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Life of ‘hero biologist’ Rudolf Weigl who invented typhus vaccine and saved Jews during WWII to be retold in timely new film

Entitled To Conquer Typhus, the film’s producer Bogdan Miszczak said: “When I started looking for information on Dr Weigl, I came to the conclusion that we could not have thought of a better hero.” Muzeum Narodowe Ziemi Przemyskiej

Entitled To Conquer Typhus, the film’s producer Bogdan Miszczak said: “When I started looking for information on Dr Weigl, I came to the conclusion that we could not have thought of a better hero.”

Teen scoops top award for groundbreaking AI programme that stops drivers dozing off at the wheel

Michał Paczyński from the town of Iłża near Radom beat off competition from hundreds of entries across the world to take first place at the International Impact Creators Competition in San Francisco organised by Intel.

Scientists are looking to compile an international archive of how historical objects smell

In this episode of The Debrief, we take a look at how a team of scientists have decided to create a library of historic smells.and their historical significance in an attempt to develop a new interpretation and a new narrative to describe the artefacts.

Wrocław engineers create robotic arm powered by synthetic muscles based on water

A video of the arm at work shows it being able to lift a 7kg dumb-bell and acting like a real human arm, wiggling its fingers and clasping the weight.

Polar research station in Antarctica to be revived after 40 years

In this edition of The Debrief, we meet a team of intrepid scientists as they set sail for Antarctica on a mission to reopen the Dobrowolski research station, which was abandoned four decades ago...

Brrr-illiant! Polar research station dubbed ‘portal into the inside of the earth’ to be reactivated after being abandoned over 40 years ago

Last used by Polish scientists in 1979, a team of four scientists from the Institute of Geophysics at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw will set out from the German port of Bremerhaven on the 10th of November on a two-month journey to reach the station by boat.

Can genetics find the cause of Chopin’s death?

In this edition of The Debrief, we speak to genetics Professor Michał Witt about how we can finally ascertain the cause of death of Poland’s most beloved composer, Fryderyk Chopin.

Genetics professor calls for ‘genetic tests’ to confirm cause of Chopin's death

Professor Michał Witt from the Institute of Human Genetics PAS in  Poznań said that despite the composer’s death certificate putting tuberculosis as cause of death, there was still room for doubt.

Researchers to create ‘library of historic smells’

In what has been described as a ‘breakthrough project’ the initiative will analyse the odours and their historical significance in an attempt to develop a new interpretation of the artefacts.

Poland, NASA seal cooperation accord

The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) and NASA have signed a cooperation agreement paving the way for Polish participation in the exploration of the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies, POLSA told PAP on Tuesday.

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