Innovation

Lodz students develop robotic hand to help cure fear of creepy-crawlies

A ‘robotic hand’ that can help cure fear of spiders through virtual touch therapy has been developed by students in Lodz.

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    Book your ticket for Polish-American Innovation Bridge

    Scientists and industry innovators will share their ways to effectively lead research and development teams and projects during the pandemic at the Polish-American Innovation Bridge conference, which will be held online on November 19-20.

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    Polish scientist helps develop new method of optical microscopy beyond resolution limits

    A Polish-Israeli team led by Dr. Radek Łapkiewicz from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw has presented a new, revolutionary microscopy method, which theoretically has no resolution limit.

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    EC approves massive €71million for research laboratories in Poland

    Over €70 million has been approved for the establishment of a fibre-optic network and research equipment to improve cooperation among research laboratories in Poland.

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    Study finds ‘more needs to be done’ in promoting Polish science abroad

    A survey of Polish inventions finds that whereas in the US and the EU the most commonly mentioned are Skłodowska-Curie's discoveries, the paper clip, and kerosene lamps, in Poland the Mars rover, windscreen wipers and graphene production methods are more common.

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    Silesian University of Technology awarded for THREE new inventions at International fair

    Obtaining energy from the movement of the human body, verifying the correctness of transport conditions for goods sensitive to vibrations and studying the Earth's past are examples of applications of the inventions developed by scientists from the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.

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    Gdańsk Tech Uni Looking to Revolutionise Internet of Things with Innovative Radio Receiver

    A new type of radio receiver that will enable communication between Internet of Things (IoT) devices used in monitoring, energy, gas, and water supply systems, is being developed by scientists and engineers the Gdańsk University of Technology.

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    Innovative Technology from University of Gdańsk Helps Develop COVID-19 Vaccine

    Scientists from Gdańsk have developed an innovative technology that will help create next generation recombinant vaccines to be used in the battle against COVID-19.

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    Gdańsk Scientists Patent Simple Test for Harmful Bisphenol A

    Researchers have found a key for detecting bisphenol A - a hormone-mimicking substance present in the environment. 

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    Solar Compounds From Artificial Leaves: Companies and Scientists Mobilise to Improve Photosynthesis

    With fossil fuels projected to run out by the end of the 21st century, European scientists and companies have joined forces to develop artificial photosynthesis devices which can produce fuels (or chemicals needed in industry) using not oil or fossil coal, but sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.

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Shaking nanotubes

The properties of nanomaterials depend on how these structures vibrate, among other things. Scientists, including a Polish researcher, investigated the vibrations occurring in various types of carbon nanotubes.