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Laboratory for Measuring the Effects of Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields The laboratory is equipped with an original system designed to measure the effects of low-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) on cellular systems. Incubation Section: This consists of two thermal boxes with PID temperature control, intended for paired experiments. The section dedicated to generating EMF with selectable frequency…

Investigators: Viktor Witkovský (ÚM SAV), Gejza Wimmer (MÚ SAV), Anna Charvátová Campbell (ČMI), Petr Klapetek (ČMI), Radek Šlesinger (ČMI) As part of the international bilateral SK-CZ project, we designed and implemented efficient computational methods for evaluating the mechanical properties of materials at the nanoscale using instrumented indentation (IIT) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The OEFPIL…

Investigators: Nina Evetović, Arina Polyanskaya, Roman Rosipal, Zuzana Rošťáková Integrated brain-computer interface (BCI) and virtual reality (VR) technologies provide a flexible platform for a series of neurorehabilitation therapies based on motor imagery in patients after stroke. However, these approaches lack the social aspect and human interaction. As part of our research, we successfully designed an intelligent…

Investigators: Roman Rosipal, Zuzana Rošťáková  An electroencephalogram (EEG) recorded with eyes open is contaminated by artifacts related to eye blinks and eye movements, which should be removed before further analysis. For this purpose, we developed SPECTER, an algorithm that combines tensor decomposition of the EEG spectrum, removal of artifact components, and spectrum-to-signal transformation. In contrast…

Earlier this week, the Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, together with colleagues from the Kutná Hora Medical Centre, visited the Rehabilitation Institute Kladruby. During the visit, the team presented an innovative rehabilitation system that combines brain-computer interfaces (BCI) with head-mounted display virtual reality (HMD VR) to support recovery after stroke. A key…

Emeritus Professor Ivan Bajla celebrated his 80th birthday! Through his work and passion for science, he is an inspiration to many of us. We thank him for his contribution to the development of the Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and wish him good health, family well-being, and many more creative years ahead.

Investigators: Hana Krakovská Stability is one of the most important concepts in dynamical systems. Local stability is a classical and well-studied concept, while defining and determining the “global” stability (robustness) of a nonlinear system is quite challenging. Over the past few decades, many different approaches have been developed to address this problem, primarily motivated by…

Investigators: Hana Krakovská Stability is one of the most important concepts in dynamical systems. Local stability is a classical and well-studied concept, while defining and determining the “global” stability (robustness) of a nonlinear system is quite challenging. Over the past few decades, many different approaches have been developed to address this problem, primarily motivated by…

Extreme events such as unusual weather patterns, financial market crashes or epileptic seizures are the subject of intensive research to understand their mechanisms and to develop early warning methods. A new method, published in the prestigious scientific journal Science Advances [1], is helping to clarify which of several potential causes actually causes the extremes. The…

Investigators: Michal Teplan, Hoang Vu Viet This work presents the use of biological autoluminescence (BAL) to monitor the electroporation of yeast cells in real time. We have developed a device that can detect changes in the autoluminescence of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae during the application of pulsed electric fields (PEF). This approach offers a non-invasive…