Research

Twin beaks! Mystery surrounds ‘alarming decline’ in Poland’s stork population as scientists admit they are stumped

Scientists carrying out research into the once-a-decade International Stork Census found that in the last 10 years there has been a staggering 35.5 percent drop in stork numbers in southwest Poland. Boris Roessler/PAP/DPA

Scientists carrying out research into the once-a-decade International Stork Census found that in the last 10 years there has been a staggering 35.5 percent drop in stork numbers in southwest Poland.

Pioneering research sees scientists look at ‘growing third teeth’ to replace dentures and implants

The team from Poznań, Warsaw and Toruń say that, if successful, by using stem cells found in human gums they will be able to produce tooth buds and rebuild the structure of the peripheral nerves.

Scientists find 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy foetus was ‘pickled like a gherkin’

Scientists at the Warsaw Mummy Project discovered the foetus was covered with natron, a naturally occurring mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate, to dry the body and began to “pickle” in an acidic environment.

Most Poles favour four-day working week - study

A majority of Polish workers are in favour of shifting to a four-day working week, research by the Personnel Service employment agency has shown.

Fa-brew-lous! Poland Europe’s third largest market for coffee machines

The data from consumer market research firm Growth from Knowledge (GfK), revealed that coffee sales in the first half of 2021 reached PLN 1.54 billion, an increase of  just over 7 percent on the same time last year.

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.

Extraordinary moment polar bear is filmed swimming after adult reindeer, before dragging it ashore and devouring it during two hour feast

VIDEO: The remarkable video which is being hailed as the world’s first sighting of a polar bear hunting a reindeer, was captured by Polish scientists at the Polish Polar Base in Norway. The scientists say reindeers could be becoming a staple diet for the bears as a result of climate change.

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.

Was ancient ‘Royal Curse’ behind mysterious deaths of researchers who uncovered long lost chamber of kings?

The discovery 70 years ago this month of the 15th-century remains, as well as the earlier discovery of pewter containers holding the heart and innards of 17th-century Władysław IV, were met with wild celebrations and dubbed the find of the century. But then people started dying…

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