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The mother of the deceased laboratory technician from the Russian research institute for plague combat denies the official theory of infection after breaking a test tube with the pathogen and expresses doubts about the safety measures in the laboratory, while authorities claim that the cause of death was pneumonia of unknown origin. #Rusko #mor #epidemie (translated)

Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic are monitoring the spread of the dark red-toothed shrew in the Cheb region, where they are investigating its relationship to the original gray red-toothed shrew and the impact of this year's dry and hot summer on its population. #bělozubkatmavá #výzkum #ochranapřírody (translated)

Under the volcano "Mouth of Hell" on Masaya, magma is accumulating again according to research by scientists from Penn State, as citizens are concerned about the activity of two differently behaving magma reservoirs beneath the surface. #Masaya #vulkán #magmatickýrezervoár (translated)

The prices of the Nvidia DGX Spark computer, designed for development and research in the field of artificial intelligence, have risen by more than 65,000 CZK in the last few months, reflecting the growing demand and shortage of memory chips in the technology industry. #DGXSpark #umeleinteligence #superpocitace (translated)

Researcher Klára Kosová points out that in Czech society, the perception of democracy is often reduced to electoral cycles and the struggle between parties, lacking active citizen participation and control of power, which is essential for quality governance, as comparisons with the Netherlands demonstrate. #volby #demokracie #dobrévládnutí (translated)

"If work were to be done on pathogens, so-called proliferative research would be carried out, which means research into biological agents that can be misused in some kind of armed conflict, this would be an even bigger problem," says epidemiologist Roman Prymula. #mor #Rusko #epidemiologie (translated)

Epidemiologist Roman Prymula reassures that the risk of spreading pneumonic plague after the incident in Russia is low, if it indeed concerns classical pneumonic plague, but he is worried about the lack of transparent information from Russian authorities regarding potential research on dangerous pathogens in the laboratory. #mor #Rusko #epidemiologie (translated)

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, thus contributing to the explanation of the emergence of homochirality and opening new possibilities in the field of pharmaceutical research. #NobelovaCena #chemie #asymetrickáSyntéza (translated)

The author of the article stated that Rubio expressed frustration that Russia did not share information about the events in the Siberian town of Shelekhov. According to him, the city was under quarantine after a researcher from the plague control institute died. The author wrote that Rubio should have been even more frustrated because, in his opinion, Russia's measures and concealment indicated a serious situation. #Rusko #frustrace #Sibiř #RU (translated)

Donald Trump announced that he will soon have a phone call with Vladimir Putin regarding the plague in Russia and also expressed his expectation that Moscow will share more information about this situation, which is related to the death of a researcher in the Irkutsk region. #mor #Rusko #Trump (translated)

The author stated that it was not clear what had happened in Irkutsk and that what Russia is not saying is a bigger problem than the plague. He wrote that twenty-eight-year-old Darya Shipilova, employed at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, became seriously ill with pneumonia and died. He also mentioned that Russian authorities spoke about the case, but did not provide further details. https://t.co/dkF188DzWr #Irkutsk #Rusko #zdraví #RU (translated)

Russian authorities have implemented strict measures following the suspicious death of a worker from the anti-plague research institute, raising questions about a potentially more dangerous pathogen, as the official version regarding bubonic plague appears to be unclear. #plicnímor #epidemiologie #Rusko (translated)

Epidemiologist Roman Prymula expressed concerns about the recent death of a researcher in Russia, who may have died from pneumonic plague while attempting to study this pathogen, and stressed the dangers of handling a disease that we have known and understood for a long time. #mor #Rusko #epidemie (translated)

In his contribution, Marek Štefan described the case of a worker from the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute for Siberia and the Far East, who, according to local media, was hospitalized with severe pneumonia after a test tube containing the plague pathogen broke and died on Thursday. The head of Buryatia, Alexei Tsydenov, according to Štefan, stated that the woman died of an unspecified form of the plague; nearly 200 people were under medical supervision, according to local media. Štefan explained that the Yersinia pestis bacteria, in his view, is transmitted in nature between rodents and fleas, and it primarily reaches humans through flea bites or contact with an infected animal. According to him, the plague still exists in Africa, especially in Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Asia, and in the western United States, where several hundred cases are reported each year. He distinguished bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms; he identified the latter as the most severe and stated that without treatment, it is almost always fatal. According to Štefan, pneumonic plague spreads through droplets during close contact, typically with a patient in the late stage of the disease. He added that the bacteria quickly dies outside the host and that the disease can be treated with common antibiotics, with resistance being extraordinarily rare in his opinion. People after risky contact, according to his contribution, receive a seven-day course of preventive antibiotics. He classified laboratory infections as rare today when the necessary precautions are observed. He also stated that there is no evidence of the possible use of the bacteria for bioterrorism in the current context. He called the risk to the Czech Republic zero and recommended following official sources, not Russian information channels. #mor #zdraví #epidemie (translated)

Neighboring countries, including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, are strengthening border controls in response to the death of a Russian researcher who reportedly died from pneumonic plague, to prevent a possible introduction of the infection into their territory. #Uzbekistán #Kazachstán #pliknīmor (translated)

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their groundbreaking research in optogenetics and light-controlled ion channels, which help to understand the neural circuits that influence behavior and memory. #NobelovaCena #optogenetika #neurovědy (translated)

The White House is monitoring the situation regarding a possible outbreak of plague in Russia, where quarantine measures have been implemented following the death of a young researcher, although Russian authorities have not yet confirmed that her death was caused by this disease. #mor #diplomacie #Rusko (translated)

"This method is now being used in laboratories around the world to uncover the secrets of the brain," said Thomas Perlmann, the Secretary General of the Nobel Committee at the Karolinska Institute, while announcing the names of the winners. #NobelovaCena #fyzilogie #výzkum (translated)

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking discoveries in the field of optogenetics and light-controlled ion channels, which reveal how brain cells influence emotions, behaviors, and memory. #NobelovaCena #fyzilogie #výzkum (translated)