Until now, the consensus was that any effective cellular response to dsRNA would inevitably lead to inflammation. However, research conducted by a team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Warsaw, has shown that that the matter is much more complicated. Cells can respond to threats without triggering an inflammatory reaction.
Scientists from the Gdańsk Academy of Physical Education and Sport want to check how isolation and microgravity affect the stress level of astronauts. The first part of the experiment as part of the IGNIS mission has already begun. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski took part in it.
The turtle that lived around 215 million years ago in what is now Thailand did not belong to a previously known genus.. It is a proof of a greater diversity of early representatives of this group than previously assumed, demonstrate palaeontologists, including researchers from the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The reptile had relatives in Poland.
The Polish astronaut on the International Space Station will test a Polish noise measurement system in one of the experiments. The space station is not quiet at all, and the noise level can be harmful to astronauts.
Scientists from the Lublin University of Technology, the Medical University of Lublin, the Catholic University of Lublin and the University of Rochester (USA) conduct research into using AI to diagnose schizophrenia based on retinal scanning.
Students from Warsaw universities are working on a therapy for patients with liver cancer. They want to design an mRNA molecule that will induce the production of a protein that kills hepatocellular carcinoma cells. They will present the HepaSwitch technology in October at the international iGEM competition.
A devil's rock - a boulder that a giant carried across the frozen Baltic Sea, a stone left during the Swedish Deluge... Ethnologist Robert Piotrowski, PhD, analyses the stories of erratic boulders from northern Poland - both the scientific ones and those immortalized in legends.
Scientists from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin have developed a new method for recovering rare earth elements from nickel-metal hydride batteries. These elements, used in the production of electric cars and laptops, among other things, are crucial for the development of modern industry.
NASA officially confirmed that the IGNIS mission, the first Polish technological and scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS), would launch in the spring of 2025 - the Ministry of Development and Technology announced last week. The launch will take place no earlier than May.
Wolf culling does more harm than good; all scientific studies confirm this, says Sabina Pierużek-Nowak, PhD, a professor at the University of Warsaw. For example, when a parental pair is killed, the young individuals, left without care, start hunting farm animals.
Mussels are extraordinary organisms that have dominated aquatic ecosystems for millions of years - from the depths of the oceans to the sources of streams. They are long-lived, with some species living for hundreds of years. Despite this, their numbers have been decreasing drastically in recent decades. New research by Polish scientists - Tadeusz Zając, PhD, and Katarzyna Zając, PhD, professors at the Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences - sheds light on the causes of this phenomenon.
