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Slovak Science

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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The latest Slovak science news – all in one place.
Matej Baláž (right).
Mechanochemistry is a relatively new area of research.
A moat discovered by Slovak and Polish archaeologists and egyptologists in Egypt in November 2023.
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Their latest discovery is a moat that was supposed to protect the ruler.
Eva Lilly.
Eva Lilly about how humanity would approach a potential Earth-asteroid collision. Soňa Jánošová
Polymer chemist Igor Lacík (centre).
Igor Lacík is this year’s ESET Science Award laureate in the main category.
An old Hungarian burial ground from the 10th century on the territory of the future Valaliky Strategic Park, where archaeologists discovered more than 260 graves on June 20, 2023 in Valaliky, near Košice.
Evidence of various cultures have been unearthed at the location.
The river Slaná in mid-March.
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Most of the environmental burdens originated during the communist regime.
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See the progress scientists in Slovakia have made in recent months.
Martin Škoviera (first from right) with foreign colleagues.
Theory can help with everything from computer science to wedding planning.
There is relatively little data available in Slovak for AI training.
Jupiter (centre) and its Galilean moons: from left Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto. Juice with deployed antennas and arrays is in the bottom right.
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Slovaks are active participants in two ongoing space missions.
Urologist Ján Švihra, Jr.
Prostate cancer is problematic in that a patient can live for years without knowing about it.
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