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Czech scientists present unique trilobite specimens, attacked by an unknown predator
Czech scientists have found unique specimens of trilobites that suggest
something thought to be impossible – something was eating them. The small
animals were amongst the most successful in history, crawling along the
seabed for more than 270 million years. But during the Cambrian era, 500
million years ago, when neither fish nor cephalopods had developed, there
should have been nothing capable of sinking its teeth into their hard
shells. At a recent conference of international palaeontologists in Prague,
Dr Oldřich Fatka of the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology presented
evidence from more than thirty years of study, showing that even 508
million years ago there seems to have been a predator on the sea floor.
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In this edition of Science Journal, two interviews with Czech scientists
who have recently published two very different articles in the prestigious
American journal Nature, one mapping biodiversity mathematically, and one
fighting HIV. More
Czech scientists uncover reason behind high incidence of abortions in mares
In this month’s edition of Science Journal: A team of Czech researchers
may have found the answer to a question that has puzzled veterinarians,
horse breeders and biologists for decades – why such a high percentage of
pregnancies in mares end in natural, chemically triggered abortions. A
recent study released by a Czech scientist suggests the answer may be that
keeping pregnant mares close to stallions at their home stable makes them
more likely to abort. More
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In this edition of Science Journal: Czech physicists make the American
Science magazine with an experiment on quantum walks. And the secrets of
the Antarctic unfold beneath the watchful eyes of scientists from Masaryk
University in Brno, who are expanding their research at James Ross Island
this year. More
Gregor Mendel’s landmark manuscript returns to his Brno abbey
It can easily be called one of the most important documents in the history
of modern science. Gregor Mendel’s priceless manuscript on the
inheritance of plant traits, composed in Brno in 1865, opened the door to
the field of genetics. This month, after many years of changing hands and
much negotiation, it was brought home. More
Czech scientists find hope for improved cancer treatment
A major advance in cancer treatment may be on the way, thanks in part to
the work of Czech scientists. Researchers from the Czech Academy of
Sciences in collaboration with colleagues in the UK have made significant
progress in developing chemotherapy that is free of side effects. More
Czech scientists collaborate on robotic household ‘nurse’
Czech scientists working in collaboration with colleagues from four other
European states have created a robot that can assist elderly or
post-surgery patients in a variety of situations. Commercial interest in
the Robo M.D. was quickly piqued with a demonstration of the new mechanical
nurse earlier this week, and the door to further development is wide open. More
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We are not going so very far from Earth today, only two and a half
light-minutes or so, to a point where, come 2017, Czech technology will be
orbiting our Sun, and helping to answer some of its secrets. More
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In this month’s Science Journal we talk to the Czech psychologists who
monitored the participants in the Mars 500 experiment, and also to the
discoverers of a hitherto unknown, tick-borne disease. More
Czech scientists present HemaGel: an effective cure for acute and chronic wounds
One hears a great deal about the importance of fighting free radicals, but
it is not often that one sees the benefits of this in practice. Czech
researchers from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech
Academy of Sciences have an outstanding success story in this respect. They
have developed a gel that has proved exceptionally effective in healing
both chronic and acute wounds with the aid of free-radical-binding
technology. More
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