12 octoberAt first glance, 3D printing may seem like a fully digital manufacturing process: you prepare the data, send it to the printer and wait for the finished product. But according to Jan Vítek, a designer
29 septemberAt secondary school, he was fascinated by how a device as small as a mobile phone could take surprisingly high-quality photographs. Today, optics allows him to look much further – right inside living
31 augustA total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes. Yet during that brief period, scientists gain a unique view of the solar corona. How much do we actually know about the mysterious outer atmosphere of o
30 julyArtificial intelligence consumes enormous amounts of energy today. One path toward more energy-efficient computing may lie in spin waves—magnetic phenomena that scientists are studying as the basis fo
22 juneWhen materials scientist Klára Částková received her professorial decree from the President of the Czech Republic this June, many people warned her that she had reached the pinnacle of her career and
25 mayWhen Tereza Bednářová learned about the Zero-G project, she had only a few weeks left before her nineteenth birthday. “I told myself: you still can, so give it a try,” recalls the mechatronics student
12 mayHow can lubricant evaporation in the vacuum of space be prevented from damaging sensitive satellite components? During his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Josef Pouzar set o
27 aprilWhy does an artificial joint replacement wear out within a few years, while human cartilage lasts a lifetime? This is precisely the question research teams around the world are trying to answer, inclu