Slovak Science, page 3
This column reports on science stories involving Slovaks or in Slovakia.
It is supported by the ESET Foundation, which awards the ESET Science Award to exceptional scientists every year.
Tom Cruise’s mother had no children. Wait, what?
How a Slovak trains chatbots.
Slovak scientists link enzyme with risk of death from Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet.
Atoms forming due to cosmic rays shed light on age of prehistoric Slovak lake
Turiec Lake eventually disappeared.
Site chosen for new car plant was once used for burial rituals
Evidence of various cultures have been unearthed at the location.
For scientists, environmental disasters mean opportunities to put 'biomining' bacteria to work
Most of the environmental burdens originated during the communist regime.
Improved cancer diagnostics, space mission. Busy months in Slovak science
See the progress scientists in Slovakia have made in recent months.
Martin Škoviera: Graph theorist connecting the unconnected
Theory can help with everything from computer science to wedding planning.
Teaching AI bots to speak better Slovak
There is relatively little data available in Slovak for AI training.
From Košice to Ganymede: Slovak engineers are leaving their mark in space
Slovaks are active participants in two ongoing space missions.
Slovak urologists' prostate cancer needle may be new hope for men
Prostate cancer is problematic in that a patient can live for years without knowing about it.
What’s new in Slovak Science: ERC grant drought ends
More prestigious funding on the horizon.
The amount of biological data is staggering, her job being to analyse it
Stereotypes make it hard for girls to get into computers.
Slovak research institute popular with students from Asia and Africa
A Slovak Academy of Sciences institute has been involved in diabetes and cancer treatment research.
'The sky is the limit' for researchers abroad. It is limited funding and thinking in Slovakia, says Slovak scientist
In his research, Miroslav Baláž tries to identify new treatments for obesity and diabetes.
With sand and Europe's top research grant, Slovak chemist develops something nobody has tried
Only three scientists in Slovakia received the European Research Council grant so far.
A Slovak scientist was told to go to Budapest to save Slovak science. So he went
Slovak scientists give up too soon. Science is not a race, it’s a marathon, says nuclear physicist Martin Venhart.
When a Hungarian material scientist came to Košice, he felt like in heaven
Tamás Csanádi studies ceramics in Košice.
Some animals appear charismatic to us without knowing why
Slovak scientists focused on the bias in animal protection.
It's not just whales and pandas that need saving, Slovak researchers stress
How far has science come in Slovakia in the 30 years since the end of Czechoslovakia?
The Slovak scientist who studies how night light affects our bodies
Even low-intensity nocturnal light can affect people.
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