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How Europeans divide along social and political lines revealed
People’s political and social identities do not divide neatly into two opposing camps but instead form a more complex mosaic, according to a study of more than 5,000 people in five European countries, including Poland.
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Scientists turn thunder into a tool for seeing underground
Sound waves that create thunder during a storm can cause not only window panes to vibrate, but also the ground. A study involving a Polish researcher has shown that the very weak seismic tremors created in this way can be used to image the structure of the subsurface to a depth of 100 metres.
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From hedgehogs to lynx: Polish roads kill animals from 55% of the country’s wildlife species
More than half of Poland’s terrestrial vertebrate species have been recorded among animals killed on the country’s roads, including common hedgehogs, blackbirds and grass snakes as well as rare and endangered species such as the European pond turtle, lynx and Aesculapian snake, according to research published in Scientific Reports.
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Poland among world’s top hydrogen producers, expert says
Poland is one of the world’s top hydrogen producers, while Polish researchers are developing technologies that could use the gas to store renewable energy and produce synthetic fuels, according to Professor Jakub Kupecki, head of the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ).
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Sleep therapy boosts Alzheimer’s patients’ cognition after just one month
A device that stimulates the vagus nerve during sleep has been shown to improve cognitive performance in Alzheimer’s patients after one month of treatment, according to research by scientists from Łódź published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Printable medicine: Warsaw University of Technology sensors help understand the human body
For more than a decade, researchers at the Warsaw University of Technology have been developing inexpensive printed sensors designed to monitor the human body continuously and unobtrusively. What began with a pulse sensor that could be applied to the skin like a temporary tattoo has since expanded into smart insoles, electronic tattoos, wound dressings, brain electrodes and autonomous systems for monitoring water quality.
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Watching people touch can trigger physical reactions in our own bodies, study finds
Even when we merely observe two people touching, our own bodies can respond physically, new research shows. The findings could in the future help researchers develop therapies for people with hypersensitivity or an aversion to touch.
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Ancient marks crack the code of a 2,000-year-old building site
More than 620 mysterious marks carved into the limestone blocks of an ancient Libyan gate have revealed how stonemasons organised their work more than 2,000 years ago.
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Polish scientists supercharge probiotic to fight Salmonella
Polish scientists have modified a probiotic bacterium so that it more effectively protects against Salmonella infection. In experiments on mice, they showed that the modification improved the probiotic’s ability to compete with the pathogen for space in the intestine while also strengthening the immune response.
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