Cryptobiosis, or latent life, is an extraordinary mechanism because of the resilience it gives to organisms that can enter it. Learning the limits of this resilience is important, for example, in the context of astrobiology and whether any forms of terrestrial life are able to survive beyond our planet, said Dr. Weronika Erdmann from Adam Mickiewicz University.
Due to the lack of detailed regulations, it is not possible to use the potential of New Genomic Techniques (NGT) in the EU to obtain improved varieties of crop plants, says biotechnologist Dr. Marek Marzec. In his opinion, NGT plants do not have the potential to 'escape' from cultivation.
For robots to be able to walk as easily as humans, many challenges must be overcome, including programming, material testing, and power supply.
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.
The governments of Poland and Germany want to renew their joint declaration of intention regarding bilateral and European cooperation in the field of research and development, according to the document 'Polish-German Action Plan'. It is also planned to co-finance projects related to recent history, including Russia's attack on Ukraine.
The mechanisms of proper heart development, including the natural pacemaker mechanism, have been described by scientists thanks to the analysis of laboratory zebrafish embryos.
Scientists from Poland and Canada are working on an innovative hydrogel dressing for hard-to-heal wounds, containing camel and sheep milk.
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.
A comparative study on the clinical usefulness of a Polish non-invasive test for the early diagnosis of endometriosis has been given a positive opinion by the Bioethics Committee of the Poznan University of Medical Sciences, the Medical Research Agency reports.
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.
Cryptobiosis, or latent life, is an extraordinary mechanism because of the resilience it gives to organisms that can enter it. Learning the limits of this resilience is important, for example, in the context of astrobiology and whether any forms of terrestrial life are able to survive beyond our planet, said Dr. Weronika Erdmann from Adam Mickiewicz University.
