Science at CU: How to learn foreign languages like babies

Author : Pavla Hubálková
Photo: Daniel Hotový
Sunday, 26 January 2025 21:52

"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.

CU astrophysicist, binary star expert, clinches 2nd ERC Grant

Author : Martin Rychlík
Photo: Hynek Glos, Michal Novotný, NASA
Monday, 13 January 2025 10:50

“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.

Polarons play a role in a range of important technologies

Author : Jitka Jiřičková
Photo: Vladimír Šigut
Thursday, 09 January 2025 23:26

Martin 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!

Candidates 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.

How to build a more tolerant society? T. Dumbrovský's view

Author : Helena Zdráhalová
Photo: Tomáš Dumbrovský, DI, Shutterstock
Tuesday, 07 January 2025 20:21

Tomáš Dumbrovský traveled to the Persian Gulf because he needed to step out of the Western cultural framework. As the very first researcher associated with the Faculty of Law at CU, he received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant.

In her research, she delves into the origins of life on Earth. What keeps her awake at night are the 20 amino acids that have formed the building blocks of proteins in all organisms since the very beginning. What would life look if the identity of these amino acids changed?

ERC success: Five CU researchers clinch Consolidator grants

Author : Helena Zdráhalová and Forum magazine
Photo: Forum,Tomáš Dumbrovský, Petr Jan Juračka
Monday, 02 December 2024 21:21

Charles University researchers have written a new chapter in success, with five of being awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator grants. This is an unprecedented achievement. Five more scientists from other institutions also received backing.

CERN: Not just particle physics, an 'incubator' for specialists

Author : Jitka Jiřičková
Photo: Martin Rybář, Vladimír Šigut
Thursday, 10 October 2024 12:06

As part of the recent 70th-anniversary of CERN and close collaboration with the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics at Charles University, we spoke to Czech experimental particle physicist Martin Rybář, a top science communicator.

Science at CU: Reading, from the child's perspective

Author : Pavla Hubálková
Photo: Daniel Hotový
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 09:20

“I study children's reading from the perspective of the children themselves,” says Anežka Kuzmičová from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University. She introduces more in a one-minute video.

Are collective commitments within military alliances such as NATO being upheld, or do the representatives of the countries decide based on public opinion? CU's Michal Smetana clinched an ERC grant to try and answer the question.

"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.

"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.

"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.

Basic research can lead to unexpected real-life applications

Author : Jitka Jiřičková
Photo: Hynek Glos
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 14:09

“Realistic expectations are necessary when applying for an ERC grant but there's no point in being overly modest,” says Pavel Veselý from the Institute of Informatics, CU. The researcher was awarded a prestigious ERC CZ grant in June.

Podcast: Insights into criminal behaviour

Author : Lenka Miklanková, Katarina Stehlíková
Photo: CERGE-EI, Shutterstock
Friday, 28 June 2024 16:11

In the latest episode, we explore the world of criminal behaviour and the Czech justice system with a CERGE-EI alumnus Michal Šoltés, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Empirical Legal Studies at CU’s Faculty of Law.

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