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How Europeans divide along social and political lines revealed
People’s political and social identities do not divide neatly into two opposing camps but instead form a more complex mosaic, according to a study of more than 5,000 people in five European countries, including Poland.
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Plant-based diets could strengthen One Health approach, Polish scientists say
Reducing consumption of animal products could lower the risk of chronic diseases and some infections while reducing environmental pressure and the use of antibiotics in farming, according to Polish scientists who argue that diet should play a greater role in the international One Health approach.
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Scientists turn thunder into a tool for seeing underground
Sound waves that create thunder during a storm can cause not only window panes to vibrate, but also the ground. A study involving a Polish researcher has shown that the very weak seismic tremors created in this way can be used to image the structure of the subsurface to a depth of 100 metres.
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Could life exist in the sulphuric acid clouds of Venus?
New experiments suggest that some of the building blocks of life can survive – and even form complex structures – in concentrated sulphuric acid, raising new possibilities for organic chemistry in the clouds of Venus and on other planets.
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Kraków scientists find new way to identify the best eggs for IVF
The distribution of lipid droplets inside an egg cell could reveal its chances of developing successfully, according to researchers from Kraków who have developed a non-invasive way to examine living human egg cells in three dimensions.
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Light pollution reshuffles predators and prey beneath the water
Even moderate artificial light that reaches the surface of a lake at night can change the distribution of predators and prey and disrupt the natural migrations of zooplankton. Limiting the light that reaches water bodies can help preserve natural relationships between aquatic organisms.
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Single photon reveals the secrets of a single molecule
Scientists have reconstructed the infrared spectrum of a single molecular ion by detecting the effect of a single absorbed photon on a neighbouring calcium ion.
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‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’…but fewer clouds mean more UV exposure across Europe
The English poet William Wordsworth may have wandered “lonely as a cloud”, but fewer clouds over Europe are bringing more UV radiation to the ground, a study involving Polish researchers has found.
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Nobel Laureate Professor Victor Ambros awarded Polish citizenship
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Victor Ambros, whose father was born in pre-war Poland, has become a Polish citizen.
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