UPCE restorers working on the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
Experts from the Faculty of Restoration at the University of Pardubice are working on a new project. They are helping to save the ornamental elements on the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. They are using a new biological method of stone restoration to treat the sensitive surfaces of one of the mo…
Scientist from the University of Pardubice receives prestigious European grant for research on lipids
Michal Holčapek, a chemist from the University of Pardubice, and three other scientists from the Czech Republic received a highly prestigious grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The scientist, who works for the Faculty of Chemical Technology, has long been involved in analysing lipids an…
Sensors of the future
Within an hour, he can produce hundreds of metres of smart sensors that prevent waste, save batteries or help farmers. Chemist Tomáš Syrový of the Faculty of Chemical Technology started with food and pharmaceuticals. Today he prints the sensors of the future. At one of you…
Smell and taste research team presents work in Dresden
The scientist and academic Pavlína Brothánková from the Faculty of Health Studies and her team travelled to Dresden to visit the Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Riechen und Schmecken, a specialised research centre for smell and taste disorders, which brings together experts from all over the world…
International Colloquium on the Emmaus Cycle Preservation
An international project for detailed research of the wall paintings of the so-called Emmaus cycle in Prague was presented at an international colloquium. On 22 and 23 May 2025, an international colloquium was held at Emmaus Abbey to summarize the findings of the restoration and natural history res…
Prof. Holčapek receives prestigious USA award
Analytical chemist Michal Holčapek from the University of Pardubice received the Herbert J. Dutton Award in the USA as the first Czech ever. The credit for this goes to his many years of research on lipids at the Faculty of Chemical Technology. Among other results, this has led to a method that a…
UPCE smart sensors to save water usage
A smart environmental sensor to help farmers manage irrigation efficiently is a discovery by the researchers from the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the University of Pardubice and their partners. The novelty in the field of material printing can measure both soil moisture and temperature, thu…
UPCE restorers save rare mosaic
Experts from the Faculty of Restoration at the University of Pardubice participated in the restoration of a valued mosaic from the period of socialist realism in Liberec. The mosaic depicting a female and male student with attributes of technical disciplines towered over the entrance to the forme…
Research at the University of Pardubice gains worldwide recognition
The method of pancreatic cancer diagnosis, as discovered by the team of analytical chemist Michal Holčapek of the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, has earned worldwide recognition. The result of the research has been published by the prestigious journal Nature Communicatio…
Special Filter to Help Scientists Catch Virus in Classrooms
Scientists at the Centre for Materials and Nanotechnologies (CEMNAT), the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the University of Pardubice, have introduced a new air filtration system that effectively prevents SARS-COV-2 transmission indoors. The device, which significantly reduces the concentration…
