Planning a summer vacation? Think about staying in Poland and exploring lesser-known destinations. The creators of the New Panorama of Polish Literature from the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences invite you for a journey in the footsteps of Polish romantic writers.
Due to accelerating climate change the occurance of phenomenon such as droughts and floods will increase – emphasizes the Advisory Group for Climate Crisis appointed by the president of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Poland has one of the lowest water resources in Europe. Scholars call for comprehensive actions to increase water retention by protecting the natural landscape and small water rentention.
Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) is in the top place in the prestigious Nature Index scientific institution ranking. It is based on the institution’s publication output (number of research papers published in leading scientific journals).
Sense of uncertainty around COVID-19, difficulties in getting antenatal tests, and numerous changes in prenatal care – these are just some of the reasons that may cause additional stress in pregnant women during the pandemic. Scientists from the PAS Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy and the Jagiellonian University decided to check how mother’s mental state can influence her baby.
What will movie thetres be like in the near future? What’s immersive cinema? Maciej Głowiak, head of the New Media Department at the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC), sheds light on new immersive media that may change the perception of cinema.
Springer Nature publisher awarded top editorial staff (based on the authors' satisfaction survey). Editors of Mammal Research journal scored in the top performing journals. The journal is associated with the Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża. Congratulations!
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us the importance of investing in science, basic research and bold research ideas. There is a concern, however, that the budget of the European Research Council (ERC) – for the most pioneering research projects – may face significant cuts. Among the notable supporters of securing funding for the ERC are prominent scholars, Noble laureates, leading scientific institutions, including Polish Academy of Sciences.
ALLEA General Assembly has elected new Board during videoconference with the dellegates of ALLEA member academies on June 3, 2020. Professor Paweł Rowiński, vice president of the Polish Academy of Sciences, has been re-elected a Board Member. Congratulations!
Regenerative medicine seems to hold promise for the treatment of many serious diseases. So far, its effectiveness has been confirmed only in few cases. Despite this, commercial clinics – guided by profit motive – offer unproven cell and gene-based therapies. Such unethical practices put patients at risk. European academies of sciences address this increasing problem in their latest report.
„I fear that my generation will be the last to experience the stable climate” – says in the movie trailer Prof. Szymon Malinowski, who has been warning of the coming climate catastrophe for years. The documentary is available from 1-7 June, 2020 on the YouTube channel.
On May 27th there started an online workshop aimed at preparing scientists to apply for ERC grants. The workshop, organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences, was taught by the top Dutch consulting company Yellow Research and gathered around 120 scientists.
The recommendation to stay at home, introduced in Poland six weeks ago, resulted in a considerable curbing of the COVID-19 epidemic. The reproduction number R (which measures the average number of persons that are infected by an infected individual) has decreased in Poland and is currently at the level of 1.02-1.04. Obviously, it would be highly desirable if this index were lower than 1.0, which would mean that the epidemic is in retreat. At this moment, however, the epidemic in Poland remains at a comparable, though rather low-intensity level.
Early identification and intervension may help to reduce the impact of dyslexia for the child’s future. Katarzyna Chyl, a PhD student from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology runs an intriguing research studies on dyslexia.
In the recent years, there has been a growing number of scientific reports on the interactions between metal ions and peptides in the body with Alzheimer's disease or type 2 diabetes. Molecular aspects of these interactions still remain to be elucidated. Researchers around the world, including team of Prof. Wojciech Bal from the PAS Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, are working hard to fill the knowledge gaps. His group has found that the mechanism by which the copper ions bind to proteins and the time involved are different than previously thought.
Heavy rainfalls are common on the Indonesian island. Landslides and floods make up over 50% of all natural disasters there. It turns out that extreme phenomena can be predicted with greater accuracy. Dariusz Baranowski, PhD from the PAS Institute of Geophysics carries out research on this subject. His team's findings has just been published in the prestigious Nature Communications journal.
Developing of the COVID-19 lateral flow test kits. Understanding how SARS-CoV-2 works at the molecular level. These are examples of projects that will be implemented at the institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) thanks to the funding from the National Science Center (NCN).
"Hot July leads to frosts in January", " From the Saint Anne Day evenings and mornings will be cooler", " For Saint Wit crops will flourish". Such folk sayings are an expression of the collective wisdom of many generations. For hundreds of years, they helped farmers and sailors to predict the weather. But are they still valid? Scientists analyzed the proverbs’ accuracies.
New ultra-fast test for detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus is expected to be ready for validation by the end of this year. The Scope Fluidics, whose co-founder and CEO is Prof. Piotr Garstecki from the PAS Institute of Physical Chemistry, is working on it.
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