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Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old dice in southern Poland
A 2,000-year-old dice (the oldest one found so far in Poland) is among this year's discoveries in the Celtic settlement in Samborowice (Silesia).
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Archaeologists return to Zwoleń to examine Neanderthal remains
Archaeologists working in Zwoleń (Masovian Voivodeship) have found animal bones and flint tools from Neanderthal times. They completed the first stage of work at the site, to which scientists returned 30 years after the previous research project.
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Extinct reptile sheds light on aquatic evolution
A Polish-Chinese scientific team has described a new marine reptile that lived about 250 million years ago in what is now China. The discovery sheds new light on the evolution of the aquatic lifestyle of extinct reptiles and confirms the close relationship of turtles with dinosaurs and their relatives.
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Neanderthal stone tools discovered in Racibórz
Archaeologists working in Racibórz have discovered stone products from at least 130,000 years ago. These are the oldest traces of human presence in the foreground of the Moravian Gate and a proof that Neanderthals visited this region several times, leaving stone products at the bottom of the then river valley.
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Plastic works of art deteriorate quickly, warn scientists
Plastics take many years to completely disappear from the environment, but they are among the most rapidly deteriorating materials in cultural heritage objects, says scientists dealing with the degradation and protection of works of art.
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Why lock guests in cages? Chemists have ideas
A whole world of possibilities opens up to scientists if they know how to lock chemical compounds in tiny cages in a controlled manner, and then open these capsules, explains chemist Dr. Wojciech Drożdż.
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Poznań scientists create ‘powder that will conquer space’
It is extremely durable, it combines the best properties of metals and ceramics and can fly into space. Scientists from Łukasiewicz - Poznań Institute of Technology have just developed a new, cheaper and faster method of producing the so-called MAX phase material.
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Creating fish semen banks improves breeding, says researcher
Supporting the process of fish reproduction in the event of an ecological disaster, securing the stability of breeding in fish hatcheries and protecting the gene pool - these are the main objectives of fish semen banks, which are being established by scientists from the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn.
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NASK to test new Polish quantum technology
A quantum random number generator will enable encryption of satellite and fibre-optic communications. The device straight from the Polish factory is ready for testing at NASK, says Dr. Marek Życzkowski from the Military University of Technology.
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Scientists have re-examined the remains of a prehistoric marine reptile found in the 20th century in the village of Załęcze Wielkie (Łódź province). This distant relative of modern crocodiles was about four metres long and had a visible jaw injury, which it probably suffered in the first years of its life.
