Annual International Topological Workshop brings together the forefront experts as well as young scientists interested in topological aspects of magnetic, superconducting, ferroelectric as well as liquid crystal matter. More than 70 participants from over 15 countries contributed to the intense program comprising over 50 lectures.
Hydration of ions on surfaces is of great importance, for example, in corrosion, electrochemistry, or transport of ions in living organisms.
A collaboration of scientists has made significant progress in imagining water molecules. This work opens the way for studying the internal structure and dynamics of ice or water on the surface of solids.
An awarded project cope with vaccination for Lyme disease. Currently, the disease can be treated only by rapid application of antibiotics in the early stages. However, a great number of patients is not cured in time and many have life-long health consequences. The uniqueness of the vaccine is given by the fact that it operates on a wide variety of Borrelia, which are the main agents of the disease.
The present work of the Czech and Spanish scientific team consisted in a detailed theoretical analysis of the mechanisms by which the images of carbon materials arise in the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) and the atomic force microscope (AFM). The results were published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters.
