Slovak Science, page 5

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.

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Paleontologist Andrej Čerňanský.

Slovak paleontologist names reptiles after important historical figures

Andrej Čerňanský’s work changes our understanding of many animals.

Koronagraphs in the Lomnický štít Observatory.

Slovak astronomers key to new European Solar Telescope

High Tatras observations to play key role.

Material physicist Ján Dusza.

Material physicist: We publish things that are of interest to the world

Ján Dusza earned the ESET Science Award in 2021.

Scientists want to harness the same process that fuels the Sun. A megaproject that should generate power from nuclear fusion is being built in France.

Fusion power is still decades away, but Slovak scientists are helping to bring it closer

After ITER is completed, they say a working reactor could arrive in 2050.

The supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.

Slovak scientist explains what new black hole image tells us about the galaxy

Difficult feat to capture object at heart of the Milky Way

Andrej Lúčny with his robot.

Computer scientist explains how robots see and translators translate

Current trends in the field raise interesting questions.

A new mineral called argentopolybasite was found in Slovakia.

Slovakia is home to a newly identified mineral

The unique crystalline material was found near Kremnica.

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Slovak-developed Omicron antibody is effective, scientists say

Experiments show neutralisation of Covid-19 variant.

Ivica Labuda and her students at the Georgetown University.

It's normal that talent leaves, it's important they can return

The Slovak-American biotechnologist has got 13 patents, organises meetings of the Slovak scientific community in the US.

Viliam Pavliak

Slovak vaccine scientist in USA: We were very lucky with the Covid vaccine

Viliam Pavliak works as a scientist for the Gates, developing vaccines against diseases in third-world countries.

Samuel Kováčik

Big Bang Theory in Slovakia: Young physicist making science cool

Interest in theoretical physicist Samuel Kováčik’s ‘Scientist’ project soars in pandemic.

Slavomír Adamčík of the SAV’s Centre for Plant Biology and Biodiversity says that microorganism research can distinguish and identify soil quality.

What would Slovak researchers study if they were given a blank cheque?

Slovakia spends only around 0.9 percent of GDP on research and innovation.

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Fedor Šimkovic, laureate in the category Significant Personality of Slovak Science

He studies the key to understanding the universe. The top science prize goes to a physicist this year

Nobel Prize laureate Kip Thorne was the head of the international jury.

Mária Virčíková

Tech visionary: Slovak innovation could soon change how we talk to each other

Mária Virčíková from Matsuko eyes up Silicon Valley with game-changer holographic communication.

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Slovak rover Androver I could survey the Moon's terrain

The rover was part of a simulated mission in Hawaii.

Scientist Erik Szabó, who works for the Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, features the Bringing World to the Classroom podcast.
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Science in Slovakia: Plenty of talents, minimal support

Little things, not only money, can move Slovak science forward.

This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
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Asteroids approach our planet almost daily. Collision is unlikely

New York City flattened in a fictional asteroid impact scenario in 2019. Minor Planet Center publishes all close approaches.

15-year-old researcher: Slovakia is far behind other countries in aerospace research

Jakub Nagy has invented the picoballoon. What is it and what is it good for?

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Slovak scientists grace the pages of prestigious journal Nature

Scientists from Slovakia clarified the connection between climate change and the size of floods.

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