Drahomír Hnyk of the CAS Institute of Inorganic Chemistry is one of the editors of this book, the other being Michael L. McKee. The book reviews the recent developments in boron chemistry, emphasizing in particular the contribution of computational chemistry. Chemists from Europe, the USA and Asia have contributed to this 239page book. Sixty percent concentrates on theoretical and computational themes with 40 percent on topics of interest to experimental chemists. Specific themes covered include structure, topology, modelling and prediction, the role of boron clusters in synthetic chemistry and catalysis, as medical agents when acting as inhibitors of HIV protease and carbonic anhydrases. and [autor recenze] Drahomír Hnyk.
Účelem každoroční mezinárodní konference o optice pro rentgenovou astronomii AXRO (International Workshop on Astronomical X-Ray Optics) jsou přednášky a následné diskuse o technologiích pro astronomická pozorování v rentgenovém oboru spektra. Sympozium, které se konalo 8.-11. prosince 2014 v pražské vile Lanna za účasti 40 odborníků z EU, USA, Ruska, Číny, Saúdské Arábie a Japonska, prokázalo důležitost propojování základního a aplikovaného výzkumu. AXRO 2014 uspořádaly Astronomický ústav AV ČR, České vysoké učení technické v Praze a Ministerstvo dopravy ČR. and Vojtěch Šimon.
The Academy Assembly, the Academy of Science´s highest body responsible for the highest priority decisions related to the ASCR, held its XXXIX meeting on December 16, 2011. Among invited guests were Petr Fiala, the Prime Minister´s Chief Science Advisor; Karel Pospíšil, Head of Board of Public Applied Research Institutions; Václav Pačes, President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic; Rudolf Zahradník, Honorary President of the ASCR; Helena Illnerová, former President of the ASCR; Václav Hampl, Rector of Charles University of Prague; Přemysl Sobotka, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, and Vladimír Haasz, Vice-Chairperson of the R&D Council of the Czech Republic, and others. The main agenda item of this meeting was discussion the results of the Evaluation of Academy Instituties. and Petr Fiala.