Scientists from Poland and Taiwan are developing a new way to measure humidity in the lower atmosphere more accurately and investigate whether better atmospheric data can improve forecasts of severe weather.
The University of Gdańsk is joining an international project aimed at tackling energy poverty in Central Europe, with a particular focus on vulnerable communities in border regions.
A natural sea sponge may seem about as far removed from plastic as it is possible to get. Yet researchers have found fibres, particles and film fragments made of several types of plastic embedded in the skeletons of two commercially harvested sponge species.
Storks are taking photographs from the sky - and scientists are asking the public to decide which images are worth a second look.
Tiny changes in pupil size can predict how successfully a person will remember information, in some cases appearing hundreds of milliseconds before the memory is formed or recalled, Polish researchers have found.
Butterfly species considered more beautiful by humans are more likely to attract scientific attention and receive legal protection under European conservation rules, according to an international study involving researchers from the University of Białystok.
Adding milk to an optical imaging system can help recover details obscured by a thin layer of biological tissue, researchers have found, in an experiment that used a slice of mouse brain to test a new way of reducing image noise.
People grieving the loss of a loved one need less ready-made advice and more attentive presence, experts who have studied bereavement say. Even with the support of loved ones, loneliness during grief can be excruciating and long-lasting.
Polish doctors who developed a nationwide system for treating profound hypothermia want to create a national registry to find out which treatments work best and where the system can be improved.