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‘Let’s be connoisseurs of social media, not consumers’, says expert
We live in times of multiple identities, taking advantage of the opportunity to beautify and mask ourselves. As a result, social media is becoming a dynamic polyphony, a masquerade ball, a huge cyber version of Hyde Park, says Dr. Paweł Fortuna from the Perception & Cognition Lab at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
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Touch screens without problematic indium
New transparent and conductive materials for use in touch screens, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the currently used indium tin oxide, are being developed by scientists from Łukasiewicz - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw.
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Krakow University of Technology engineer designs body of new Bugatti car
Marek Pawłowicz, an industrial design engineer working at the Krakow University of Technology, is part of a team that designed the body of a new Bugatti car called 'Tourbillon' - the first plug-in hybrid in the history of the brand.
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Military University of Technology leads the way in Poland’s research for European defence sector
Polish scientific institutions are implementing research and development projects in the field of defence, selected in the European Defence Fund (EDF) competition. The European Commission will finance projects with a total value of over one billion euros.
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f-ORG technique to detect smallest changes in human photoreceptors
Scientists from the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER) are developing a technique called flicker optoretinography (f-ORG), which may be applied in diagnosing certain visual disorders. It is the optical equivalent of flicker electroretinography (f-ERG), a valuable tool that has been used for decades to study the physiological functions of the retina.
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Galvanization like printing - coatings for solar cells and more
A new method of coating materials with thin layers in a way that resembles printing has been developed at the Jagiellonian University. It requires a minimal amount of chemical materials and can accelerate the development of 3rd generation organic solar cells.
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Polish company creates software for ESA space missions
BitByBit has significantly contributed to the creation of a new European system that provides a unified ground infrastructure for multiple European space missions. The company will participate in the further development and operation of the system.
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Poznań scientists want to replace ordinary plastics with material made from coffee grounds
Give coffee grounds a new life and create materials that could replace or reduce the consumption of plastics made from crude oil - this is the goal of a project by scientists from the Centre of Advanced Technology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
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Biolubricants can reduce carbon footprint
Biocarbon lubricants in which non-renewable raw fossil materials will be replaced with waste.
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