Matter & Energy

The glowing vial contains an aqueous dispersion of CdTe quantum dots modified with mercaptopropionic acid (CdTe/MPA), to which cisplatin can be attached via electrostatic interaction. Credit: Promotion Department of the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Agnieszka Sikora

Polish scientists develop quantum dot system to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to tumours

Scientists from the Warsaw University of Technology are developing a system designed to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to tumours using nanometric carriers, which could reduce damage to healthy cells and improve treatment effectiveness.

  • Low-resolution image: Different types of radio galaxies powered by the energy of supermassive black holes. Copyright: Maya Horton and the LOFAR surveys collaboration
    Space

    Scientists create largest and most detailed radio map of the Universe

    An international team of scientists has produced the largest and most detailed radio map of the Universe to date, revealing 13.7 million active galaxies and pinpointing the locations of supermassive black holes.

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    Poland emerges as key player in CERN’s ALICE experiment after Russia’s exit, says Polish physicist

    Poland’s role in the ALICE experiment at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has grown significantly following the end of cooperation with Russia, according to Krystian Rosłon of the Warsaw University of Technology.

  • Magdalena Laskowska from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków examines a glass plate coated with a layer of B-STING material. (Source: Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS)
    Technology

    Polish scientists develop nanocomposite that produces biocides on demand

    Polish scientists have developed a silica-based nanocomposite known as B-STING, that can automatically generate biocidal substances in response to microorganisms, effectively targeting bacteria, fungi, and viruses while remaining safe for human cells.

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    Methane and CO2 can be converted into valuable chemicals using iron-based catalyst, say scientists

    Under the right conditions, the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) can be used as raw materials to produce industrially valuable chemicals, according to a study by researchers from Poland, Czechia, and France published in Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy.

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    Technology

    XMaS beamline helps develop methane recovery technology

    XMaS may sound like Christmas, but for physicists it is the name of a powerful X-ray beamline, and one that has now revealed, almost live, how copper atoms wander inside a catalyst critical for turning methane into methanol.

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    Scientists develop photocatalyst to produce hydrogen from water without chemicals

    A team of scientists, including researchers from Jagiellonian University, has proposed a photocatalyst that produces hydrogen directly from water without chemical additives and can also operate with seawater. The breakthrough relies on single nickel atoms dispersed on a modified carbon-nitrogen material and a reaction pathway in which hydrogen peroxide appears only briefly as an intermediate.

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    Physicists catch elusive four-quark particles at the Large Hadron Collider

    Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva have obtained the strongest evidence to date for the existence of exotic particles composed of four charm quarks, confirming a prediction that for years existed only in theoretical calculations.

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    Technology

    Scientists develop ultra-sensitive ‘atom radio’ to listen to faint microwave signals

    Where ordinary radios falter, a new “atom radio” listens. Developed at the University of Warsaw, the device uses rubidium atoms as ultra-sensitive antennas.

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    Scientists find ‘twisted metallic magnet’ could transform spintronics and electronics

    A metallic “twisted” magnet conducts electricity more easily in certain directions and generates a strong signal without an external field, an international team including Kamil Kolincio, PhD, from the Gdańsk University of Technology has found.

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    Archaeologists discover traces of forgotten medieval town

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