discoveries by his team. And he capped 2024 with an ERC Consolidator Grant!
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ERC Grant researcher & team to map reality in virtual spaces
Wednesday 8. January 2025Candidates from Charles University recently clinched a total of five ERC Consolidator Grants, gamechangers when it comes to supporting cutting edge research. One of the recipients is Associate Professor Jaroslav Švelch, who received funds for GAMEINDEX.
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Science at CU: The psychology of poverty
Friday 30. August 2024"The psychology of poverty is still a relatively new research direction at the interface of economics and psychology," explains the scientific and partnership couple Julie Chytilová and Michal Bauer from Charles University. They present more in one minute.
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Science at CU: Preventing pregnancy complications
Friday 30. August 2024"Our long-term research is devoted to the development of new technologies for the screening of pregnancy complications during the first trimester," says Ilona Hromadníková, a physician/scientist from the Third Faculty of Medicine.
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Science at CU: How do deep-sea fish see?
Friday 30. August 2024"We explore the extremes of the vertebrate eye. Deep-sea fish are very interesting in that they have many extreme adaptations, from which we can then draw conclusions for our human ventricular eye," explains evolutionary biologist Zuzana Musilová from the Faculty of Science of Charles University. More in one minute.
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FORUM EN 13 2024
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FORUM 68 4/2024
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