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CZDEFENCE
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The Czechoslovak Group (CSG) was the main partner of this year's IDET 2025 International Defence and Security Technology Fair. The group is one of the largest defence industry entities in Central Europe, with its offering covering almost all...
No Way Home
Transitions
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August 18, 2025
Prague residents struggle as ever-rising rents, population growth make the decades’-long housing shortage even worse. Vilem Smejkal, an art student at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, faces the possibility of leaving the...
Who Makes Kia Engines And Are They The Same As Hyundai's?
SlashGear
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August 18, 2025
Since entering the U.S. market in 1986 and 1994, respectively, Hyundai and Kia have steadily worked their way up the automotive value chain. From suppliers of cheap, cheerful, but somewhat nondescript vehicles, the Korean cousins now produce...
Ethiopia's famous fossils of Lucy, Selam to be displayed in Czech Republic
The Peninsula
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August 15, 2025
Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's famous hominid fossils, Lucy and Selam, have left for Central Europe for display in an upcoming exhibition on human origins in the Czech Republic. In a statement issued Friday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Tourism announced...
Czech scientists “program” stem cells to produce dental tissue
Radio Prague International
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August 14, 2025
Researchers at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Medicine have discovered a way to prompt stem cells to form dental tissue. Led by Jan Křivánek, the team used lentiviruses—retroviruses capable of permanently inserting their DNA into host cells—to...
TESCAN Group unveil two software innovations at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) conference
LabBulletin
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August 18, 2025
publication date: Aug 18, 2025 | author/source: TESCAN Group These launches reflect TESCAN’s ongoing shift toward a more integrated approach, combining advanced technology, workflow-driven solutions, expert support, and a community built on shared...
Research by Czech-led team of scientists could improve cancer treatment
Radio Prague International
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August 14, 2025
An international team led by researchers from CEITEC institute at Masaryk University has developed new molecular structures that could significantly improve cancer therapy, Czech television reported. The molecules are designed to deliver drugs...
Researchers Surf the Magnon Wave to Control Particles in Next-Gen Electronics
CleanTechnica
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August 14, 2025
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Last Updated on: 14th August 2025, 12:04 am Study Reveals the Potential of Magnon ‘Currents’ for Cutting-Edge Technologies A new study demonstrates how magnons, a type of...
FNE Oscar Watch 2026: Czech Republic Selects I’m Not Everything I Want to Be as Oscar Bid
The Film New Europe
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PRAGUE: Klára Tasovská’s documentary I’m Not Everything I Want to Be has been selected as the Czech Republic’s candidate for the 98th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category. The film is a...
Czech scientists discover new fungi living in salty soil and seagrass roots
Radio Prague International
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August 13, 2025
Researchers from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences have identified and described two new genera of microscopic fungi adapted to high-salinity environments. One was found in tropical seagrass near Mauritius, the other in...
Oy, AI, AI
Jewish Press of Tampa Bay Florida’s Gulf Coast
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August 18, 2025
Sixty years ago, the foremost authority on Jewish mysticism or kabbalah, Gershom Scholem, heard that the Weitzmann Institute of Science built a groundbreaking computer that would revolutionize Israel’s high-tech industry. Speaking to its creator,...
Czech Republic moves to buy Leopard 2A8 tanks
Defence Blog
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August 13, 2025
The Czech Defense Ministry has approved a plan to purchase an initial 44 Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks from Germany in a deal worth 32.8 billion koruna ($1.6 billion), according to an official statement on the ministry’s website. If endorsed by...
Czech news in brief for August 13: Wednesday's top headlines
Expats.cz
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August 13, 2025
Climate change is lengthening Europe’s fire season, climatologists from the Czech Academy of Sciences say, with earlier starts, later ends and more fires even in uncommon areas. Rising temperatures, drought and windy weather fuel the spread, while...
Rheinmetall to provide $292m maintenance for Czech tanks
Army Technology
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August 14, 2025
Germany-based Rheinmetall has been awarded a service contract by the Czech Republic Ministry of Defence for the maintenance of Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks and Bergepanzer 3 Büffel armoured recovery vehicles. The seven-year contract, signed in...
Czech FM: Pavel’s India trip was private, China should treat it that way
Radio Prague International
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August 13, 2025
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (SPOLU) said President Petr Pavel’s recent visit to India was a private trip during which he met the Dalai Lama to personally congratulate him on his 90th birthday. Lipavský urged Beijing to view it in this context....
EU Scrutiny or Soft Censorship? Big Tech Called In Ahead of Dutch Elections
The European Conservative
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August 14, 2025
With national elections coming up on October 29th, the Netherlands’ competition watchdog will summon 12 major online platforms—including TikTok, Facebook, and X—for a high-stakes meeting to address the spread of ‘disinformation’ and ‘harmful...
How to secure AR and VR tech in nuclear power operations
Silicon Republic
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August 14, 2025
‘As AR and VR become mission-critical in nuclear operations, their security and reliability must match that of any other critical asset,’ argues Jamf’s Michael Covington. Working at a nuclear power station must be a pretty interesting job, but...
Czech Pavilion hosts NATO days at Expo 2025
Radio Prague International
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August 12, 2025
The Czech Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka on Tuesday became a key diplomatic and innovation hub during one of the main events of NATO Days – Industry Day under the slogan ‘Designing Future Security for Our Lives’. The day-long conference, organised...
Geopolitics as an Exact Science
Morocco World News
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August 14, 2025
Geopolitics has the potential to be an accurate science. Already in 1971, James N. Rosenau, one of the great theorists of international relations, published a reference book entitled “The Scientific Study of Foreign Policy.” He was not taken...
Effective Spanish slug deterrents include electric fencing, ducks and Czech pilsner
ERR
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August 14, 2025
"Unlike its native relatives, the Spanish slug is highly active and mobile. This is believed to be one reason they are so invasive — they simply spread quickly, making them hard to control," Kruus said. That's why coordinated action between...