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How can researchers be more strongly supported in their careers, and how can we create an environment in which they turn their talent into excellent results? The Czech Academy of Sciences is introducing a revised support system that combines proven tools with new programs – the Academy of the Future and the ERC Incubator.
At the heart of every defense strategy is thorough preparation. It helps to know your adversary, too – especially when that adversary is an extraterrestrial body capable of striking with the force of a nuclear bomb. Astronomer Petr Pravec from the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and his colleagues carefully monitor threats from space. You can read about how this planetary watch works in the following article, published in A / Magazine.
Using gold and diamonds, Vladimíra Petráková is working to refine optical microscopy and reveal hidden patterns in the nanoworld – while breaking Czech science stereotypes, such as women having to choose between children and a career. The scientist from the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS expanded on this and more in the following interview, published in A / Magazine.
You can find them in Czech ponds just as in the Nile or the Amazon, and in seas and oceans, too. Diatoms (microalgae) are highly adaptable and thrive almost everywhere – including in the extreme environment of Antarctica. In January 2025, biologist Kateřina Kopalová headed straight into the kingdom of ice to study them in situ. How challenging is it to go on an Antarctic expedition, and what makes diatoms so remarkable? We wrote about the researcher’s adventures in the 2025 English issue of A / Magazine, the official quarterly of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
A photo of a moss capsule that resembles a deep-sea predator when magnified has won this year’s Photogenic Science contest. The winning image, “Anglermoss,” shows us that research can also uncover aesthetic beauty hidden from the naked eye. The Photogenic Science exhibition, on view at the Academy’s Science and Art Gallery on Národní Street in Prague from 4 December 2025 to 30 January 2026, showcases four dozen photos from the scientific realm.
After the spring session of the Academy Assembly of the CAS, which determined the composition of the new Academy Council of the CAS, its members divided up their roles. With several months’ hindsight, they now outline their intentions. What are their priorities, and how do they plan to shape where the Czech Academy of Sciences will be heading?
After the spring session of the Academy Assembly of the CAS, which determined the composition of the new Academy Council of the CAS, its members divided up their roles. With several months’ hindsight, they now outline their intentions. What are their priorities, and how do they plan to shape where the Czech Academy of Sciences will be heading?
Dana Plavcová is the first ombudsperson in the history of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In her new role, she focuses on preventing inappropriate conduct and supporting respectful communication and equality across the CAS institutes. In which instances can employees turn to her, and what does her job actually involve?
As climate change alters living conditions, animals are migrating toward new habitats. How are their relationships with humans being reshaped? The new research project INVANISH, funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant, sets out to answer this question. It will be led by Italian anthropologist Deborah Nadal at the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Even eighty years after the end of World War II, stories locked away in the recesses of memory are still coming to light – like the overlooked past of the many thousands of Czechoslovaks who served in the German army. “We tend to see World War II in fixed images that we consider unquestionable and reflective of reality. But it turns out it’s not that simple,” historian Zdenko Maršálek stresses. The phenomenon of non-German soldiers serving in the Wehrmacht reveals just how much our perception of the past can be shaped artificially. The article came out in the A / Magazine of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
The Czech Academy of Sciences (the CAS)
The mission of the CAS
The primary mission of the CAS is to conduct research in a broad spectrum of natural, technical and social sciences as well as humanities. This research aims to advance progress of scientific knowledge at the international level, considering, however, the specific needs of the Czech society and the national culture.
President of the CAS
Prof. Eva Zažímalová has started her second term of office in May 2021. She is a respected scientist, and a Professor of Plant Anatomy and Physiology.
She is also a part of GCSA of the EU.