Two patients connected to one ventilator – it's possible thanks to the Ventil device, which for the last month has been tested on pair of pigs. If trials with animals prove successful, the ventilator splitter can be used in humans. This is extremely important during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is organized by the National Science Center (NCN) in cooperation with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Researchers may submit applications by May 26, 2020.
Over the years many riverbeds have been shortened, drainage ditches have been built, peat lands and swamps have been drained in Poland. All these actions accelerate water runoff from the land. "Now, the past investments have the opposite effect than we desire" – estimates hydrologist Prof. Paweł Rowiński, Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS).
As a result of COVID-19 pandemic, apart from the medical staff, scientists have found themselves in the centre of everyone’s attention. Both these sectors, underfinanced in Poland for years, do all in their powers to get the country through the pandemic at a possibly lowest cost. What will happen with health care and science once the pandemic in over? Will both these sectors remain under chronic financial collapse?
The first remote meeting of the expert team advising on climate change is behind us. Scientists will deal with the water issue and drought in Poland in the first place.
The project aims to develop a new strategy of group testing in SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. The method can be used to quickly examine residents and staff of a particular nursing home, or patients and medical professionals of a given hospital unit.
Research integrity remains crucial in the COVID-19 crisis, given the need for robust, evidence-based conclusions, according to the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO).
On 20 April 2020 the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Jerzy Duszyński appointed thirteen members of the Interdisciplinary Advisory Group for Climate Crisis.
Chemists from the Polish Academy of Sciences are working on green solutions for industry and society. Their latest achievement creates new opportunities for synthesis of organic compounds in pharmaceutical laboratories.
T2K Results Restrict Possible Values of Neutrino CP Phase – published in “Nature”. The results are a major step forward in the study of the difference between matter and antimatter.
From Thursday, April 16 – in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic – covering the mouth and nose in public space is obligatory in Poland. One can use a face mask or piece of clothing. We advise on how to put it on, remove it, and clean it.
The pan-European hackathon of ideas will last from April 24 to 26. Its participants will jointly seek digital solutions for social problems related to COVID-19 pandemic. The event is organized by the European Commission. Registration remains open until April 19.
It’s been a warm, and in many places snowless winter. Spring has begun with relatively low rainfall. We observe low water levels on rivers. According to weather forecasts there will be no significant rainfall in April. "Drought is a cumulative phenomenon, and Poland is not prepared to capture water" – comments Prof. Paweł Rowiński, hydrologist, vice president of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has just launched an IT platform for collecting coronavirus data. The PAS Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center will cooperate with EMBL as a national data hub.
The whole world has been searching the ways to effectively fight against COVID-19. The Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), as well as the international scientific organizations launched special web portals dedicated to COVID-19. We present an overview of interesting websites worth visiting.
The test was developed at the PAS Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Poznań. This is a great success of young researchers who have been voluntarily working in the laboratory day and night for the last three weeks. The request for registration has already been submitted. Thanks to a subsidy from the Ministry of Science the production will start in the coming days.
The Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) in its statement calls for providing protection of the physical and mental health of medical workers. To improve the functioning of the healthcare system medical staff should also be offered coronavirus antibody tests as soon as possible.
The Institute has just launched COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory. This is yet another PAS institute that due to epidemiological situation offered its help in carrying out the tests.
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