Engaging in creative activities such as dancing, painting, and even playing certain video games can delay brain ageing, according to an international study. The effect is stronger the more experience an individual has in these activities, the researchers report.
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.
Polish scientists have developed a bone implant that could improve treatment for patients with weak bones, by delivering drugs directly to fracture sites, project leaders say.
A 3D-printed structure that allows nerve cells to travel independently and form new connections, offering a potential advance in the repair of severed arm or leg nerves, has been developed by researchers from Poznań and collaborating centres.
Scientists at the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB) say natural molecules found in the body may help explain a key process behind rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Nanoparticles that continue to glow in infrared light after the light source is turned off could improve drug tracking in the body, physicists from Wrocław report.
Women who spend longer daily commuting to work face a higher risk of miscarriage, suggesting that commute length may be a modifiable environmental factor influencing pregnancy loss, researchers from the University of Warsaw have found.
A new method for functional imaging of the human retina to improve the diagnosis of eye diseases, is being developed by scientists at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
Trauma experienced by a woman in childhood can alter the composition of her breast milk and influence her child’s temperament, according to an international team of scientists from the Jagiellonian University.