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14.04.2016. Professor Tomasz Dietl. PAP/Jakub Kamiński

Polish physicist honoured with prestigious Japanese award

Professor Tomasz Dietl, a leading physicist with the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Tohoku University International Award – Special Award.

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    ERC awards 281 Advanced Grants, 4 winners from Poland

    The European Research Council (ERC) announced the results of the Advanced Grants competition. 281 outstanding scientists from Europe will receive a total of EUR 721 million to carry out ambitious research projects under the Horizon Europe programme. The grants will also be awarded to four winners from Poland.

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    Pole named one of the world’s top 10 best students

    Mikołaj Wolanin, a law student at the University of Warsaw and the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, is among the 10 best students in the world, the Foundation for Student Rights has announced.

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    Henryk Arctowski - pioneer of Polish polar research

    A scientist to the core, a traveller, an explorer, an activist, a dreamer, an idealist - this is how Henryk Arctowski is described by Dagmara Bożek and Katarzyna Dąbkowska in "Henryk Arctowski. In a World of Thoughts", the first full biography of this pioneer of Polish polar research.

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    Polish space law expert receives Rosalind Franklin Society Award

    The director of the Centre for Space Studies at Poland’s Kozminski University has received the Rosalind Franklin Society 2023 Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of space law, the university reports.

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    Young Polish physicists win medal at international tournament

    Young Polish physicists took third place at the International Young Physicists' Tournament in Budapest.

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    VP of the Polish Academy of Sciences appointed Member of the Council of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

    Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Dariusz Jemielniak, has been appointed to the Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The Board is appointed by the European Commission.

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    Polish inventor wins European Inventor Award and Popular Choice Award

    Inventor Olga Malinkiewicz is the first Pole in history to win the European Inventor Award - a distinction awarded by the European Patent Office (EPO). At the ceremony in Valletta, Malta, she also received the Popular Choice Award.

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    Wrocław professor is the highest-ranked Polish scientist in the field of medicine

    Cardiologist Professor Piotr Ponikowski, rector of the Wroclaw Medical University, advanced over 300 positions to be named the best Polish scientist in the field of medicine in the 2024 Research.com ranking.

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    Polish computer scientist announced as Chief Scientist at OpenAI

    Jakub Pachocki will take up the position of chief scientist at OpenAI, a company specializing in artificial intelligence. The Polish computer scientist was responsible for creating the GPT-4 model, among other things.

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