Scientists from Poland and Ukraine have developed a new type of detector capable of simultaneously identifying different kinds of radiation, a breakthrough that could improve medical treatments and radiation protection systems.
Artificial light at night disrupts the biological rhythms of migratory birds, extending adult activity and delaying chick development, according to new research by an international team of scientists.
A mineral no larger than 0.3 millimetres, formed in extreme conditions in deep space, has been identified inside the Morasko meteorite, offering new insight into high-temperature processes in the early solar system.
Violent video games do not cause clearly negative changes in adolescents’ cognitive or emotional functioning, although they may temporarily affect certain mental processes, according to new research by psychologist Ewa Międzobrodzka.
Vegetable scraps, fruit peels, coffee grounds and old bread discarded in household bio-waste bins could be turned into valuable chemicals used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and bioplastics, according to new research by scientists from Poland and the Netherlands.
Involuntary memories and related mental phenomena such as déjà vu emerge most often during routine, low-focus activities and appear to be a constant layer of background activity in the human mind, according to a study led by researchers at the Jagiellonian University.
Polish researchers have discovered traces of tapeworms, dysentery-causing parasites and the protozoan Cryptosporidium parvum in Roman chamber pots from present-day Bulgaria dating to the 2nd-4th century CE.
Scientists have developed a method to control the formation of blood vessel networks using magnetic fields, enabling the creation of vascularised human tissue models for drug testing and potentially reducing reliance on animal experiments.
An international team of scientists has published the most comprehensive four-dimensional map of DNA organisation in the human cell nucleus, showing how its spatial arrangement over time influences gene function and can help predict the effects of mutations.
In the first centuries of the Common Era, far from the Baltic coast where amber naturally occurs, communities in Masovia were producing large quantities of amber jewellery—leaving behind traces of a craft that has only gradually come to light.
