Prizes & Awards

24.06.2021. Professor Wiesław W. Jędrzejczak. PAP/Marcin Obara

Students win IG Nobel Prize for research into use-cream and cancer

Medical students from the Medical University of Warsaw have been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for their research into how ice-cream can help cancer patients.

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    Lodz Solar Team wins iLumen European Solar Challenge 2022

    Students from the Lodz University of Technology have won first place at the European electric solar car race iLumen European Solar Challenge in Belgium.

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    Popularizers of Science wanted! New edition of competition launched

    The 18th edition of the Popularizer of Science has been launched. The competition awards people, teams and institutions that explain scientific problems and help others better understand the world. Candidates can be proposed until September 18. The winners will be announced in December.

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    Awards

    Warsaw Uni archaeologist wins Public's Choice award in ERC competition

    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.

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    Awards

    Faculty of Physics UW student with Optica Foundation scholarship

    Klaudia Dilcher, a student at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw, is one of the 20 young researchers named Optica Foundation Optica Women Scholars, the University of Warsaw reports.

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    Polish project in the finals of ERC's Public Engagement with Research Award

    The archaeological research project in Old Dongolia in Sudan is the only Polish project in the finals of the European Research Council's Public Engagement with Research Award. The project is implemented by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw.

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    Toruń researcher among the Rising Talents of Science

    Dr. Karolina Mikulska-Rumińska from the Nicolaus Copernicus University has been awarded in the International Rising Talents programme that highlights the achievements of young women scientists whose research can change the world.

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    Technology

    Award for Polish system to detect symptoms of depression on social media

    An AI method for detecting symptoms of depression on social media has taken first place in an international competition aimed at addressing the issue.

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    Universities

    Warsaw Uni physicists come 4th in 2022 International Physicists' Tournament

    Physicists from the University of Warsaw have taken 4th place in the International Physicists' Tournament IPT 2022.

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    Expert: EISMEA grants - an opportunity for Polish businesses and scientists

    Polish companies in scientific consortia, working, for example, on the use of AI in complex economic, industrial and even agricultural problems, can apply for grants from the European agency EISMEA, says Jerzy Respondek, a Polish expert who evaluates applications.

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Multifractal brain and early stages of multiple sclerosis

Electrical brain signals in patients with multiple sclerosis, a disease mainly associated with the slowing-down of information processing and a lack of motor coordination, show traces of multifractality, scientists from four Polish research institutions have found.