"In fact, this process defines a glacier: they move," the former prime minister of Iceland, David Gunnlaugsson, has said. In an article for British political weekly 'The Spectator',...
Climate protectors have now proven that using asthma inhalers results in the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as meat consumption. Patients, however,...
While liberal climate protesters have been disrupting the order of metropolises for weeks, the ozone hole turned out to be the smallest since 1982. NASA images revealed that the unusual weather above Antarctica has drastically decreased ozone loss in September and October.
More than 500 scientists and climate experts sent a statement to the United Nations (UN), declaring that "There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050." Meanwhile, the 16-year-old climate activist Swedish teenager demands climate neutrality from the leaders of the world citing the very scientists of the world.
In a few years, hundreds of thousand of patients will be connected with their physicians via communication tools and applications in the Czech Republic, enabling remote diagnosis and monitoring.
According to Hungarian President Janos Ader, the Hungarian climate neutrality is not impossible at all. If Hungary is able to update its technologies and better use its resources,...
The baby girl who was named Eliska following her deceased mother's wish, was born 117 days after the death of her mother via caesarean section at Munich University Hospital....
Polish people have been following the underground rescue service's ongoing struggle to find two cavers for a week. Now, one of the bodies has been found.
The aim of the V4 Startup Force programme is to ensure that talents in the region can develop together and get to know each other at the beginning of their successful careers, in order to strenghten their commitment to the region. The programme develops the teams with the help of the leading V4 figures.
Alcohol consumption is falling amongst young people in Slovakia, as the number of teetotallers rises. Tighter checks at venues serving alcohol have played a significant role in this, as has school funding of information schemes.
Primary school students from Hungary won the approval of an international jury in Denmark with a robot guide dog. The eight- and nine-year-olds—the youngest even in their own age category—returned to Hungary with gold medals from the World Robot Olympiad (WRO).
The European Commission raises attention to “terror drones.” British EU Security Commissioner Julian King stated that they are preparing to address the possible threats,...
Neurosurgeons from Hungary successfully separated Bangladeshi twins joined at the head in a 30-hour operation preceded by two years of preparation. The twins are in stable condition.
Muslim parents in Britain are refusing to allow their children to be vaccinated against flu. The Fluenz Tetra nasal spray is non-halal, as it contains pork gelatine.
Sweden is famous for its balanced lifestyle, yet more and more young people are diagnosed with stress-related diseases. The state provides everything for an easy life,...
Hungary is organising the 13th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) this year. The huge event will welcome secondary school students from 47 countries around the world.
French inventor Franky Zapata failed to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard from France to England. He fell into the water, but he was unharmed.
Spanish scientists identified a lifespan extending bacterium, which lives in the gut.
For the first time, a group of researchers managed to photograph a shark species which inhabited Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs. The picture of the ancient deep-sea shark was taken at a depth of 528 metres.
With a new Polish application designed for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, anyone can stand next to Neil Armstrong and set foot on the Moon. The app also makes it possible to have an astronaut land in our living rooms.
A recent study by an international research group has confirmed that the Ciomadul volcano in Szeklerland may activate again. This is the youngest volcano in the Carpathian Basin,...
An experiment has cleared almost all Asian tiger mosquitoes, a species particularly resistant to controls, from two islands in Guangdong Province, China.
Most of the European Union’s Galileo navigation system satellites have been offline for several days. Experts have been unable to fix the problem leading to increasingly inaccurate positioning, currently off by 500 metres. The organisation behind Galileo said the breakdown was not causing major problems for the time being, with users switching to American GPS.
A process to help nuclear waste management will be developed using the laser system of the ELI-ALPS research institute in Szeged. The agreement was made between Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology Laszlo Palkovics and nuclear scientists on Tuesday in Budapest.
The Czech and Hungarian laser centres are to establish a joint international, so-called European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to better utilise the capacities and opportunities of the two high-level research hubs in scientific advancement.
Doctors have achieved an incredible breakthrough after returning the sight of six blind people in an extraordinary operation.
A Polish university student has created an environmentally-friendly packaging material that is made from mushroom.
A macro-study covering Europe revealed that the body mercury amounts measured in the Spanish highly exceed the recommended values. It also showed that Spain has the highest figures in all Europe surpassing even those of France, Italy and Greece.
The French government plans to introduce an environmental tax on all flights departing from France, the French Transport Minister has announced.
Giving a motivational speech at the graduation ceremony, the new graduate implored his classmates to "never lose faith".
Lakes in Slovakia's Tatra Mountains may become seriously polluted and even dangerous if hikers and their dogs use them for bathing, the director of Tatra National Park has warned....
A skull from the stone age, with several fractures on it was discovered in Transylvania in 1941. Scientists have examined it since then, now revealing: a murder was committed 33 thousand years ago.
France's annual average beer consumption has climbed to thirty-three litres, up from thirty litres a decade ago.
Planting trees would be the best approach to limiting climate change, Swiss researchers found. Forests could be planted on more than 900 million hectares of land worldwide,...
A Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket will transport the "Lucky 7" mini-satellite into space. Its launch is scheduled for 7.41 CET on Friday morning.
A group of researchers, including Hungarian members, have managed for the first time to capture the collision of two galaxy clusters. The research could help in understanding the formation of the large-scale structure of the universe.
Researchers at the University of Salamanca (USAL) have discovered previously unknown properties of light, which they described as self-torque. Thanks to this revelation,...
British scientists have invented a smart wristband that recognises and gives feedback on the wearer’s mood. The inventors hope the device will help mental illness sufferers to control their feelings.
Ten years after the introduction of the anti-HPV vaccination, a comprehensive study revealed that the substance reduces the development of the disease to an extent that cervical cancer may completely disappear soon....
The World Health Organisation has published a warning about the dangers of feeding animals with antibiotics. While the pigs benefit from the drugs, humans do not.
A recent survey suggests that four out of ten Moroccans would leave their home country. Respondents have cited financial and economic reasons, and most of them would like to move to Europe....
Processed food may be responsible for the rising number of people wth in autism, researchers of the College of Medcine, University of Central Florida (UCF) reveal in their study. They have identified the molecular changes that happen when neural stem cells are exposed to high levels of polyphosphoric acid commonly found in processed foods.
A global survey has found that Czechs are the seventh most honest people in the world. Researchers conducted an interesting experiment in public spaces recording people’s reactions. The result is quite different than one would think.
Around 700,000 people die from antibiotic resistant infections every year. Some experts estimate that this figure could rise to ten million by 2050. The resistance of bacteria is increasing as a result of widespread consumption of antibiotics. In time bacteria will become fully immune to these medicines.
Europe needs to regain its position as a world leader in advanced technologies and industries, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a scientific conference in Dresden....
SpaceX has successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 27-propulsion megarocket built as combination of three Falcon-9 boosters is currently the most powerful rocket in the world: it is capable of carrying 64 metric tons of payload to space. This time, it took 3.7 tons to orbit.
Slovakia may not have gold or oil, but it does have well-trained professionals, a university rector underlined. We have to make sure that (young Slovak scientists) can achieve their goals at home,...
More than 4,000 people die each year due to air pollution in Slovak county capitals, say experts of Centre for Sustainable Alternatives (CEPTA), who have examined the situation based on an analysis of the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute’s (SHMU)....
Scientists are studying the extent of global warming with tea bags. Green tea and rooibos will show us the magnitude of the problem.
Habitable planets have been found by scientists not too far from Earth. The weekly publication of Astronomy & Astrophysics has reported the existence of two planets near Teegarden`s Star. The new planets could have water on their surface. Scientists say that the planets have had enough time for life to evolve due to absence of solar flares.
According to a global survey, almost 80 percent of British people do not think that their country is going in the right direction. Unsurprisingly, experts argue that the main reason for the pessimism is the political instability caused by Brexit.
Details about the Hydroflex project, the English hydrogen-powered train, were presented in the West Midlands. The project team expect the Hydrogen train to make its first journey within two years.
The are huge quantities of plastic waste at the bottom of the Adriatic, making it one of the most polluted seas, Serbian state news agency (Tanjug) reports....
Spending two hours a week in nature will significantly increase our health and well-being, even if we just sit and enjoy the peace. This was published in a study by researchers of the University of Exeter,...
Doctors discovered shocking changes in human skeletons. In the case of young people, a new outgrowth appeared on the skull, as a reaction of the body to the modern lifestyle.
The first beer of its kind was brewed from treated wastewater by a small Czech brewery in the south of the country. The wastewater, its basic ingredient, arrived from a sewage farm in Prague.
Hydrogen gas production based on green algae is now more effective thanks to a new method developed by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Biological Research Centre in Szeged (MTA SZBK)....
Space travel is advancing more rapidly than expected, and a flight that currently takes 16 hours may soon last just 40 minutes.
The World Health Organisation has officially declared gaming disorder as disease, including it in the international classification for the first time. The document describes that the disorder can be recognized in one year, but in the meantime serious debates preceded the acceptance of the disorder. According to an expert a gaming addict may be more aggressive and irritable than a healthy person.
Traveling to an unknown country, an exciting expedition or a walk among the stars. Patients in four Madrid hospitals can now experience all this using virtual reality....
The successful series telling the story of the nuclear power plant disaster has seen a sharp rise in the number of tourists visiting Chernobyl. One travel agency reported a 40% rise in bookings since the series kicked off in the US in early May....
Experts of the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have found 12 thousand-year-old paintings depicting animals at the excavations in the city of Angouleme.
“Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature,” the Hungarian head of state quoted Nobel Prize winning Hungarian physicist Dennis Gabor from sixty years ago....
In Spain, nearly four million people suffer from chronic or severe sleeping disorders, according to the Spanish Neurological Society. The lack of rest may lead to a weakened immune system,...
Arctic Alaska is attracting more interest, as its ice sheets melt as a result of climate change - and tourists want to see them while they can, Alaskan tour operators told local press. Glaciers in Alaska could lose 30-50% of their mass due to thawing, according to the Journal of Glaciology.
Residents of all major Balkan cities are exposed to alarming air pollution levels because their power plants still use coal to produce electricity. This appreciably reduces life expectancy,...
Pancreatic cancer is considered amongst the severest cancer types: it is difficult to detect, spreads quickly and has very low survival rates. After little progress in recent years, Spanish scientists have developed the first personalised therapy to treat the pancreas.
According to a recent research, coffee is less harmful to the heart and the vascular system than it was previously believed. Cardiologists at the Queen Mary University of London conducted a new study involving eight thousand people, according to which not even the consumption of 25 coffee per day stiffens the arteries.
The Ukrainian Ministry for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons objects to and demands sanctions against certain Russian legal persons because they are engaged in archaeological excavations in Crimea,...
Apple could discontinue iTunes, which is one of the most popular applications in the world. According to The Independent, the company is expected to announce the successor of the application at the next Worldwide Developers’ Conference in San Jose,...
Rising sea levels might be the greatest threat to humanity by 2050. In preparation for this, an international group of architects, designers, and investors called BIG has launched a project to build cities floating on water.
Heavily processed food, such as chicken nuggets and breakfast cereals, could lead to poor health and even an early death, according to a recent study. The research claims that the consumption of such food may lead to overeating, as people on such diets tend to eat up to 500 calories more than average.
A special Hungarian sniper rifle is being developed by the Hungarian Defence Forces, newspaper Magyar Nemzet learned from a military source. According to the daily,...
The some 35 million pieces of debris that orbit the Earth not only present a danger to the International Space Station crew, but could also damage the planet’s surface. The European Space Agency is planning to use laser telescopes to clear the debris, which vary in size from a rice grain to a basketball.
The tiny particles that give butterfly wings their iridescent colour could be used to detect harmful substances, according to a study by Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) researchers....
The contamination of the River Danube does not pose a serious threat to the population, for example swimmers, the head of the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) rivers programme in Hungary commented on Tuesday....
The special panda was recorded with an infrared camera in mid-April. As seen on the video, there are no spots on the panda’s body, and its eyes seem to be red....
Five million people have entered NASA’s latest project submitting their data to the space research agency. The names will be sent to the red planet with a rover in 2020....
Latest research shows that a newly detected quantity of water on Mars could flood the entire planet. Scientists previously thought the “cavi unit” layer under the surface consisted mostly of sand....
Israeli scientists have produced beer with 5,000-year-old yeast residues found in clay pots. The unprecedented result is a high-quality beer with a spicy and very complex taste, according to craft beer enthusiasts.
People’s genetic makeup significantly affects whether they will become dog owners, a joint study conducted by Swedish and British researchers has revealed....
Satellite images show that new mountains are forming on the Moon. The inside of the Earth's only natural satellite is constantly cooling, which causes shrinkage and creates ridges....
It is estimated that our homes may host up to 900 potentially dangerous compounds. Vapours from volatile organic compounds, detergents and cosmetics can also contribute to poor air quality at home. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 4.3 million people die as a result of indoor air pollution each year.
Scientists have warned that the projected rise in sea levels may have serious consequences. The fifth annual study from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that mean water levels may rise much more than previously thought, due to the melting of ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. Based on new calculations, sea levels might rise by up to 2.38 metres by 2100.
Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he would increase the budget of NASA, the US space research agency. The US President wants NASA astronauts back on the Moon, and is aiming to reach Mars, too. Experts say Trump’s announcement confirms that space research has re-entered the limelight in the past one and a half years, renewing the space race for the Moon.
Psychologists of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) have examined the extent to which the public believes unscientific statements and conspiracy theories....
According to a new medical research, fruit juice may be more harmful for the health than drinking cola or lemonade. As it turned out, three and a half decilitres of fruit juice may even increase the risk of early death by one quarter. Experts believe it would be much better to consume real fruits instead of fruit juice.
Three Hungarian secondary school students won the international Future Makers Grand Prize and finished in third place in the webpage category of The Coolest Projects....
More and more people are getting online and buying mobiles, according to a new report. More than five billion people now use a mobile phone, while nearly 4....
The event in Budapest will give participants—mainly scientists and politicians—the opportunity to discuss the role of science, as well as the economic, social and cultural implications of new research findings.
The Australian Koala Foundation has announced that koalas have gone functionally extinct, as there are no more than eighty thousand koalas in the wild....
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Alexey Likhachev, the CEO of ROSATOM—the Russian nuclear energy corporation—in the Carmelite Monastery on Sunday,...
According to a new study by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAW), glaciers in Austria lost one-fifth of their weight in the period between 2006 and 2016. This means that they lose one metre a year in thickness on average. The results of the research may provide scientists with new insights about the further progress of the disappearance of glaciers.
EU Overshoot Day falls on 10 May, meaning the continent has already exhausted its natural resources for the year and what follows is overconsumption, or “overshoot”. For the rest of 2019, Europe will be consuming non-renewable stocks, according to the Global Footprint Network's annual report.
Three months after his 95th birthday John Lukacs, the Szechenyi Grand Prize winning US historian of Hungarian descent, died of heart failure. His foster son announced the news of his death.
The 191st General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) began on Monday. The General Assembly will first decide on the proposals concerning the Academy's network of researchers and independence,...
Astronomers believe that a black hole could have absorbed a neutron star for the first time. Enormous gravitational waves were observed in space, which, according to scientists, could have been the result of such a merger. The phenomenon was observed by astronomers working at the LIGO and Virgo Observatory.
Members of Generation Z have been born into the world of the internet, and they are the largest consumer base globally. The consumer habits and expectations of youngsters born around the turn of the millennium differ in many ways from their predecessors, and these changes may completely transform today's consumer trends.
Katarina Barley has urged US tech giant Amazon to respect European data protection regulations. In her opinion, the company’s contract terms are too vague on sound recordings and the operations of its "virtual assistant" Alexa.
Using a new 3D process, American bioengineers managed to print a set of artificial organs, the airways and blood vessels of the lung. Organ printing is all the more promising as it could present a solution to the problem of donor shortage,...