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Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Fancy-schmancy award ceremony !

From the CAS :

The Czech Academy of Sciences grants awards for achieved results which contribute to the prestige of Czech science in international comparison and from whose first publication or implementation no more than five years have passed. The awards are presented for completed scientific results of excellent and high-quality research strategically orientated on social priorities.

 Awards of the CAS for young scientists [2017] for outstanding scientific achievements were presented to:

 Dr. Rhys Taylor, PhD, from the Astronomical Institute of the CAS, for the outstanding scientific outcome Understanding the origin of optically dark hydrogen clouds: dark galaxies or tidal debris?





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