Another important discovery was made with a significant contribution by Polish physicists conducting research at CERN within the ATLAS experiment using the Large Hadron Collider. For the first time ever, light-by-light scattering has been observed – a very rare phenomenon consisting in an interaction between two photons.
PAS Excellence in Science Department and Oxford University European Office kindly invite researchers for a workshop devoted to the ERC grants in Humanities and Social Sciences. The Workshop will take place on September 14-15th 2017 in Warsaw.
We are pleased to invite you to read the second edition of our Bulletin prepared by the team of the Polish National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU. Even though it is summertime, we are not on holidays and we are currently taking part in a discussion about the future of research and innovation in the EU.
Thousands of stone blocks stored for years near Luxor turned out to be the remains of the monumental tomb of Thutmose I. Fragments of the temple, which archaeologists have been trying to find for a long time, were identified by Jadwiga Iwaszczuk, a Polish Egyptologist.
An international team of astronomers led by the Polish Araucaria group from the PAS Copernicus Astronomical Center announced another important discovery in the field of measuring distances across the Universe. Based on very precise measurements of the distances to the near galaxies of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, the researchers were able to determine how the luminosity of Cepheids depends on metallicity.
Imperial College London in collaboration with Polish Academy of Sciences will hold an information event for researchers intending to apply to the forthcoming ERC calls, with the emphasis on Starting and Consolidator schemes. The event will take place on 28 June 2017 at Staszic’s Palace in Warsaw.
The Polish Institute of Advanced Studies (PIASt) Fellowship Programme offers 5- or 10-month residencies mainly in the Humanities and Social sciences in Warsaw. We are waiting for your applications until June 19th 2017. The beginning of residences in October 2017.
Europe is built on a reliable basis of common values and traditions and Europe’s success in the future will extensively depend on its knowledge base. Essential to realizing this future are Europe’s major strengths in research: its cutting-edge and diverse science and innovation landscape, its world-class science and research institutions, both public and private.
The Laboratory of Molecular and Systemic Neuromorphology headed by Professor Grzegorz Wilczyński has been awarded a prestigious intercontinental HFSP grant (Human Frontiers Science Program). Within the project, the team of Professor Wilczyński, and their colleagues from USA and Spain, will investigate the higher-order chromatin structure of neurons.
Polish physical chemistry is joining forces with Chinese medical and molecular biology and biochemistry. In Tianjin an agreement has been signed on long-term cooperation between the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Nankai University, one of the highest ranked research units in China.
Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) invites researchers to attend an event presenting funding opportunities available for individual scientists willing to carry out their research at the PAS. The event will take place at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies on 27 March 2017 at 6 pm.
Gravitational-waves are the new observational-astronomy tool with which it will be possible to study violent phenomena across the Universe, such as the death of neutron-star binary-systems and black holes, supernovae explosions and processes such as those of the early universe, shortly after the Big Bang.
On the 2nd January 2017, the Polish Institute of Advanced Studies (PIASt) started its activities within the structure of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It aims at supporting advances in knowledge and research innovation and contributing to the promotion of scientific development in Poland with the ambition to complement the national institutional and scientific landscape.
Prof. Mariusz Więckowski, member of the consortium working on non-invasive profiling of mitochondrial function in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), among the winners of the UE HORIZON 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange programme.
PhD student from the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research PAS in Olsztyn investigates the influence of prebiotics-enriched gluten-free diet on alleviating harmful effects of celiac disease in children. The study will be aided by the funds obtained in the National Science Centre PRELUDIUM call.
Quinoa, amaranth and chickpeas are valuable sources of plant protein yet still underestimated in Europe, which remains dominated by the consumption of animal-derived protein. Scientists want to change this trend, increasing the European production of plant protein by 25%.
Łukasz Bożycki, a PhD student in the Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids received the Theophrastus Award for the best popular science psychological book of the year. The award was established and awarded by the editors of the magazine "Characters" under the patronage of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences prof. Jerzy Duszyński.
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