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

KRAKsat will be placed inside the Cygnus spacecraft, which will be launched into orbit aboard an Antares 230 rocket, with lift-off scheduled for 10:46 pm Polish time on Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility, on the US east coast. KRAKsat Space Systems/Facebook

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.

Computer boffs send filmmakers wild with their new comic-strip maker

In just four weeks the Comixify website, which allows visitors to convert video into a comic strip, has been flooded by over 180,000 viewers and has generated over 22,000 comics.

Kraków students build first mechanical rolling footbridge in Poland

Students from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków (southern Poland) have constructed the first mechanical rolling footbridge in Poland. The footbridge is 3.35 m long and is able to support weights of up to 200 kg, the university announced.

Polish and German students to search for extinct villages

A group of 20 students from Poland and Germany are starting the cleanup of the cemeteries of villages that became extinct after World War II, in the Pisz Forest, in the Masuria region (northern Poland).

Polish students win architectural competition in Valencia

Students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology (PŚ) in Gliwice, southern Poland, took first and second place in the international architectural competition #ValenciaCall for the design of social housing in Valencia.

Wroc-love: UK’s Coventry Uni moving to Wrocław

In Wrocław, the University will offer undergraduate degrees taught in English in subjects including IT, cybersecurity, business, engineering and hotel management. The decision further cements Wrocław’s reputation as a thriving academic city.

Gdańsk helps students get foot in the door

Over 370 paid internships have been offered to students and graduates in Gdańsk this summer as part of the “Vacation Internship” program.

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