We are a cultural and professional facility primarily dedicated to the popularization of astronomy and related natural sciences. We provide information about objects of the stellar universe. We organize performances, public observations of the day and night sky and lectures on astronomy and cosmology.

NHU is engaged in scientific research on economic theory at macro and micro levels, public finance, econometrics, economic integration, labour economics, market structure and organisation, international trade, international finance, environmental economics, health economics and other fields.

Research in the areas of mathematics and its applications and the provision of research infrastructure.

Government information on science, research and development in the Czech Republic - state support, competitions and grants and their links to the EU.

Supporting research programs in neuroscience.

Ensuring tasks arising from laws, technical regulations and standards governing technical standardization, metrology and state testing.

We are an independent public research institution. We conduct scientific research in the field of international relations. We strive to increase the quality and prestige of Czech science, provide activities related to research in the field of international relations and assist in the formulation and implementation of the foreign policy of the Czech Republic.

We provide certification and testing of building products for the woodworking industry in the Czech and European market. We are engaged in expert activities in the fields of wood processing, forestry and designing for sawmill technology or joinery and building and timber production.

We ensure the performance of state administration in the field of hallmarking and testing of precious metals. We carry out hallmarking inspections of goods made of precious metals or inspections of manufacturers and traders of precious metal products. We impose penalties for defects found.

Development of mathematics, physics, improvement and modernization of their teaching. We organize conferences, seminars and meetings, announce and organize competitions at all levels of schools, publish journals, textbooks and monographs, popularize new and classical knowledge before the general public.

We carry out research in elementary particle physics, condensed matter systems, solids, optics and plasma. We carry out research work in the field of elementary particles in the framework of large international collaborations. We are involved in astroparticle physics. We work on the interaction of laser radiation with matter.

The company is engaged in the business of industrial inspection. We represent GE Inspection Technologies, Helling. X-ray films and instruments, capillary devices, ultrasound probes, gauges and standards, magnetic devices, developing machines.

The organization organizes seminars and competitions in the field of electrical engineering.

The laboratory is accredited according to ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 and offers analysis of food, beverages, food supplements, crops and natural products, biological samples and environmental components. It specializes in pesticides, contaminants, natural toxins and biologically active substances, including addictive and metabolomics.