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Teenagers. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
A group including experts and NGOs has started a petition to urge the government and the Education Ministry to take urgent action to impose legal restrictions on the use of mobile phones and other digital devices in schools.
While some countries have banned smart phones in schools and some schools
Air sampling in sarcophagi to study smells of ancient Egyptian mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Photo: Emma Paolin
Ancient Egyptian mummies have a woody, spicy and sweet scent, a study led by researchers from the University of Ljubljana in cooperation with their colleagues from the University College London (UCL) has found.
The results of what is the first systemic research into smells of mummified bodies where
Police arrive at the Šmihel Primary School in Novo Mesto in response to a bomb threat. Photo: Aleš Kocjan/STA
Almost 230 schools and kindergartens across Slovenia received bomb threats by email early on 27 January and at least 18 cancelled classes in what turned out to be a hoax.
The schools received a generic message similar to emails sent to schools in other countries in Europe in recent months.
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Restaurant Sedem in Maribor. Photo: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA
Restaurants where hospitality students put their skills into practice in real life are a proven success. One such teaching restaurant, Sedem in Maribor is recommended by top culinary guides, and KULT316 in Ljubljana is another place to go for a fine dining experience.
Restaurant Sedem, which transl
The Astronomical Observatory of the Ljubljana Faculty of Mathematics and Physics on Golovec. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
The Astronomical Observatory on the Golovec hill overlooking Ljubljana has acquired a new, 80-centimetre telescope, the largest yet in the country. It replaces an older one whose mirror measured 9cm less in diameter.
The observatory is operated by the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Mathematics
Space. Photo: Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA/ESA/CSA/dpa/STA
Slovenian researchers, together with international experts, have made a groundbreaking discovery about the evolution of the properties of cosmic dust in galaxies that formed soon after the Big Bang, based on data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Their study, published in the scientific journal
The main control room of the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany. Photo: ESA
Slovenia became a full member of the European Space Agency (ESA) on 1 January in what is seen as a milestone that will create opportunities for business and science, and strengthen the country's competitiveness in the global space industry.
This achievement is a reward for the country's successful
Špela Miroševič, who is spearheading the developing of a drug for the treatment of her son Urban's CTNNB1 syndrome. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA
Slovenia will co-finance the final stages of research of orphan drugs to help children with rare diseases under legislative amendments confirmed by parliament after the case of a five-year-old boy with a rare genetic disorder prompted a massive fundraising campaign.
Under the changes to the Scienti
A student working on a laptop. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
Slovenian eighth-grade students rank slightly above international average in computer and IT literacy, but their scores have dropped since a decade ago and in computer thinking skills they fell below international average, the International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) shows.
The
The 30th Science Festival. Photo: Jakob Pintar/STA
Scientists, science communicators and students from Slovenia and abroad came together last week for three days of lectures, talks, exhibitions and experiments during the Slovenian Science Festival, which has been explaining science for 30 years.
The first lecture at the festival, hosted by the Ljub
Roman Jerala, a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry. Photo: Manca Ahčin/STA
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
An event marks the opening of the Slovenian language section at the European School Brussels I. Photo: Education Ministry
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