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Terms: |Nobel Prize| |Physics|
Published: 1. 4. 2026.
The physicist Niels Bohr, whose name is inseparably linked with early quantum theory and the study of atomic structure, was honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. In which country was he born?
Denmark
Terms: |Alexander Fleming| |Medicine| |Nobel Prize|
Published: 1. 4. 2026.
By the middle of the twentieth century, Alexander Fleming had already secured his place in scientific history thanks to the discovery that initiated the antibiotic revolution. Honoured with a knighthood in 1944 and a Nobel Prize in 1945, what exactly had Fleming discovered?
Penicillin
Terms: |Medicine|
Published: 31. 3. 2026.
What is the medical term for the tiny blood components, lacking a nucleus, that are essential to the process of coagulation?
Platelets
Terms: |Biology|
Published: 27. 3. 2026.
Which Greek-based scientific term describes an ecological community made up of plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms existing together in a defined living space?
Biocenosis
Published: 27. 3. 2026.
What term is used to describe a cybernetic organism consisting of both biological and artificial components, especially one whose physical capabilities have been enhanced by technology?
Cyborg
Terms: |Physics|
Published: 27. 3. 2026.
The concept that electrons possess wave properties was first put forward in 1924 by which French physicist?
Louis de Broglie
Terms: |Geology|
Published: 26. 3. 2026.
Which granular material is of a size between sand and clay, and that’s mineral origin is quartz and feldspar? It is sometimes known poetically as “rock flour” or “stone dust” when produced from glaciation
Silt
Terms: |Biology|
Published: 26. 3. 2026.
The most striking visual difference between taiga and tundra is the presence of what kind of vegetation in the former and its complete absence in the latter?
Trees