Charles University

Charles University, known also as Charles University in Prague (Czech: Univerzita Karlova (UK); Latin: Universitas Carolina; German: Karls-Universität) or historically as the University of Prague (Latin: Universitas Pragensis), is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic

Outlining the increasing threats posed by invasive species

New tools to engineer cooperation

Framework provides new tools to systematically build cooperation; scientists extend theory of repeated games When what we want as individuals clashes with what is best for the group, we have a social dilemma. How can we overcome these dilemmas, and encourage people to cooperate, even if they have reason not to? In a paper released

New tools to engineer cooperation

Nanoparticles on nanosteps for dispersed catalysts

New technologies are starved for efficient and inexpensive catalysts. The best materials are made up of nanoparticles, whose properties are the result of their small size. The single catalyst particles have, however, an ugly tendency to cluster into larger particles, thereby reducing their effectiveness. A group of scientists from the International School of Advanced Studies

Nanoparticles on nanosteps for dispersed catalysts

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Dozens of leading scientists speak up for Harvard chemist Charles Lieber
on March 4, 2021 at 10:30 pm
Nobel laureates and other preeminent researchers urge the US Department of Justice to drop its case against him ...
Purdue professor receives Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative funding from Department of Defense
on March 4, 2021 at 8:21 am
Brett Savoie, the Charles Davidson Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, will lead one of 25 teams receiving Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) funding ...
New book reveals Charles Darwin's cultural impact in unprecedented detail
on March 2, 2021 at 6:40 am
The largest number of species named after a single person is often attributed to the German polymath and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. The impressive list contains about 400 species and includes ...
Nobel Prize winners and other scientists come to defense of Harvard professor Charles Lieber
on March 1, 2021 at 9:15 am
Dozens of scientists are publicly questioning the federal government’s prosecution of Lieber, suggesting that US scientists are becoming increasingly vocal in opposing the government’s crackdown on ...
A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study implicates collagen matrix integrity and cell differentiation pathways in keratoconus
on March 1, 2021 at 7:45 am
Alison Hardcastle et al. report a genome-wide meta-analysis of keratoconus, a condition affecting the cornea that causes blurred vision and often leads to blindness. They identify 36 genomic regions ...

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Researchers From the Faculty of Science at Charles University in Prague Developed a Robust Method for Self-Immolation - The Ritz Herald
February 26, 2021
UConn Is Again a National Leader in Fulbright Scholars - Mirage News
February 26, 2021
How the Czech Republic slipped into a Covid disaster, one misstep at a time - KAKE
February 28, 2021
Deadline for applications to Romani Studies at Charles University is the end of February - Romea.cz
February 18, 2021
Researchers from the Faculty of Science in Prague is providing new Insights into the Evolution of Obligate Anaerobiosis - The American Reporter
February 27, 2021

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A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study implicates collagen matrix integrity and cell differentiation pathways in keratoconus
on March 1, 2021 at 7:45 am
Alison Hardcastle et al. report a genome-wide meta-analysis of keratoconus, a condition affecting the cornea that causes blurred vision and often leads to blindness. They identify 36 genomic regions ...
New Cooperation: University of Bayreuth and Charles University Prague Ceremoniously Open PPE Double Degree Programme
on February 12, 2021 at 5:58 am
In a virtual ceremony, the University of Bayreuth and Charles University Prague opened their PPE Double Degree Programme today. With this, the University of Bayreuth is continuing to pursue its ...
Hard-hit Czech Republic reaches 1 million confirmed cases
on February 3, 2021 at 9:02 am
a biochemist from Prague’s Charles University. Trnka said the government - with three different health ministers in charge since the pandemic struck - has lacked a clear vison about what it ...
Hard-hit Czech Republic reaches 1 million confirmed cases
on February 3, 2021 at 8:31 am
“I’d like to say our approach has not been successful,” said Jan Trnka, a biochemist from Prague’s Charles University. Trnka said the government — with three different health ministers ...
Prize Recipient
on October 13, 2020 at 10:09 am
Trnka has made some fundamental contributions to the development of new mathematical methods for scattering amplitudes in perturbative quantum field theory, including the discovery ... education from ...