Science & Research News

Botanists Discover Another Unknown Plant on Borneo
18. 10. 2016 | Scientists from the UP Faculty of Science have scored again and discovered another plant of the Thismia genus in Brunei on the island of Borneo. Thismia inconspicua was found by the ecologists in a rainforest in early 2015. This...
Department of Geoinformatics Among Global Leaders in Eye Tracking
16. 10. 2016 | The Department of Geoinformatics at the UP Faculty of Science is the most active institute in the world in the area of eye tracking in cartography, according to the number of its publications. Eye tracking is a method to evaluate...
Czech Scientists Have Created the Smallest Metallic Magnets in the World
21. 9. 2016 | The world’s smallest metallic magnets have been constructed by scientists from the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM) at Palacky University together with colleagues from Prague and Singapore. The...
UP among Global Elite: First Time in QS World University Rankings
12. 9. 2016 | Palacký University has been included for the first time in the prestigious international QS World University Rankings. More than 900 universities are listed in the rankings; the Czech Republic has five representatives among the...
Wild Pea Explored for Better Understanding of Seed Dormancy
8. 8. 2016 | Plant geneticists, botanists, and geoinformaticists from the UP Faculty of Science and the Olomouc’s branch of the Czech Crop Research Institute (CRI) will investigate the seed dormancy of the wild pea and Medicago truncatula in...
Unique Technology from RCPTM Detects Forged Food and Cosmetics
29. 7. 2016 | Scientists from the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials have an efficient tool in the battle against forgers of liquors, perfumes, and other cosmetics. They have developed a technology that may protect the...
UP – Best Improvement of a Czech University in CWUR Rankings
26. 7. 2016 | Only four Czech universities qualified for the international university rankings CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) 2016. In comparison with the previous year, Palacký University Olomouc had the best improvement, placing...
Revolutionary Discovery by Olomouc Biophysicists in Photosynthesis of Spruce and Related Species
25. 7. 2016 | Scientists from the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH) in Olomouc achieved an unexpected discovery which upsets the current dogma concerning photosynthesis in the spruce and related...
UP Faculty of Law Journal Included in Renowned Database
30. 6. 2016 | Acta Iuridica Olomucensia, published by the Faculty of Law at Palacký University Olomouc, celebrates an important academic achievement. After meeting all required criteria, it was included in the list of the world’s...
Cyber Aggression Touches Every Fifth Teacher, and School Management Is Mostly Unaware of the Problem
21. 6. 2016 | Overall, 21.73% of all Czech teachers have been victims of cyber bullying. This was confirmed by the National Cyberbullying Research on Czech Teachers, where more than 5100 primary and secondary school teachers from all regions of...