Science

Researchers probe tomb of Władysław the Elbow High in hope of discovering what his face looked like

Footage from an endoscopic camera clearly shows the 14th-century king’s royal sceptre lying across his body and the crumbling remains of a shroud still lying across his face – but mystery still surrounds whether the king actually looks like his portrait. Wawel Cathedral/public domain

Footage from an endoscopic camera clearly shows the 14th-century king’s royal sceptre lying across his body and the crumbling remains of a shroud still lying across his face – but mystery still surrounds whether the king actually looks like his portrait.

Researchers come up with ‘coronavirus calculator’ to show effects of not wearing face masks

The calculator consists of a simple questionnaire in which users are asked whether they wear a mask and about the material that it is made of, with options including cotton, linen and surgical masks. Based on this, the tool calculates the mask’s effectiveness, expressed as a percentage.

Dinosaur hunters find 215-million-year-old ‘double root’ tooth and new species of Triassic creature resembling a large mouse

The dentary bone with two rows of cusps on molars and double-rooted teeth is the oldest of its type in the world and belonged to a new early-diverging haramiyid species from the late Triassic period named Kalaallitkigun jenkinsi (Greenlandic for 'tooth from Greenland') by its discoverers.

Making the cut: Polish engineer named in group of innovators pushing the barriers of science and space.

Named as one of just 24 people under the age of 24, Torchała joins a select group of young engineers.

Poland's new Virtual Research Institute to work on new drugs

Poland's first Virtual Research Institute (WIB) will work on the development of new drugs, mainly those to fight cancer, Deputy PM and Development, Labour and Technology Minister Jaroslaw Gowin said at an event which launched the institute on Friday.

Hair transplant Doc wins prestigious award for revolutionary work on breast reconstruction

PRS Global magazine awarded Dr. Jerzy Kolasiński from Poznań the “Best Case Report – Gold Award” for his article titled "Total Breast Reconstruction with Fat Grafting Combined with Internal Tissue Expansion”.

Forgotten space pioneer Ary Sternfeld was father of modern aerospace engineering

If it weren’t for the Polish engineer born in a small town northwest of Łódź, World Space Week, annually celebrated by 95 nations from Oct 4th- Oct 10th, probably wouldn’t exist. There may have been space travel, but not as we know it.

Polish scientists develop clip to facilitate diagnosis of melanoma

A special clip facilitating the diagnosis of skin tumours, including melanoma, has been developed by scientists from two universities in Katowice, southern Poland - the University of Silesia and the Medical University of Silesia.

New species of bat found hanging upside down in cellar of 14th century castle

The common bent-wing bat spotted in Rożnów Castle on the banks of the Dunajec river, is a Mediterranean bat species with a grey-brown coloration, slightly lighter on the abdominal side, with very long and narrow wings.

Docs remove massive 30-kilo tumour from woman’s stomach after she complained of ‘putting on weight’

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES! The record-breaking operation took eight doctors 90 minutes to complete after the 25-year-old woman was taken in at the St. Maximilian Hospital in Oświęcim.

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