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Polish scientist involved in breakthrough work linking coronavirus effects to genes

Doctor Karolina Chiałkowska: part of team researching the link between the virus and genes. Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku/Facebook

The research could lead to a better understanding as to why the disease affects people in different ways.

Ancient aches: tooth decay plagued ancestors scientists find

New research by Polish team shed lights on the diet of humans 9,000 years ago.

Polish researcher awarded Italy's Knight's Cross for work on coronavirus

Polish medical biologist Maciej Tarkowski based in Milan has been distinguished with the Knight's Cross by Italian President Sergio Mattarella for his services in fighting the coronavirus epidemic, Italy's Presidential Palace announced on Wednesday.

Stars in her eyes: the woman who wants to blast off into space

TFN speaks to Agnieszka Elwertowska, an analogue Mars mission commander, engineer and IT student, who hopes to become only the second Polish astronaut after Mirosław Hermaszewski.

Poland spends EUR 88 mln on global virus fight - Foreign Ministry

Poland is spending over PLN 400 mln (EUR 88 mln) on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in the world, funding vaccine, drug and test research, Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński said at a Tuesday press briefing, as quoted in his ministry's press release.

Law of physics not universal, new research by Polish scientists finds

The discovery could help change the way the universe and the rule of physics are viewed.

Animal harm? Bats are not to blame for coronavirus, humans are, says zoology prof

Professor Piotr Tryjanowski, director of the Poznań University Of Life Sciences’ Institute of Zoology, says that instead of eating them, bats should be studied as they could be a good model for studying anti-inflammatory systems.

Top Polish lab to get EUR 5.8 mln for coronavirus research

The Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, south Poland, will receive PLN 25 million (EUR 5.8 mln) for research on coronavirus, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin told a Monday press conference.

Poland to have EUR 14 bln for digital R&D in new financial framework

Around PLN 60 billion (EUR 14 bln) will be available for research and development of digital technology in the EU financial framework for 2021-2027, Funds and Regional Policy Minister Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak said in Rzeszów, southeast Poland, on Wednesday.

Brain gain! Initiative to coax scientists back to Poland proves to be a hit

The ‘Polskie Powroty’ (Polish Returns) programme has so far seen 42 academics return from working abroad to bring their knowledge and research back to Poland.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

  • Polish PM voices a clear stance on EU strategic autonomy at EU summit
  • Polish ski-jumper takes gold in normal hill competition
  • Covid crisis is an economic opportunity for Poland, PM says
  • Opposition presents pandemic aid programme
  • Ruling Law and Justice continues to have highest voter support - poll

Exclusive

‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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