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Czech scientists are world leaders in microscopic examination of plants
13. 9. 2018 | (Olomouc) – Researchers from the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH) at Palacký University Olomouc, together with colleagues from the University of Nottingham and the Max Planck Institute...
Czech scientists have discovered a new way to control the magnetic and electronic properties of molecules
4. 9. 2018 | A new way to control the electronic and magnetic properties of molecules has been discovered by scientists from the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM) at Palacký University Olomouc, together with...
Genetic code of wheat has been broken thanks to Olomouc scientists
27. 8. 2018 | The genome of common wheat (or bread wheat), one of the most important agricultural crops, has been decoded. The International Consortium for Wheat Genome Sequencing (IWGSC) has written about the achievement of a highly accurate...
Rector’s Comments on the 50th anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia
21. 8. 2018 | The twenty-first of August 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies, a tragic moment in modern history, a day when the perhaps naive faith of millions of Czechoslovaks in a better...
New carbon material developed for electrical energy storage
13. 8. 2018 | A new two-dimensional graphene derivative has been developed by scientists from the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM) at Palacký University Olomouc. They claim that the material could be used for the...
Olomouc opticians participate in unique detection of quantum properties of light
7. 8. 2018 | The joint team of the Centre of Excellence at the Czech Science Foundation, consisting of experts from the Department of Optics at the Palacký University Faculty of Science in Olomouc and from the Institute of Scientific...
Palacký University again invites alumni for reunion
26. 7. 2018 | “We’re UP for it!” – this is the motto for the Palacký University alumni meeting on 8 September in Olomouc. The university continues in the contemporary tradition of bringing together its former students, commenced in 2016, when...
One hundred foreigners studying Czech at Palacký University
20. 7. 2018 | The eldest is 74, the youngest is 18. Both share a passion for Czech, both will meet in Olomouc. They are part of a group of roughly one hundred applicants who will study Czech at Palacký University. On Saturday 21 July, the 32nd...
Olomouc scientist exploring the impact of climate change on plants captures global attention
18. 7. 2018 | A prestigious achievement was made by a scientist from the Olomouc branch of the Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences – Pranav Pankaj Sahu. His research dealing with the impact of climate changes on...
Olomouc scientists discover new mechanism for anticancer drugs
29. 6. 2018 | Breakthrough information to be used in targeted cancer treatment has come via new research by scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Translation Medicine (IMTM) at the UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in cooperation with...