Polish Academy of Sciences

Polish chloroquine research may help in battle against coronavirus

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Research on new ways to administer chloroquine may make the substance safer for Covid-19 patients, academics in Kraków, southern Poland, said on Monday.

Poles develop test differentiating SARS-CoV-2 and influenza infections

The Institute of Human Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences on Monday started tests on differentiating SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus infections, the Poznań-based institute announced.

Back from the brink: after years of battling extinction, bison numbers have rebounded strongly

In 1939 it is thought that only 37 bison remained in the whole of Poland. Thanks to long-term conservation efforts, this number has grown closer to 1,900.

European Research Council grants Polish astronomers almost EUR 14 mln

Polish astronomers will receive almost EUR 14 million in a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for astronomical research and to build a telescope in Chile, the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) has announced.

Poznań scientists develop '99 percent effective’ coronavirus test

The Polish Academy of Sciences said the test is one of the fastest and most sensitive coronavirus tests to date.

Bones and bullets unearthed at WWII execution site dubbed ‘Death Valley’

Dr. Dawid Kobialka, from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences said the grim discovery related to a massacre by Gestapo officers in the second half of January 1945.

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.

Day of the Jackals? TWO sightings of elusive hunter reported roaming capital’s districts

Just why golden jackals are moving into Poland from their traditional hunting grounds in southern Europe is still not clear, but experts believe it could have something to do with warmer winters, and a scarcity of wolves.

Neanderthal molar thousands of years older than first thought

The new discovery helps to shed new light on the migratory movements of the Neanderthal people.

Remains of 2,000-year-old monkeys buried like sleeping CHILDREN reveal Romans and ancient Egyptians imported them from India as household pets

Professor Marta Osypińska, a zooarchaeologist from the Polish Academy of Sciences, described the find as ‘unique’, saying: “Until now, no one has found Indian monkeys at archaeological sites in Africa. Interestingly, even ancient written sources don’t mention this practice.”

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