Warsaw professor elected EMBO member
Professor Jacek Jaworski, co-discoverer of the key role of mTOR in neuronal development, is among the 69 scientists elected members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). This year, he is the only Pole to join a group of more than 2,000 of the best researchers in Europe and around the world.
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Poland increases contribution to European Space Agency
Poland has increased its contribution to the European Space Agency, POLSA reports. Most of the funds transferred to ESA will return to the Polish industry, enabling technological advancement and the development of competitive products and services, says the President of POLSA Grzegorz Wrochna.
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Lodz University of Technology students build award-winning wind turbine
An innovative wind turbine developed by students from Lodz University of Technology in the GUST project has won first place in the International Small Wind Turbine Contest with the best result in the highest annual energy production (AEP) category.
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Eco-fuel synthesis system with chances for implementation
Doctoral candidates from the Warsaw University of Technology developed a system for the production of ecological fuels. They combined a known method of producing liquid fuels with molten carbonate electrolysis using water and carbon dioxide.
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Poznań University of Technology team wins Spaceport America Cup
The RocketLab team from the Poznań University of Technology took first place in one of the categories in the international rocket engineering competition Spaceport America Cup in the United States.
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Students create photo-to-Braille translator for the blind
The display developed by students will translate any book or text from a photo into Braille 'on the fly'. The device that uses artificial intelligence can also be used by blind people to learn a language. The prototype was developed by young engineers from the Cracow University of Technology.
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Opole university graduate develops ‘hearing-aid watch’
A graduate from the Opole University of Technology has developed a special device for transforming sounds into signals perceived by deaf people.
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Nobel laureates awarded first Copernican Prizes
Nobel laureates Professor Philip James Edwin Peebles and Professor Barry Clark Barish are the winners of the first Copernican Prizes.
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More foreigners graduating from Polish universities, says report
In 2021, there were nearly 16,000 people from abroad among university graduates in Poland. This number has been increasing in recent years. In 2019, there were about 14,700 and in 2017 - about 11,400, according to new data from National Information Processing Institute.
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Warsaw researcher investigates flavouring substances in e-cigarettes and alcohol
Samples of e-cigarettes available on store shelves contain estragole, which is banned in the EU. In addition, all products of this type contain substances that a prohibited in tobacco products, shows research by Dr. Edyta Budzyńska from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw.
