More than eight in 10 people taking part in a recruitment experiment preferred slim candidates over overweight applicants when presented with identical qualifications, according to a Polish study highlighting the hidden impact of weight bias in the workplace.
People's clothes caught fire, shoes exploded, and large pieces of rock flew through the air like projectiles. These were the events on Poland’s Mt. Giewont on August 22, 2019, when an exceptionally powerful lightning strike hit a large group of people attempting to evacuate from the summit area.
A team of scientists from the University of Minnesota, led by Polish researcher Katarzyna (Kate) Adamala, has created a synthetic cell capable of taking in nutrients, growing and dividing using only non-living components. The achievement, reported by Science, marks the most advanced step so far towards building a synthetic equivalent of a living cell from scratch.
Polish scientists have begun analysing drug samples that spent 14 months aboard the International Space Station to determine whether medicines can survive the harsh radiation of future missions to the Moon and Mars.
Scientists have developed a tumour classification system based on epigenetic changes that can distinguish nearly 50 types of cancer with high accuracy, a breakthrough that could eventually allow molecular testing to complement or partially replace conventional histopathology.
Important information about the gut microbiome may be lost before DNA sequencing data are even analysed, potentially affecting future efforts to diagnose disease, monitor antibiotic resistance and develop personalised medicine, according to a study by Polish and Estonian researchers.
Scientists have identified eight species of parasites in human burials from Chełm in eastern Poland dating back around 500 years, with most individuals showing evidence of multiple simultaneous infections, according to a study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
Hospitalisation of children due to influenza is far more likely than COVID-19 to prompt parents to reconsider vaccination decisions, according to a study by Polish researchers, which found a marked difference in how parents respond to the two diseases after their child is admitted to hospital.
An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Jagiellonian University Medical College has developed compounds that could open new therapeutic avenues for treating epilepsy and other neurological disorders linked to excessive glutamate levels in the brain.
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is not associated with an increased frequency of hearing disorders in the Polish population, according to a study by researchers from several Polish medical universities published in the journal Scientific Reports.
More than eight in 10 people taking part in a recruitment experiment preferred slim candidates over overweight applicants when presented with identical qualifications, according to a Polish study highlighting the hidden impact of weight bias in the workplace.
