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Crushing the coronavirus

Professor Maciej Drąg says that stopping either of the two key enzymes he has identified “stops the replication of the virus 100 percent.” Maciej Kulczyński/PAP

As we enter our third month of coronalockdown, we take a look at steps being taken to help fight the COVID-19 virus…

Wrocław Prof makes major breakthrough in battle against killer virus

Professor Maciej Drąg has not only identified the two key enzymes for the SARS-CoV-2 virus but also discovered it’s similarities with those from the previous SARS epidemic – by stopping either one stops the replication of the virus 100 percent!

Not one but TWO teams through to finals of ‘life on Mars’ simulation comp

The students from the University of Wrocław’s Innspace group and Twardowsky project beat off competition from 10 competitors to take make it through to the finals of the Mars Society's Mars Colony Prize design contest.

Brainbox students win FIVE awards for their ‘Mars colonisation’ flight project

One of the tasks involved “raising the heaviest possible weight with the lightest possible aircraft” on a mission simulation to colonise the red planet.

Polish team builds innovative meal-serving robot

A team of students and graduates of the Wroclaw University of Technology in western Poland have constructed 'Bistrobot', a machine for the self-service sale of hot meals. The creators, who work together as the Food Robotics company, say it is the world's first such device.

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An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

From a personal point of view, it’s sheer depth of contrast comes somewhere near the top: lavish wedding cake palaces that reference the might once wielded by the city’s power players; futuristic office compounds; blackened, broken tenements; abandoned, creepy warehouses; restored redbrick factories; and PRL blocks of cosmic dimension.

The first report:

  • Poland counting on continuity in US policy - minister
  • Poland prepared to speed up vaccination process - PM
  • Ruling party broadens support in latest poll
  • Poland halts supply of Covid-vaccines for "zero group"
  • Central bank head expresses calm about inflation

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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