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Polish inventors reach European award finals with levitating rail technology

A team of Polish engineers developing magnetic levitation technology for railway freight transport has reached the finals of the European Inventor Award 2026.

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    Researchers develop 3D-printable ceramic resin for custom bone implants

    Researchers from the Cracow University of Technology (CUT) and the Polish Academy of Sciences have developed biocompatible, photocurable ceramic resins that mimic bone structures, enabling rapid 3D printing of custom endoprostheses and implants.

  • Professor Robert Bogdanowicz at FutureLAB, a laboratory of new materials, sensors and wireless systems at Gdańsk Tech. Credit: Krzysztof Krzempek / Gdańsk University of Technology

    Gdańsk Tech scientists working on material that could ‘revolutionize’ energy storage

    Scientists at Gdańsk University of Technology are exploring a new way to store and release electricity using a material that combines the properties of diamond and graphene.

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

    Two Polish inventions are among the Top 20 global finalists in this year’s James Dyson Award. Both inventions, a smart medical wristband that can save lives and an AI-powered water monitoring system, will compete for the competition’s international grand prize.

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

    Researchers at the Krakow University of Technology have developed eco-friendly, alcohol-free, water-based perfumes featuring allergen-free fragrance compositions.

  • 27.01.2025. Amber Terra - innovative paper created in cooperation between scientists from Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering of the West Pomeranian University of Technology and Arctic Paper, which combines ecology with the needs of the blind. Amber Terra is a paper with increased stiffness and opacity, which is also more environmentally friendly. Researchers used an innovative polymer crosslinker to reduce the amount of wood fibres. (ad) PAP/Marcin Bielecki
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    Szczecin/ Innovative paper developed in cooperation between scientists and industry

    Paper with increased stiffness and opacity, environmentally friendly, and suitable for creating documents written in Braille, has been developed by materials scientists from the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin in cooperation with Arctic Paper Kostrzyn.

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    Doctors develop innovative receptor diagnostics for metastatic breast cancer

    A team of doctors from the National Research Institute of Oncology in Gliwice have conducted non-invasive imaging of the HER2 receptor using a PET radiotracer in a patient with metastatic breast cancer.

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

    The National Institute of Oncology in Kraków is testing the world's only capsule for imaging breast lesions. The device uses artificial intelligence and - as its creators and doctors report - has the potential to contribute to faster, better cancer diagnostics.

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

    Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Dariusz Jemielniak, has been appointed to the Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The Board is appointed by the European Commission.

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    Polish inventor wins European Inventor Award and Popular Choice Award

    Inventor Olga Malinkiewicz is the first Pole in history to win the European Inventor Award - a distinction awarded by the European Patent Office (EPO). At the ceremony in Valletta, Malta, she also received the Popular Choice Award.

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    Polish scientists develop ultra-fast protein analysis tool for large-scale biology research

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  • Ancient dolphin-sized whale found in Poland rewrites early Cetacean evolution

  • Inside the DNA hunt for Poland’s first kings

  • Modern relationships seen as ‘work’ rather than lifelong certainty

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Polish scientists build key instrument for ESA mission to intercept ancient comets

Polish scientists have completed and delivered the first flight-ready instrument for the European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor mission, which aims to study a comet entering the Solar System for the first time and possibly even an object originating from interstellar space.