‘We will present the candidacy of Sławosz Uznański for participation in a space mission in Earth orbit,’ Waldemar Buda, the Minister of Development and Technology Waldemar Buda announced on social media.

Professor Jacek Jaworski, co-discoverer of the key role of mTOR in neuronal development, is among the 69 scientists elected members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). This year, he is the only Pole to join a group of more than 2,000 of the best researchers in Europe and around the world.

Nobel laureates Professor Philip James Edwin Peebles and Professor Barry Clark Barish are the winners of the first Copernican Prizes.

Polish programmer Małgorzata Rita Łyczywek has been named one of the 100 most important women in the world of technology, according to the international organisation Women Who Code.

A survey to commemorate the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus found that 45 percent of respondents considered the scientist to be the most important figure for the development of modern science and natural sciences.

Extraction of elements used in modern technologies from the ocean floor can have a negative impact on the environment and threaten marine biodiversity.

Professor Magdalena Król, an experimental cancer research expert from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, has been awarded a Proof of Concept grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The list of 90 ERC grant winners was published earlier this week. Magdalena Król is the only person in this group to carry out the grant project in Poland.

Whether Sławosz Uznański will fly into space depends on building a strategy between Poland and the European Space Agency.

Professors Marcin Nowotny, Bartosz Grzybowski and Adam Łajtar have received the 2022 Foundation for Polish Science Prizes. The 2022 FNP Prize Ceremony was held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.