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Polish physicist awarded ERC Grant to develop non-invasive ‘Quantum Biopsy’ for cancer detection

Professor Paweł Moskal from the Jagiellonian University has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for a groundbreaking project that aims to transform cancer diagnostics. His team is exploring whether quantum measurements from a PET scan could non-invasively determine tissue oxygenation levels—a key indicator of tumour malignancy—offering a potential alternative to traditional biopsies.

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    Ammonia fuels tumor growth by disabling immune cells, Polish study finds

    A team of researchers led by Dr. Magdalena Winiarska from the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine of the Polish Academy of Sciences has shown that ammonia accumulating in solid tumours suppresses the body’s immune response, aiding cancer growth and reducing the effectiveness of immunotherapy.

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    Polish scientists develop AI-based system for smarter data storage management

    Researchers from the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Infoklinika SA, have developed an artificial intelligence-based system for managing memory farms—large-scale data storage infrastructures—tailored to user-defined priorities, such as speed or energy efficiency.

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    Palaeontologists describe Poland's first 'cousin' of parrotfish from age of dinosaurs

    Palaeontologists from the University of Warsaw and the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute have described the first known Jurassic-era representative of the pycnodont fish group from Poland — a distant evolutionary relative of today’s parrotfish. The fossil dates back approximately 148 million years to the age of dinosaurs.

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    Polish scholar awarded prestigious grant to study LGBTIQ+ families

    Dr. Joanna Mizielińska, professor at Civitas University and a leading expert in gender and queer studies, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for a pioneering project on queer families in Central and Eastern Europe.

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    Women held a dominant social role in the Neolithic community of Çatalhöyük, according to new research published in Science.

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    Scientists present first images of space captured by world's largest astronomical camera

    The first images from the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile were presented last week during a global premiere event held simultaneously in over 300 institutions worldwide, including the Copernicus Science Centre Planetarium in Warsaw. The unveiling, part of the international “Rubin First Look,” marked what researchers are calling the beginning of a new era in astronomy.

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    Scientists from Łukasiewicz develop natural polymer hydrogels capable of self-repair

    Scientists from the Łukasiewicz – Industrial Chemistry Institute in Warsaw have developed a new class of hydrogels made from natural polymers, including starch, that can self-repair structural damage within hours.

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    Polish-German team use 1000-kilometre quantum detector to search for dark matter

    A team of physicists from Poland and Germany has pushed the boundaries of experimental physics by using a thousand-kilometre quantum interferometer to search for dark matter.

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    Wrocław Medical University takes 13th place in world ranking, ahead of Oxford and Yale

    Wrocław Medical University has come 13th in the field of heart and circulatory system diseases in the latest U.S. News Best Global Universities 2025–2026 ranking.

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