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Jaroslav Dědek's sweet legacy: 135 years since the birth of sugar expert

12 juneToday marks exactly 135 years since the birth of Jaroslav Dědek, chemist and expert in sugar production. This important scientist and analyst also left a significant mark on Brno University of Technol

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Ecodesign as a path to sustainability: Researchers from FCH BUT help Czech companies prepare for the future

5 juneUp to 80% of plastics in Europe still come from fossil sources, and most plastic packaging is never reused. How can research help Czech companies become more competitive and environmentally friendly?

Ideas and Discoveries

Greener brickmaking: New technologies from FCE BUT reduce carbon footprint

29 mayThe topic of sustainable brickmaking is being addressed by a project led by Jiří Zach from the Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno Un

Ideas and Discoveries

Next-generation ballistic protection: MobiSHIELD from FCH BUT withstands armor-piercing bullets and is easy to install

22 mayHow can we effectively protect critical infrastructure facilities, such as power plants or government offices, from shooting attacks? Researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry at Brno University of Te

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Robots are meant to help us, not replace us, says Stanislav Věchet

19 mayWill humanoid robots care for elderly and lonely seniors? Are we currently experiencing a robotic revolution? And isn't humanizing robots and artificial intelligence “playing God”? We discussed these

People

Bismuth as a cheaper alternative to gold

7 mayThe Werner von Siemens Prize for third place in the Best Diploma Thesis category was awarded to Michael Foltýn of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Brno University of Technology for his wor

Sport

She took up sport shooting when she was almost an adult. Today, as a student at the Faculty of Business and Management at BUT, she is a European champion.

17 september 2024Originally, she thought she was going to be a tennis player. However, thanks to her gun-loving father, Martina Matějková accidentally got into shooting sports. Although her coach initially turned her

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I still need a driving engine in my life, the former rugby player who today competes in bobsleigh says

28 april 2023From rugby to bobsleigh. This is how David Bureš's rather unconventional sports career could be described in a nutshell, which included, for example, swimming, takewon-do or badminton. He even played

The American dream through Czech eyes or a year studying in Nebraska

Journal | Dominik Klement | 17. prosince 2022

It will be about a year since I boarded a plane to Nebraska at the Prague airport. But the journey itself began long before that. Since my first year I knew that I wanted to travel during my studies, ideally to Switzerland, Germany or America. And it was to the USA that I managed to get.In January, I learned about the