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PAS Letter on Białowieża Forest in "Science "
There is not enough scientific data to justify salvage logging in Białowieża Forest – Polish scientists, including the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), write in the letter recently published in Science.
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PAS Space Research Centre will help land a probe on Phobos
The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences is currently engaged in two ESA’s (European Space Agency) projects concerning landing on Phobos – one of Martians moons.
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U.S. Patent for Agnieszka Kikulska and Tomasz Wilanowski
On November 22nd, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent (application number US 15/106,163) for an invention entitled: “A method for detecting an increased risk of developing skin cancer and a use of a genotype variant of the GRHL3 gene”.
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Nature-Based Solutions for Water. Conference in Warsaw
The conference organised by the Polish Academy of Sciences Nature-Based Solutions for Water will be held on 22nd March in the Staszic Palace in Warsaw, Nowy Świat 72 street.
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Bioplastic produced by bacteria – new type of wound dressing
Variety of microbes under stress conditions produce… high-value plastic. Such a material, which is not artificial at all, easily decomposes and additionally displays good biocompatibility properties. We can use them to produce dressings or implant biomaterials.
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Space Research Centre’s contribution to InSight mission
NASA and European Space Agency are preparing for another great mission to explore the Red Planet as part of the InSight project. A space probe will carry out geophysical and seismological field studies on Mars. Its goal is to examine the nature of the planet’s nucleus, which will be helpful in preparing the ground for sending the first manned mission to Mars.
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New chemical trail and the secrets of memory and depression
The world is bad and life is meaningless? It is not necessarily the fault of the world or life – or even your willingness. The sources of depression are complex and still poorly understood chemical processes occurring in the brain between neurons.
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