Science

Ace in the hole! Archeologists stumble upon 1200-year-old tomb after nearly falling down burial hole

The 20-year-old man had been buried in a sitting position and covered with cloth. He had a dozen well-used bronze tools with him, including a saw, a variety of knives, an axe and chisel. Miłosz Giersz

While investigating a location used for sacrifices, the archeologists led by Warsaw University’s ‘Indiana Jones’, Prof. Miłosz Giersz, came across the tomb containing the remains of a 20-year-old man in a sitting position surrounded by tools made of rare metal including a saw, a collection of knives and an axe.

Space base: volunteers get shut in simulated Mars base to learn about life on another planet

One of very few in the world, the Mars base is actually built on the very down-to-earth location of an old airfield in western Poland.  

Kraków team launches world’s FIRST satellite which navigates with ‘spinning magnetic liquid’

The fifth Polish satellite in near-Earth orbit, the KRAKsat will be the world’s first to use a ferrofluid flywheel. The main task of the satellite is to investigate how this will behave in space and whether it can be used in the space industry as a flywheel.

Innovators help cancer sufferers with depression by introducing them to stunning virtual reality worlds

Combining virtual reality and behavioral therapy the company creates fantasy worlds in which the cancer patients can immerse themselves to lower the levels of stress and fear. They are also researching the links between psychotherapy and countering cancer.

Eight Polish teams to take part in Mars rover competition in USA

Thirty-six teams from ten countries have been selected as finalists to compete at the 2019 University Rover Challenge (URC), held May 30 - June 1 at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. Poland will be represented by as many as eight teams.

Docs reconstruct boy’s throat in ground-breaking transplant surgery

After swallowing toxic chemicals, the boy had to be fed directly via his intestines, breathed through a tracheostomy tube and never learned to speak. Now surgeons have carried out a world-first by completely rebuilding his internal organs.

First EVER direct image of a black hole captured by global 'virtual telescope' revealed by scientists

Black hole hunter Dr. Monika Mościbrodzka who was involved in the project said the image “was captured by eight telescopes that created a virtual telescope the size of Earth.

Body on a beach: Remains of mystery ‘princess’ found buried in a LOG reveal her secrets

Using modern methods of bone analysis, researchers from the universities of Warsaw and Szczecin have returned to the 2,000-year-old remains to try and discover more about the body on the beach.

Poland introduces innovative livestock chip - agriculture minister

Poland intends to be one of the first countries in the world to introduce an innovative system of knowledge about animals from their birth to their slaughter, using a special chip in cattle, Agriculture Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski has announced.

Polish scientists help international team aiming to replicate the power of the stars

The multi-billion euro project could pave the way to vast and clean sources of energy in the future.

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