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.
A Polish psychotherapist has been elected to lead a major European organisation representing cognitive-behavioural therapy professionals, marking the first time the association has been headed by a therapist from Poland.
Polish archaeologists have uncovered what may be the lavish residence of a Roman legion commander at the ancient fortress of Novae in Bulgaria.
We may like to think we choose our friends simply because we have things in common. But people who are less tolerant of uncertainty are more likely to surround themselves with others who share their views, values and experiences, a study by Jagiellonian University and SWPS University has found.
Mice and voles may use the sounds of other animals to work out whether a predator is nearby and even whether a place is safe enough to feed.
Polystyrene nanoplastics can disrupt the metabolism of human immune cells within just one hour of exposure, triggering mitochondrial dysfunction and a cellular stress response, Polish researchers and their international colleagues have found.