• 08.2017. White-tailed eagle over the Szczecin Lagoon. PAP/Afa Pixx/Zenon Żyburtowicz

    Artificial islands become vital breeding grounds for rare Polish birds - but for how long?

    It took just a few years for two artificial islands in the Szczecin Lagoon to become some of Poland’s most important breeding grounds for rare birds. But researchers warn that the success may be short-lived: as one of the islands becomes overgrown, species that depend on open ground are already disappearing.

  • 2026.09.08 Professor Agnieszka Sorokowska. Credit: P. Piotrowski

    Why babies smell so good - and teenagers don’t

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    Pupil size can signal how well your memory works

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    Beautiful butterflies get more scientific attention and legal protection, study finds

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    Polish doctors call for national registry to improve hypothermia care

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    Majority of surveyed Polish women support menstrual leave

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    Polish researchers develop tool to measure digital hygiene

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    Scientists investigate how to predict extreme weather

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    University of Gdańsk joins international project to tackle energy poverty

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    Milk helps scientists see through tissue in an unusual imaging experiment

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Polish researchers develop tool to measure digital hygiene

Polish scientists have developed a 17-question tool to measure how often people engage in behaviours that promote healthy and safe use of technology, going beyond simply tracking how much time they spend online.

  • 08.2017. White-tailed eagle over the Szczecin Lagoon. PAP/Afa Pixx/Zenon Żyburtowicz

    Artificial islands become vital breeding grounds for rare Polish birds - but for how long?

  • 2026.09.08 Professor Agnieszka Sorokowska. Credit: P. Piotrowski

    Why babies smell so good - and teenagers don’t

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    Does ‘time heals all wounds’? What grieving people really need

  • People who struggle with uncertainty choose like-minded friends

  • 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

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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

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    Scientists investigate how to predict extreme weather

  • 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

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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

  • Roman floors discovered in Novae. Credit: Krzysztof Narloch (University of Warsaw)

    Polish archaeologists uncover ‘lavish home of Roman legion commander’

  • 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

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    Majority of surveyed Polish women support menstrual leave

  • Why babies smell so good - and teenagers don’t

  • Pupil size can signal how well your memory works

  • Polish doctors call for national registry to improve hypothermia care

  • Nanoplastics trigger stress in human immune cells within an hour

  • 08.2017. White-tailed eagle over the Szczecin Lagoon. PAP/Afa Pixx/Zenon Żyburtowicz

    Artificial islands become vital breeding grounds for rare Polish birds - but for how long?

  • Artificial islands become vital breeding grounds for rare Polish birds - but for how long?

  • Sea sponges are ‘trapping plastic pollution inside their skeletons’

  • Sea sponges are ‘trapping plastic pollution inside their skeletons’

  • Now, that’s a bird’s eye view! Scientists ask public to rate photos taken by storks

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    Polish researchers develop tool to measure digital hygiene

  • Milk helps scientists see through tissue in an unusual imaging experiment

  • Polish space tech to hunt for the Moon’s richest resources

  • 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

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    University of Gdańsk joins international project to tackle energy poverty

  • 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

  • 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

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    Polish psychotherapist makes history with top European therapy post

  • 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