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Poznań to explode into light as it celebrates life of explorer extraordinaire Paweł Edmund Strzelecki

Sometimes ranked alongside Chopin and Maria Skłodowska-Curie as one of the greatest Poles of all time, this evening will see Plac Kolegiacki transformed courtesy of a 3D mapping audio-visual event titled “What did Paweł Edmund Strzelecki see?” The answer, quite simply, is a lot. CC BY-SA 3.0

Sometimes ranked alongside Chopin and Maria Skłodowska-Curie as one of the greatest Poles of all time, this evening will see Plac Kolegiacki transformed courtesy of a 3D mapping audio-visual event titled “What did Paweł Edmund Strzelecki see?” The answer, quite simply, is a lot.

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.

Polish scientist jailed for spying in Iran is ‘safe and sound’ after being released, say officials

Poland’s foreign ministry spokesman Łukasz Jasina said the scientist “is safe and sound with his family” after he was seized along with others while taking soil samples in a restricted area where rocket tests were being held.

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.

Scientists find measurements of Tatra summits are WRONG and say atlases and textbooks need to be rewritten

To accurately gauge the elevations of summits in the High and Western Tatras, the Wrocław researchers travelled over 231 km of trails, climbing an elevation difference (up and down) equal to 39,963 m, which is more than four times the height of Mount Everest.

Polish professor held in Iran for spying since LAST YEAR after ‘caught taking soil samples’ at missile test site

Microbiologist Maciej Walczak (R) from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń was seized along with several others including a British diplomat while taking soil samples in what authorities describe as a restricted area where rocket tests were being held.

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.

Łódź scientists create revolutionary ‘heavy-duty’ biodegradable materials from modified starch

Although the use of starch in recycled materials is not new, previous attempts to apply it created materials that were weak and susceptible to tears. The new development from the Łódź University of Technology has overcome the problem for the first time in history. 

Life of ‘hero biologist’ Rudolf Weigl who invented typhus vaccine and saved Jews during WWII to be retold in timely new film

Entitled To Conquer Typhus, the film’s producer Bogdan Miszczak said: “When I started looking for information on Dr Weigl, I came to the conclusion that we could not have thought of a better hero.”

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