The fascinating process of bacterial ‘sporulation’
Not all bacterial cells replicate themselves only by one and the same process – the usual ‘cell division’ into two cells of equal size.
17. 5. 2022 | 16:00
Články / Science and nature
Actual forest conditions in Slovakia
Forests represent 41% of Slovakia's territory and their number is growing year by year. This is according to the State of Europe's Forests 2020 report.
16. 5. 2022 | 15:49
Criminal complaint over illegal feeding of bears
The Environment Ministry has filed a criminal complaint against an unknown perpetrator for illegally feeding bears while disregarding dangers such a behaviour might cause.
13. 5. 2022 | 13:33
The relevance of ‘psychiatric epidemiology’ in the study of mental illness
Although concepts belonging to the field of epidemiology are used mainly in the study of infectious diseases, they are also relevant to the study of other maladies including mental illnesses.
10. 5. 2022 | 15:58
“After us, the flood”
Slovakia’s famous Demänovská ice cave is melting, prolonged droughts are destroying crops and extreme heat is threatening our health.
29. 4. 2022 | 15:08
War and climate discussed
How is the war in Ukraine related to the climate crisis and its impact on European countries? What do we urgently need to do to ensure that we are not funding the war?
29. 4. 2022 | 15:05
Sociologist: "Vaccination is one of the few choices when people can "opt-out""
Ela Drazskiewicz is a researcher at the Institue of Sociology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. In the interview with Zuzana Botiková they speak about the conspiracy theories in the healthcare sector ...
15. 4. 2022 | 15:44
The much needed improvements in tuberculosis treatment
The coronavirus crisis, like the AIDS crisis before it, has provided an opportunity for the resurgence of cases of tuberculosis – a disease that many people had believed was largely a thing of the past. ...
1. 4. 2022 | 15:56
Bacterial cell division and the search for new antibiotics
With the problem of antibiotic resistance becoming more acute with time, and no new antibiotics in the pipeline, researchers are working hard on new ideas that could lead to future developments.
15. 3. 2022 | 13:50
How a sedentary lifestyle leads to chronic disease
The increasingly sedentary lifestyle of many in Western societies has been linked with various diseases that have been on the rise for decades.
8. 2. 2022 | 13:46
