We are pleased to announce the conference Mathematical Inequalities and Applications 2008 in Trogir and Split. This conference is organized in honour of Professor Josip Pečarić on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
Category: Science
Croatia founded a national body for ethics in science
Croatia deals with ethical issues in academics Croatia founded a national body for ethics in scienceLivia PuljakDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split Medical School, Soltanska 2, Split, 21000, Croatia…
(R)arko Dolinar, table tennis world champion and top scientist
Croatian table tennis player Professor (R)arko Dolinar (1920-2003) holds a quite interesting record. He is the only athlete to have won eight world championships while holding a doctorate of science. He taught John Lennon how to play table tennis.
Help harness renewable energy from waves and tides
IEC, the global body for electrical energy standards, is now recruiting experts from around the world to develop international standards for wave and tidal energy technology.
The Unity through Knowledge Fund for skilled Croatians from abroad
The UKF has started its Young Researchers and Professionals Program and opened two calls for grants that will attract young highly skilled Croatians from abroad. The grants will subsidy autonomous R&D projects of the future science and technology leaders. The projects should contribute to brain gain, knowledge transfer and investments into Croatia .
Suddenly, the bees are simply vanishing
The puzzling phenomenon, known as Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD, has been reported in 35 states, five Canadian provinces and several European countries.
Prof.Dr. Marin Soljacic: Wireless technology used to power light bulb
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a 60 watt light bulb glow by sending it energy wirelessly – from a device 7 feet away – potentially heralding a future in which cellphones and other gadgets get their juice without having to be plugged in.
A major link exchange with The Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive
The Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive is the leading web site dealing with the History of Mathematics. It contains also biographies of three outstanding Croatian mathematicians: Ruđer Bošković, Marin Getaldić, and William Feller. In May 2007 the Mac Tutor included a link to a Croatian source dealing with Feller.
Honey Bees Being Trained to Find Landmines
An interesting new way of detecting lands mines has been developed in Croatia. This the new method uses regular honeybees to search out dangerous land mines.
II. kongres hrvatskih znanstvenika iz domovine i inozemstva
U Splitu je od 7. do 10. svibnja 2007. održan Drugi kongres hrvatskih znanstvenika iz domovine i inozemstva. Kongres se odvijao u pet tematskih cjelina: Europski i međunarodni projekti, Suradnja s gospodarstvom i tehnologijski projekti, Razvoj znanstvenih institucija, Strateški okvir razvoja znanosti do 2010., Privlačenje pozornosti medija na znanstvene teme.
New power generation technologies to be built in Croatia
Siemens and the Israeli-US firm Ormat presented a joint proposal for building a geothermal power plant in Bjelovar, Croatia
Unity through Knowledge Fund: first Calls for Proposals open
Unity through Knowledge Fund has recently launched its first program and announced the Calls for Proposals for financing joint research projects of Croatian expatriate scientists and experts with their Croatian colleagues. Read more…
3. Simpozij o prehospitalnoj urgentnoj medicini VIŠNJAN, CROATIA 16-17. 02. 2007.
Naš skup skup ima za cilj iznijeti iskustva kolega koji su bili u kaznenim i prekršajnim procesima, obavijestiti medicinare o njihovim pravima. Pozvat ćemo i predstavnike sudstva, HLK I HLS posebno pravnike tih službi da nam iznesu svoje poglede na te teme.
Second Congress of Croatian Scientists from the Homeland and Abroad, May 7-10, 2007
CROATIA 2010: A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY SECOND CONGRESS OF CROATIAN SCIENTISTS FROM THE HOMELAND AND ABROAD CROATIA 2010: A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY The Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia is…
Croatia, India Sign Co-operation Agreement
Croatian Minister of Science Dragan Primorac and his visiting Indian counterpart, Kapil Sibal, signed a declaration on strengthening bilateral scientific and technological co-operation.
Andrija Mohorovičić and his MOHO discontinuity of the Earth
Among scientists studying seismology the famous Moho layer (or Moho discontinuity) of the Earth is well known. It was named after the great Croatian geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić (1857-1936), professor at the University of Zagreb. His discovery was essential for understanding the inner structure of the Earth and the behavior of seismic waves. This is one of the greatest achievements in the history of Croatian science.
George M. Slavich, Ph.D. Lecture at Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Jan 10th 2007
‘Life Stress and the Development of Depression’ George M. Slavich, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences Meštrovićevo šetalište b.b. Split, Croatia Wednesday, January 10th, 2006 6:00pm – 8:00pm
William Feller, outstanding Croatian – American mathematician
William Feller (Zagreb, 1906 – New York, 1970), graduated in mathematics from the University of Zagreb (1925), earned his PhD in Göttingen (1926), since 1939 living in the USA. One of the founders of Probability Theory as a scientific discipline. Many mathematical notions bear his name. Author of a one of the best math textbooks of the 20th century. Recipient of the National Medal of Science, USA.
The dead-sexy Tesla delivers on its promise. 100% Electric car. No more excuses
TESLA our past and our future The dead-sexy Tesla delivers on its promise In a test drive, the speedy, electric roadster shows what all the fuss is about. By Dan Neil, Times…
U HRVATSKU SE VRAĆA SEDMERO VRHUNSKIH ZNANSTVENIKA
Počeo povratak Hrvatskih znanstvenika U HRVATSKU SE VRAĆA SEDMERO VRHUNSKIH ZNANSTVENIKAkliknite na sliku za cijeli članak kliknite na sliku za cijeli članak Formated for CROWN by Nenad Bach Distributed by www.Croatia.org This message…