• Machu Picchu. EPA/Paula Bayarte 04.06.2023

    Archaeologists uncover 2.5km of hidden roads near Machu Picchu

    More than 2.5 kilometres of previously unknown Inca roads, along with terraces, platforms and circular structures, have been uncovered beneath dense tropical forest near Machu Picchu by a Polish-Peruvian team of archaeologists.

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    Polish engineers building the brains of Europe’s new defence satellite system

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    Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds

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    Polish-Swiss team develops personalised nutrition system for premature babies

  • 01.07.2026. Storm clouds over the fields. PAP/Michał Zieliński

    Scientists turn thunder into a tool for seeing underground

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    ‘Masters of our own fate’: ICEYE chief urges Europe to build shared satellites to boost security

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    Not all noise is equal: What makes some city sounds unbearable

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    Scientists find microscope beams can change chemical reactions

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    Can a joke help beat depression? Scientists urge caution

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    Hot idea: Scientists find new way to turn waste heat into more hydrogen

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Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds

A Polish astronomer is helping the newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope hunt for thousands of new worlds, including around 1,500 exoplanets that could shed light on how common Earth-like planets are.

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    Polish scientists turn waste plastic into a heat-conducting material

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    Polish-Swiss team develops personalised nutrition system for premature babies

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    Words that confuse our emotions hold our attention, Polish study finds

  • Psychologists investigate how we 'become' parents - and what protects us against burnout

  • How Europeans divide along social and political lines revealed

  • Brain processes sign language much like spoken language, Polish-American study finds

  • Confronting facts rarely changes our minds – algorithms and the human brain may be to blame

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    Scientists find microscope beams can change chemical reactions

  • Polish scientists turn waste plastic into a heat-conducting material

  • Black holes help calibrate gravitational wave detector

  • Could life exist in the sulphuric acid clouds of Venus?

  • Single photon reveals the secrets of a single molecule

  • 01.07.2026. Storm clouds over the fields. PAP/Michał Zieliński

    Scientists turn thunder into a tool for seeing underground

  • ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’…but fewer clouds mean more UV exposure across Europe

  • The 18 volcano myths that could put lives at risk

  • Rivers did the digging: New study rewrites how the Tatras took shape

  • Poland has warmed by more than 2°C since mid-20th century, institute data shows

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    ‘Masters of our own fate’: ICEYE chief urges Europe to build shared satellites to boost security

  • Alien comet reveals secrets of distant star system

  • Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds

  • Cosmic pile-up drives strongest geomagnetic storm in two decades

  • Black hole may spin rapidly, slowly or not at all, study finds

  • Machu Picchu. EPA/Paula Bayarte 04.06.2023

    Archaeologists uncover 2.5km of hidden roads near Machu Picchu

  • Polish researchers uncover clues to lost Roman temple in Cyprus

  • Ancient marks crack the code of a 2,000-year-old building site

  • Ancient metal waste reveals 2,000-year-old trade route across the Andes

  • ‘Vampire’ grave mystery deepens as 17th-century woman ‘may have been an outsider’

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    Not all noise is equal: What makes some city sounds unbearable

  • Can a joke help beat depression? Scientists urge caution

  • Video games may help older adults fight off frailty

  • Polish-Swiss team develops personalised nutrition system for premature babies

  • Plant-based diets could strengthen One Health approach, Polish scientists say

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    Polish scientists find unlikely allies for plants growing in toxic soil

  • Polish scientists find unlikely allies for plants growing in toxic soil

  • Poland urged to build ‘sponge cities’ to tackle heat and floods

  • Poland urged to build ‘sponge cities’ to tackle heat and floods

  • City coots are losing their fear of people

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    Hot idea: Scientists find new way to turn waste heat into more hydrogen

  • Polish engineers building the brains of Europe’s new defence satellite system

  • Battery waste could help concrete store more heat

  • Poland among world’s top hydrogen producers, expert says

  • We are not able to reliably identify texts generated by AI, says linguist

  • Kraków, 24.07.2026. Krakow Solar Boat Challenge 2026 on the Bagry Reservoir in Krakow. Credit: PAP/Art Service

    Kraków students power to victory in inaugural solar boat challenge

  • European scientists warn of growing pressure on academic freedom

  • Universities told they must lead fight against scientific ‘paper mills’

  • Reputable journals remain key to trust in science despite rise of AI, says expert

  • Poland looking to host European Space Agency centre

  • Warsaw, 01.10.2025. Fruit and vegetable stand; illustrative photo. PAP/Leszek Szymański

    Polish scientists turn cold plasma into weapon against crop diseases

  • Polish invention for testing concrete shrinkage wins US approval

  • Krakow researchers develop alcohol-free, eco-friendly water-based perfumes

  • Szczecin/ Innovative paper developed in cooperation between scientists and industry

  • World's only capsule for imaging breast lesions tested in Kraków

  • Krystian Barzykowski, PhD, a professor at the Jagiellonian University (L), photo by Agnieszka Fiejka, and Professor Chris Moulin (R), photo from private archive.

    Polish and French scientists win award for groundbreaking ‘déjà vu’ research

  • Polish mathematician receives 2026 Balakrishnan Award for Excellence in Scientific Research

  • Polish students in James Dyson Award final with life-saving wristband and AI water monitor inventions

  • Polish scientists wins Ig Nobel Prize for study on intelligence and narcissism

  • Polish physicist honoured with prestigious Japanese award

  • 13.03.2026 Molecular biologist Professor Victor Ambros. PAP/Albert Zawada

    Nobel Laureate Professor Victor Ambros awarded Polish citizenship

  • Poland's Professor Piotr Sankowski joins UN global panel on AI

  • Henryk Arctowski - pioneer of Polish polar research

  • VP of the Polish Academy of Sciences appointed Member of the Council of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

  • Wrocław professor is the highest-ranked Polish scientist in the field of medicine