ZAGREB, April 9, 2018 - Four young Croatian scientists who have contributed to science and society have been awarded fellowships from the L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science initiative.

ZAGREB, March 28, 2018 - Davor Solter is the first Croatian scientist to win the Canadian Gairdner Award for biochemical research for the discovery of mammalian genomic imprinting that causes parent-of-origin specific gene expression and its consequences for development and disease, the Canadian Embassy in Croatia said on Wednesday.

An international group of scientists, led by Croatian experts from from St. Catherine's Hospital and Genos published a very important scientific finding: glycans can predict rheumatoid arthritis 10 years before onset of symptoms!

ZAGREB, March 17, 2018 - As part of his visit to Croatia, the President of the European Research Council (ERC) Jean-Pierre Bourguignon visited Zagreb's Ruđer Bošković Institute (IRB) where he was informed in detail about two ERC projects being conducted by IRB researchers Iva Tolić and Ana Sunčana Smith as project leaders.

ZAGREB, March 1, 2018 - The University of Augsburg has confirmed that former Croatian Science and Education Minister Pavo Barišić's doctoral thesis from 1989 is not self-plagiarism.

ZAGREB, February 22, 2018 - A new unique multi-disciplinary centre for marine bioprospecting in the Adriatic Sea, called BioProCro, was officially opened on Thursday at the Ruđer Bošković Institute (IRB) and this will be the venue for research by internationally recognised research groups in the fields of chemical and biological diversity, microbiology and ecology.

ZAGREB, February 8, 2018 - Split University has established cooperation with a new strategic partner, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, a world renowned institution and Israel's most prestigious technology institute that has produced four Nobel Prize winners and that cooperates with the world's leading technology companies.

ZAGREB, January 28, 2018 - What is Mediterranean identity and whether it exists, what can be done to prevent wildfires in Mediterranean countries which, in the period from 2001 and 2014, were hit by 37,000 fires, and what is the globally known phenomenon of Mediterranean cuisine – these are some of the topics dealt with by the international science monograph "Mediterranean Identities – Environment, Society, Culture", edited by Croatian geographer Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš.

The project will be implemented by the Ruđer Bošković Institute.

It is important to have the right priorities.