The coronavirus pandemic is an unpleasant test of our readiness, says historian Vladan Hanulík
Plague, cholera, typhus, smallpox. These diseases at the time were killing the inhabitants of all continents. Like the current COVID-19, which struck a hundred years after the eradication of the Spanish flu. The gauze mask became a symbol of that time. Vladan Hanulík, an expert in the history…
INTERVIEW: Europe will control the virus in two or three months, according to Zuzana Bílková, an immunologist
To date, there are hundreds of coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic. The whole country is under a lockdown and no one can tell how the situation will further develop. The whole world is combating the virus. And people keep asking when we will control the virus. “I believe that Europe will con…
Pancreatic Cancer Research: What’s New after Another Year in the Lab?
Detection of pancreatic cancer at an early stage. It was precisely a year ago that Professor Michal Holčapek of the Faculty of Chemical Technology presented a method that may save the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients. Journalists kept asking for interviews, doctors asked for the test re…
Researcher of the University of Pardubice Receives a Prestigious Austrian Fellowship
What alloys of copper were used by ancient Egyptians? Where did the copper used by ancient metallurgist come from? Jiří Kmošek, a young researcher of the Faculty of Restoration of the University of Pardubice, who specializes in analysing historical artifacts, is trying to answer these questions. …
World’s Oldest Well Preserved in a Solution of Sugar
The world’s oldest well unearthed by archaeologists near Ostrov in the Chrudim area, Pardubice Region when doing construction works for the D35 motorway is far from resembling a source of water now. It has been disassembled into five parts which have been immersed – rather unusually – into sugar …
Unique sensor bandages to help healthcare staff
Bandages embedded with unique sensors that autonomously ask for redressing have been developed by Tomáš Syrový of the Department of Graphic Arts and Photophysics of the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the University of Pardubice after four years of hard work. The technology has been awarded the…
Students Invented an Algorithm to Save Money in the City Transport
Two postgraduate students, Kateřina Šulcová (Pastirčáková) and Jaromír Šulc, have developed an algorithm that will save money of transport companies. Moreover, they successfully presented it at a conference in Orlando, USA. Their algorithm helps to take managerial decisions to streamline …
Our restorers to help preserve a 7000-year-old prehistoric well
A seven thousand years old well – the oldest well found in the Czech Republic and the oldest wooden architectural structure in Europe – is to be preserved by the experts of the University of Pardubice. The unique discovery was made by archaeologists last year at Ostrov in the Pardubice Region whe…
Pancreatic Cancer Detection at Early Stages
Pancreatic cancer is the most insidious type of cancer. It is referred to as the “hidden killer” because a period of no symptoms is followed by a sudden and severe onset. It is usually too late to treat it and 95% of patients die, usually within a year. For a long time scientists and doctors had …
Spark Network Welcomes University of Pardubice
With the participation of representatives of twenty-five research institutions from around the world, the 4th Annual Meeting of SPARK Global members took place on July 21-22. At the meeting held at the oldest Berlin University clinic Charité, our University was represented by Ing. Michal Svoboda …
