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💡 Candles, lamps, microscopes… These all help shed light on the world around us. Properly “tamed” light, however, can uncover previously unimaginable depths. 👀
Give our feature a read or listen! #lasers #microscopes #science
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5X5a...
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Give our feature a read or listen! #lasers #microscopes #science
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5X5a...
📖 www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...
💡 Candles, lamps, microscopes… These all help shed light on the world around us. Properly “tamed” light, however, can uncover previously unimaginable depths. 👀
Give our feature a read or listen! #lasers #microscopes #science
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5X5a...
📖 www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...
Give our feature a read or listen! #lasers #microscopes #science
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5X5a...
📖 www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
💡 Candles, lamps, microscopes… These all help shed light on the world around us. Properly “tamed” light, however, can uncover previously unimaginable depths. 👀
Give our feature a read or listen! #lasers #microscopes #science
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5X5a...
📖 www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...
Give our feature a read or listen! #lasers #microscopes #science
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5X5a...
📖 www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...
Did you know the Czech Academy of Sciences has a photo database?
It holds over 30,000 pro images that are free to download.
Find portraits of researchers, photos from events, and behind-the-scenes shots from our labs and research facilities.
Check it out here ➡️ fotobanka.avcr.cz #CCLicense
It holds over 30,000 pro images that are free to download.
Find portraits of researchers, photos from events, and behind-the-scenes shots from our labs and research facilities.
Check it out here ➡️ fotobanka.avcr.cz #CCLicense
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Did you know the Czech Academy of Sciences has a photo database?
It holds over 30,000 pro images that are free to download.
Find portraits of researchers, photos from events, and behind-the-scenes shots from our labs and research facilities.
Check it out here ➡️ fotobanka.avcr.cz #CCLicense
It holds over 30,000 pro images that are free to download.
Find portraits of researchers, photos from events, and behind-the-scenes shots from our labs and research facilities.
Check it out here ➡️ fotobanka.avcr.cz #CCLicense
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#new_paper: Ultrastable polypyrrole stabilized by hyper-cross-linked poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) for long-cycle supercapacitor applications
@pubs.acs.org: polypyrrole, supercapacitor
doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
@pubs.acs.org: polypyrrole, supercapacitor
doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
Ultrastable Polypyrrole Stabilized by Hyper-Cross-Linked Poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) for Long-Cycle Supercapacitor Applications
Polypyrrole (PPy) is a promising conducting polymer for supercapacitor electrodes, but its structural degradation during repeated cycling limits its long-term stability. Here, we report the design of ...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#new_paper: Ultrastable polypyrrole stabilized by hyper-cross-linked poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) for long-cycle supercapacitor applications
@pubs.acs.org: polypyrrole, supercapacitor
doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
@pubs.acs.org: polypyrrole, supercapacitor
doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
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#new_paper: Enhancement of interactions in styrene- butadiene rubber composites filled with GnPs through styrene content and presence of ionic liquid: Impact on
photo-actuator performance
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social: styrene- butadiene rubber composites
doi.org/10.1016/j.sn...
photo-actuator performance
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social: styrene- butadiene rubber composites
doi.org/10.1016/j.sn...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
#new_paper: Enhancement of interactions in styrene- butadiene rubber composites filled with GnPs through styrene content and presence of ionic liquid: Impact on
photo-actuator performance
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social: styrene- butadiene rubber composites
doi.org/10.1016/j.sn...
photo-actuator performance
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social: styrene- butadiene rubber composites
doi.org/10.1016/j.sn...
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🦠 Is life in the universe rare, or might it occur almost everywhere?
The PROTOCELL project by @hlouchova-lab.bsky.social in collab with @pluskal-lab.org and with support of @esa.int aims to find out ► www.uochb.cz/en/news/742/...
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #AVCR #chemie #chemistry #czechscience
The PROTOCELL project by @hlouchova-lab.bsky.social in collab with @pluskal-lab.org and with support of @esa.int aims to find out ► www.uochb.cz/en/news/742/...
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #AVCR #chemie #chemistry #czechscience
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🦠 Is life in the universe rare, or might it occur almost everywhere?
The PROTOCELL project by @hlouchova-lab.bsky.social in collab with @pluskal-lab.org and with support of @esa.int aims to find out ► www.uochb.cz/en/news/742/...
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #AVCR #chemie #chemistry #czechscience
The PROTOCELL project by @hlouchova-lab.bsky.social in collab with @pluskal-lab.org and with support of @esa.int aims to find out ► www.uochb.cz/en/news/742/...
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #AVCR #chemie #chemistry #czechscience
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Excited to have Alasdair Cochrane over for a talk on "The Informal Representation of Animals" 🐾
In Prague, January 15th 2026⏲️
Really cool topic and much under-researched so far!
cetep.eu/alasdair-coc...
#philsky #animals #academicsky
In Prague, January 15th 2026⏲️
Really cool topic and much under-researched so far!
cetep.eu/alasdair-coc...
#philsky #animals #academicsky
Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague | Centrum pro environmentální a technologickou etiku - Praha
Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague | Centrum pro environmentální a technologickou etiku - Praha
cetep.eu
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited to have Alasdair Cochrane over for a talk on "The Informal Representation of Animals" 🐾
In Prague, January 15th 2026⏲️
Really cool topic and much under-researched so far!
cetep.eu/alasdair-coc...
#philsky #animals #academicsky
In Prague, January 15th 2026⏲️
Really cool topic and much under-researched so far!
cetep.eu/alasdair-coc...
#philsky #animals #academicsky
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Stabilisation by sodium! 🧪 ⚛️
Now in Chemistry - a European Journal, we show that Na atoms from NaCl can anchor organic molecules to the surface, facilitating on surface reactions at high temperatures⚓ 🔬 👨💻
@laertepatera.bsky.social @chemistryeurope.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502452
Now in Chemistry - a European Journal, we show that Na atoms from NaCl can anchor organic molecules to the surface, facilitating on surface reactions at high temperatures⚓ 🔬 👨💻
@laertepatera.bsky.social @chemistryeurope.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502452
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Stabilisation by sodium! 🧪 ⚛️
Now in Chemistry - a European Journal, we show that Na atoms from NaCl can anchor organic molecules to the surface, facilitating on surface reactions at high temperatures⚓ 🔬 👨💻
@laertepatera.bsky.social @chemistryeurope.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502452
Now in Chemistry - a European Journal, we show that Na atoms from NaCl can anchor organic molecules to the surface, facilitating on surface reactions at high temperatures⚓ 🔬 👨💻
@laertepatera.bsky.social @chemistryeurope.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502452
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#new_paper: Stoichiometric Antibody−Polymer−Drug Conjugate for Effective Low-Dose Treatment of Breast Cancer
@pubs.acs.org: Breast cancer, stochiometric antibody
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@pubs.acs.org: Breast cancer, stochiometric antibody
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Stoichiometric Antibody–Polymer–Drug Conjugate for Effective Low-Dose Treatment of Breast Cancer
In the past two decades, antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) have emerged as highly effective targeted therapeutics against cancers. One current path to improve ADCs is to increase the amount of cytotoxic...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
#new_paper: Stoichiometric Antibody−Polymer−Drug Conjugate for Effective Low-Dose Treatment of Breast Cancer
@pubs.acs.org: Breast cancer, stochiometric antibody
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@pubs.acs.org: Breast cancer, stochiometric antibody
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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A team of researchers at IOCB Prague headed by Dr. Tomáš Slanina of #photochem has developed a new method for labeling molecules with fluorescent dyes that surpasses existing approaches in both precision and stability.
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A team of researchers at IOCB Prague headed by Dr. Tomáš Slanina of #photochem has developed a new method for labeling molecules with fluorescent dyes that surpasses existing approaches in both precision and stability.
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#new_paper: NMR Crystallographic Journey from Light to Heavy Atoms of Mercury(II)-DOTAM Complexes and Extraction of Related Structural Parameters
@pubs.acs.org: NMR crystallographic
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@pubs.acs.org: NMR crystallographic
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
NMR Crystallographic Journey from Light to Heavy Atoms of Mercury(II)-DOTAM Complexes and Extraction of Related Structural Parameters
Complexes of macrocyclic ligands are routinely used as MRI contrast agents and radionuclide carriers for PET and SPECT diagnostics and radiotherapy. This study explores the structural and electronic e...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#new_paper: NMR Crystallographic Journey from Light to Heavy Atoms of Mercury(II)-DOTAM Complexes and Extraction of Related Structural Parameters
@pubs.acs.org: NMR crystallographic
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@pubs.acs.org: NMR crystallographic
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Pavel Jungwirth from #IOCBPrague and his collaborators Victor Cruces Chamorro and Hector Martinez-Seara showed that even though simplified #watermodels vary widely in their dielectric constant, their accuracy depends far more on capturing water’s structure and dynamics. 1/2
#chemistry #research
#chemistry #research
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Pavel Jungwirth from #IOCBPrague and his collaborators Victor Cruces Chamorro and Hector Martinez-Seara showed that even though simplified #watermodels vary widely in their dielectric constant, their accuracy depends far more on capturing water’s structure and dynamics. 1/2
#chemistry #research
#chemistry #research
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#new_paper: Epigenome and interactome profiling uncovers principles of distal regulation in the barley genome
@cellpress.bsky.social: epigenetics, chromatin states, Hordeum vulgare, Morex, embryo, regulome, Vrn3,
LEA genes, genome browser
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
@cellpress.bsky.social: epigenetics, chromatin states, Hordeum vulgare, Morex, embryo, regulome, Vrn3,
LEA genes, genome browser
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Epigenome and interactome profiling uncovers principles of distal regulation in the barley genome
Navratilova et al. profiled several epigenetic features across three stages of barley
embryo and leaves and predicted regulatory potential for 1.4% of the barley genome.
Using HiChIP, they linked part...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
#new_paper: Epigenome and interactome profiling uncovers principles of distal regulation in the barley genome
@cellpress.bsky.social: epigenetics, chromatin states, Hordeum vulgare, Morex, embryo, regulome, Vrn3,
LEA genes, genome browser
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
@cellpress.bsky.social: epigenetics, chromatin states, Hordeum vulgare, Morex, embryo, regulome, Vrn3,
LEA genes, genome browser
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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⚙ A research team at IOCB Prague led by Jiří Kaleta has described a new concept for light-driven #molecularmotors that remain fully functional even after being anchored to a metal surface. 1/2
#iocb #iocbprague #czechscience #molecularmachines
#iocb #iocbprague #czechscience #molecularmachines
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
⚙ A research team at IOCB Prague led by Jiří Kaleta has described a new concept for light-driven #molecularmotors that remain fully functional even after being anchored to a metal surface. 1/2
#iocb #iocbprague #czechscience #molecularmachines
#iocb #iocbprague #czechscience #molecularmachines
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🗣️ One of the most prominent figures in modern science, the inventor of the Orbitrap #massspec, Alexander A. Makarov, visited #IOCBPrague.
His work has had a profound impact on research in proteomics, metabolomics, and biomedicine — his discovery enables advanced ultra-high-resolution analyses.
His work has had a profound impact on research in proteomics, metabolomics, and biomedicine — his discovery enables advanced ultra-high-resolution analyses.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🗣️ One of the most prominent figures in modern science, the inventor of the Orbitrap #massspec, Alexander A. Makarov, visited #IOCBPrague.
His work has had a profound impact on research in proteomics, metabolomics, and biomedicine — his discovery enables advanced ultra-high-resolution analyses.
His work has had a profound impact on research in proteomics, metabolomics, and biomedicine — his discovery enables advanced ultra-high-resolution analyses.
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#research #hydrogenbonding
NMR spectroscopy studies of hydrogen bonding
(Dračínský) – Coord. Chem. Rev.: doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
NMR spectroscopy studies of hydrogen bonding
(Dračínský) – Coord. Chem. Rev.: doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#research #hydrogenbonding
NMR spectroscopy studies of hydrogen bonding
(Dračínský) – Coord. Chem. Rev.: doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
NMR spectroscopy studies of hydrogen bonding
(Dračínský) – Coord. Chem. Rev.: doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
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#research #molecularmachines
Surface-Decoupled Altitudinal and Azimuthal Triptycene-Fused Tetrapodal Molecular Motors
(Bezděková et al., Kaleta) – @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Surface-Decoupled Altitudinal and Azimuthal Triptycene-Fused Tetrapodal Molecular Motors
(Bezděková et al., Kaleta) – @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#research #molecularmachines
Surface-Decoupled Altitudinal and Azimuthal Triptycene-Fused Tetrapodal Molecular Motors
(Bezděková et al., Kaleta) – @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Surface-Decoupled Altitudinal and Azimuthal Triptycene-Fused Tetrapodal Molecular Motors
(Bezděková et al., Kaleta) – @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
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Tomorrow in Prague: the grand opening of the science art exhibition Circumnavigation in Time!
Experience the passage of time as caught on solarigraphy images by Maciej Zapior, Artem Koval from @czechacademy.bsky.social and colleagues across the globe.
Reservations: rezervace.fzu.cz/exkurze.offe...
Experience the passage of time as caught on solarigraphy images by Maciej Zapior, Artem Koval from @czechacademy.bsky.social and colleagues across the globe.
Reservations: rezervace.fzu.cz/exkurze.offe...
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Tomorrow in Prague: the grand opening of the science art exhibition Circumnavigation in Time!
Experience the passage of time as caught on solarigraphy images by Maciej Zapior, Artem Koval from @czechacademy.bsky.social and colleagues across the globe.
Reservations: rezervace.fzu.cz/exkurze.offe...
Experience the passage of time as caught on solarigraphy images by Maciej Zapior, Artem Koval from @czechacademy.bsky.social and colleagues across the globe.
Reservations: rezervace.fzu.cz/exkurze.offe...
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🫂 @czechacademy.bsky.social Week brought hundreds of people to @iocbprague.bsky.social—on Saturday alone, over 900 visitors attended the open house for the public.
During the festival, there were also two open houses for schools, including those for English speakers.
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #outreach
During the festival, there were also two open houses for schools, including those for English speakers.
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #outreach
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🫂 @czechacademy.bsky.social Week brought hundreds of people to @iocbprague.bsky.social—on Saturday alone, over 900 visitors attended the open house for the public.
During the festival, there were also two open houses for schools, including those for English speakers.
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #outreach
During the festival, there were also two open houses for schools, including those for English speakers.
#IOCB #IOCBPrague #outreach
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Ready for winter! ❄️☃️🪻As winter in the northern hemisphere approaches, plants are preparing to be protected from cold ❄️
Read more on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/PJ0Vy
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #rhizome #bud #clonality #overwintering #strategy @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Read more on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/PJ0Vy
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #rhizome #bud #clonality #overwintering #strategy @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ready for winter! ❄️☃️🪻As winter in the northern hemisphere approaches, plants are preparing to be protected from cold ❄️
Read more on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/PJ0Vy
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #rhizome #bud #clonality #overwintering #strategy @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Read more on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/PJ0Vy
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #rhizome #bud #clonality #overwintering #strategy @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
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Congratulations to our colleague Ondrej Novák, who has once again been ranked among the world’s most highly cited scientists by Clarivate Analytics. He is one of only seven researchers from the Czech Republic to reach the top one percent of most-cited experts this year.
@czechacademy.bsky.social
@czechacademy.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Congratulations to our colleague Ondrej Novák, who has once again been ranked among the world’s most highly cited scientists by Clarivate Analytics. He is one of only seven researchers from the Czech Republic to reach the top one percent of most-cited experts this year.
@czechacademy.bsky.social
@czechacademy.bsky.social
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#research #nanodiamonds
Linker-Free Covalent DNA Functionalization of Quantum-Grade Nanodiamonds (Copak, Steiner, Fialova, Matousek, Plutnar, Chvatil, Gulka, Cígler) – Adv. Opt. Mater.: doi.org/10.1002/adom...
#AdvSciNews @iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Linker-Free Covalent DNA Functionalization of Quantum-Grade Nanodiamonds (Copak, Steiner, Fialova, Matousek, Plutnar, Chvatil, Gulka, Cígler) – Adv. Opt. Mater.: doi.org/10.1002/adom...
#AdvSciNews @iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#research #nanodiamonds
Linker-Free Covalent DNA Functionalization of Quantum-Grade Nanodiamonds (Copak, Steiner, Fialova, Matousek, Plutnar, Chvatil, Gulka, Cígler) – Adv. Opt. Mater.: doi.org/10.1002/adom...
#AdvSciNews @iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
Linker-Free Covalent DNA Functionalization of Quantum-Grade Nanodiamonds (Copak, Steiner, Fialova, Matousek, Plutnar, Chvatil, Gulka, Cígler) – Adv. Opt. Mater.: doi.org/10.1002/adom...
#AdvSciNews @iocbprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
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New on the Belowground blog: Ready for winter plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/r...
Ready for winter
Illustrations, photos, and commentary by F. Curtis Lubbe from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. As winter in the northern hemisphere approaches, many plants have already pre…
plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
New on the Belowground blog: Ready for winter plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/r...
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Our new paper on Enzymatic synthesis of base-modified RNA and influence of the modifications on stability, translation, and CRISPR-Cas9 cleavage - published in ACS Chem. Biol.: doi.org/10.1021/acsc.... @iocbprague.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @akademievedcr.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Our new paper on Enzymatic synthesis of base-modified RNA and influence of the modifications on stability, translation, and CRISPR-Cas9 cleavage - published in ACS Chem. Biol.: doi.org/10.1021/acsc.... @iocbprague.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @akademievedcr.bsky.social
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The recordings from this year’s Human-aligned AI Summer School (humanaligned.ai/2025/), hosted by @cts.cuni.cz in July 2025, are now available online. All videos are here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis....
Human-aligned AI Summer School 2025
humanaligned.ai
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The recordings from this year’s Human-aligned AI Summer School (humanaligned.ai/2025/), hosted by @cts.cuni.cz in July 2025, are now available online. All videos are here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis....
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A research team from the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences is exploring the ethical use of breakthrough radio holography technology in home palliative care. The Interdisciplinary Research Lab for Bioethics is pioneering this project — the first of its kind in the world.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A research team from the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences is exploring the ethical use of breakthrough radio holography technology in home palliative care. The Interdisciplinary Research Lab for Bioethics is pioneering this project — the first of its kind in the world.