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Fossil professor wins IG Nobel award for explaining why scientists lick rocks

Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured bottom right) who works as a professor of Paleobiology at the University of Leicester in the UK, scooped the award following the publication of an article in 2017 entitled ‘Eating Fossils’. Improbable Research/YouTube

Jan Zalasiewicz who works as a professor of Paleobiology at theUniversity of Leicester in the UK, scooped the award following the publication of an article in 2017 entitled ‘Eating Fossils’.

‘Exceptionally well-preserved demonic dinosaur teeth’ found in Jurassic quarry

The four teeth dating from around 148 million years ago were uncovered by ccientists from Krakow's Jagiellonian University and the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Young scientist, longevity expert from Poland, at the AMWC 2023 World Congress on Aesthetic and Anti-Aging Medicine in Monte Carlo

Hope for patients with chronic diseases, abdominal obesity and persistent overweight! Innovative anti-aging therapies improving quality of life.

Drinking potato juice can be good for you and could even help fight cancer, say Poznań scientists

Carrying out laboratory research to check the juice’s effect on individual cells, Dr. Przemysław Kowalczewski and his team from the Poznań University of Life Sciences found that the compounds contained in the juice can have a beneficial effect on individual cells.

Sweet salvation: Kraków scientists discover sugar cane pathogen is ‘new weapon’ in war against bacteria

Jagiellonian University said that observations of sugar cane led to the discovery of the powerful plant substance called albicidin, which was found to possess a unique way of attacking bacteria in comparison to other drugs.

Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

Scientists recreate face of 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy dubbed the ‘Mysterious Lady’ with help of forensics

VIDEO: The photographic-quality images from the Warsaw Mummy Project show a woman of North African appearance with a striking gaze.

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Lublin firm creates revolutionary elastic bone replacement

Developed by Medical Inventi, the product called FlexiOss is the world’s first elastic bone replacement composite made hydroxyapatite, a calcium phosphate.

Warsaw researchers win IG Nobel award for ice-cream cancer research

Every year, the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel awards, sometimes called the anti-Nobels, celebrate the most unusual scientific research. Although the awards are supposed to be funny, the research often has serious applications.

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