Roman Jerala, a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry, has won his second advanced grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a €2.5 million project that aims to develop new ways of regulating proteins that could be used for therapeutic purposes such as cancer immunotherapy.
Jerala, head

After years of efforts, a Slovenian language section has opened at one of the four European Schools in Brussels. Nursery school is available this year, to be joined by primary and secondary school classes later on.
The new Slovenian language section is an opportunity for Slovenian children to recei

Nestled in an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, the Planica Nordic Centre is not only a place famous for ski jumping but also a scientific hub where researchers study human physiology and medicine in space and extreme environmental conditions.
As secondary school students participating in a U

Slovenian researchers Mojca Mihelj Plesničar and Tina Lebar have each won a €1.5 million starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for projects dealing respectively with penal decision-making in the criminal justice system and the expansion of genome editing capabilities.
The two Slov

Researchers at the National Institute of Biology are exploring new avenues for more effective treatment of glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. They have discovered different biomarkers that could be used as drug targets in the future.
In Slovenia, approximately 100 patients are

Schools across Slovenia came alive in controlled chaos on 2 September, as nearly 280,000 students returned after their two-month summer break. Meanwhile the primary and secondary education systems, as well as kindergartens, are in growing crisis due to lack of teaching staff.
The new school year st

Slovenian secondary school student Peter Andolšek has achieved a remarkable feat that no other student in the world has achieved before. He has won his fourth consecutive gold at an International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, and emerged as the overall winner for the second time in a row.

On the southern edge of the Ljubljana Marshes, in the Draga Valley, there are ponds teeming with life. Apart from many species of birds, fish and plants, they are also home to the only freshwater turtle native to Slovenia, the European pond turtle. Since it faces many threats, efforts are being mad

Slovenian and Polish researchers have teamed up to describe the scents of selected items from the two countries' national museums to understand the role of scent in historical context and develop methods to reproduce and archive these scents for future generations.
A collaboration between the Natio