-
Polish scientists join ESA mission to build quantum space sensor
Polish scientists have joined a European Space Agency (ESA) project to develop a quantum sensor capable of measuring Earth's magnetic field from orbit with unprecedented precision.
-
Polish scientists reveal where the first tree could grow on Mars
Scientists in Poland have identified where the first tree could grow on Mars - and it is not where many researchers expected.
-
Space science offers new hope against drug-resistant cancer
Scientists in Poland have shown that simulated space conditions can make drug-resistant cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy, a discovery that could help researchers develop more effective cancer treatments.
-
European Space Agency picks Warsaw for landmark new centre
The European Space Agency has selected Warsaw to host its newest centre, making the Polish capital the first city outside the agency's founding member states to house one of its flagship facilities.
-
Harnessing the power of the Sun: Polish physicists help unravel the fusion challenge
Most of the energy that reaches Earth comes from nuclear fusion in the Sun. Can a similar process be controlled on Earth? The results of the MAST Upgrade programme, involving Polish physicists from Warsaw and Opole, demonstrate just how challenging that task remains.
-
Polish scientists test space-exposed drug samples after 14 months on ISS
Polish scientists have begun analysing drug samples that spent 14 months aboard the International Space Station to determine whether medicines can survive the harsh radiation of future missions to the Moon and Mars.
-
Polish scientists join world's biggest sky survey as Rubin Observatory begins 10-year mission
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun a decade-long survey of the southern sky expected to transform astronomy, with Polish scientists playing a key role in analysing what will become the most comprehensive cinematic record of the Universe ever created.
-
Tardigrade genes ‘shield yeast from stress’ in outer space, preliminary results suggest
Genetically modified baker's yeast carrying a gene from tardigrades has performed well aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with preliminary results suggesting the added gene helps protect the organisms under the stressful conditions of low Earth orbit.
-
Space radiation is 'no joke.' Astronauts may use water and clothes as emergency shielding
Long-duration space missions face many hazards, but one of the least visible is cosmic radiation. Aleksandra Rutczyńska, an electronics engineer at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), develops radiation sensors flown on NASA's Artemis missions to the Moon.
Most Popular
-
Connected but divided: How social media may fuel polarization.
-
Poland to build first spacecraft for satellite servicing missions
-
Researchers investigate how brains of blind people develop
-
Polish scientists develop early warning system for heart failure
-
Scientists turn carbon dioxide into a safer chemical tool
