Dr. Artur Obłuski from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw was the Public's Choice in the European Research Council's Public Engagement with Research Award competition. The competition winners were announced last week.

A Polish scientific communication expert has become the first person from the CEE to join the European Space Agency (ESA) advisory group.

Three Polish scientists have been elected members of the Academia Europaea, the largest scientific organization in Europe. The new members are professors Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska, Piotr Tryjanowski and Rafał Weron.

Michał Bogdziewicz from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań received the 2021 New Phytologist Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science, one of the most important awards for biologists specialising in plants, the National Science Centre reports. He is the first Polish researcher awarded this distinction.

Nearly 80 candidates entered this year's 17th edition of the Popularizer of Science competition. In the first stage, the Competition Jury selected 23 finalists. In the second stage, the jury selected competition winners in five categories as well as the Grand Prize winner, and awarded two special mentions. The editors of PAP - Science in Poland also granted the special Tomasz Trzciński Award.

Six scientists from Polish institutions have been added to the prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers 2021 (HCR).

Dr. Paweł L. Polkowski, Dr. Sebastian Glatt and Professor Jonatan Gutman are the winners of 2021 NCN Award for young researchers, awarded for significant achievements for research carried out in Poland.

Dr. Karolina Pierzynowska from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk is among four finalists competing for the international Future Science Future Star Award.

Persistent feeling of being a terrible parent, a sense of alienation, 'stigma' - this is how parents of children with autism spectrum disorders often think of themselves. Anna Pyszkowska, a psychologist from the University of Silesia, adds that stereotypes strongly affect such self-stigma.