Meter-long, cylindrical, with a protruding antenna, underwater oceanographic Argo robots collect data about the Baltic Sea. They have been accidentally caught, causing concern because their shape resembles a torpedo. That is why the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences places clear markings on them, says oceanographer Daniel Rak, PhD.
Despite the presence of several thousand free-grazing cows and several hundred horses in the Warta River Mouth area, wolves prey there primarily on wild mammal species, scientists from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw have shown. According to the researchers, this due to the way the livestock is grazed and the fact that cows are not dehorned.
The launch of the Ax-4 mission with the Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on May 29, Axiom Space announced last week. The astronauts will conduct research related to topics such as the impact of microgravity on the human body, Earth observation and fuels of the future.
Moonlight is the new navigation system being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). It will enable precise positioning on the surface of the Moon and in its vicinity. Scientists from the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences participate in the project.
Some birds adapt their sounds to the environment, others only sing in noise, Michał Budka, PhD, an eco-acoustician from the Adam Mickiewicz University says in an interview with PAP. He adds that birds compete for singing space just like they do for food or territory.
Scientists from the Warsaw University of Technology in collaboration with specialists from Norway and Germany have developed an AI tool that significantly improves the analysis of optical interferograms and holograms.
A device for controlling a computer with brain activity will be tested on the International Space Station. Scientists will check how microgravity affects blood flow in the brains of astronauts and human-machine communication.
How do astronauts' soft tissues adapt to space conditions and changes resulting from the process of preparing for the mission? Polish researchers will investigate this as part of an experiment during the IGNIS mission. Diagnostics are carried out with the use of AI.
On the Lubatówka River in Poland (Podkarpacie, near Krosno), hydrobiologists have observed with concern wild thickets of Bisset bamboo, considered an alien invasive species in many parts of the world. Ecologists are also concerned about the appearance of giant miscanthus in the natural environment. A piranha has been caught in the San.
Since we are cutting down primary and secondary forests and spreading tons of pesticides over vast agricultural areas, perhaps in the future, cities will become extremely important oases of biodiversity, Professor anthropocene biologist Marta Szulkin from the University of Warsaw says in an interview with PAP.
Despite the presence of several thousand free-grazing cows and several hundred horses in the Warta River Mouth area, wolves prey there primarily on wild mammal species, scientists from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw have shown. According to the researchers, this due to the way the livestock is grazed and the fact that cows are not dehorned.
