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300-million-year-old amphibian with scaled tail - new clue in evolution
A diadectid was an amphibian that lived 300 million years ago in the area of today's Sudetes. Scientists have found a trace of its tail, on which they noticed rows of scales - like those of reptiles. The discovery suggests that the scales that helped animals enter and conquer the land evolved earlier than previously thought.
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Polish scientists create fluid that can replace blood
This fluid can replace blood, it can supply oxygen to tissues and remove carbon dioxide from them. We are dealing with a breakthrough when it comes to the future of medicine, says Professor Wojciech Lisik from the Department of General and Transplantation Surgery of the University Clinical Centre of the Medical University of Warsaw.
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Music therapy supports parents of premature babies, says study
Music therapy improves well-being, helps to calm nerves and gives the opportunity to express various emotions, including difficult ones, shows research conducted among parents of premature babies who were in neonatology and neonatal intensive care units.
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Remote and hybrid work may worsen sleep patterns, study shows
Remote and hybrid work are more often associated with sleep and circadian rhythm disorders than in-office work, Polish scientists have shown. Performing professional duties from home also increases the risk of musculoskeletal ailments and headaches.
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Maps can be deceiving and have serious consequences, says mathematician
Just as statistics or graphs can distort reality, so can the maps we use every day. However, if you learn the mathematics hidden behind maps, you will not be so easily led astray, says mathematician Dr. Paulina Rowińska.
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Mazowieckie/ Oldest form of boat - dugout - discovered near Modlin Fortress
The oldest form of boat was found by searchers near the Modlin Fortress Granary, archaeologist Robert Wyrostkiewicz told PAP. The relic was in the water where the Narew flows into the Vistula.
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Henryk Arctowski - pioneer of Polish polar research
A scientist to the core, a traveller, an explorer, an activist, a dreamer, an idealist - this is how Henryk Arctowski is described by Dagmara Bożek and Katarzyna Dąbkowska in "Henryk Arctowski. In a World of Thoughts", the first full biography of this pioneer of Polish polar research.
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Polish company to build telescopes for European satellite
Polish company Scanway is to build two telescopes for a demonstration satellite as part of its vision of having Europe's first constellation of satellites that will provide multispectral data of the Earth in very high resolution (VHR).
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Polish space law expert receives Rosalind Franklin Society Award
The director of the Centre for Space Studies at Poland’s Kozminski University has received the Rosalind Franklin Society 2023 Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of space law, the university reports.
