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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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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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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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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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Łódź wind turbine awarded in the Netherlands
A modular turbine with slanted blades designed by Łódź students has won second place in the International Small Wind Turbine Contest for producing a record amount of electricity.
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Łódź students win international Best Gameplay award
Students from Łódź have won Best Gameplay award at the international Game Across Conference in Brno (Czechia).
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Holocaust historians win Polish-German Copernicus Award 2022
Professor Krystyna Radziszewska from the University of Lodz and Professor Sascha Feuchert from the University of Gießen won the Polish-German Copernicus Award 2022 for their collaboration in the field of Holocaust studies, the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announced.
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Michał Bogdziewicz awarded the Tansley Medal
Michał Bogdziewicz from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań received the 2021 New Phytologist Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science, one of the most important awards for biologists specialising in plants, the National Science Centre reports. He is the first Polish researcher awarded this distinction.
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Winners of Popularizer of Science, 17th edition announced
Nearly 80 candidates entered this year's 17th edition of the Popularizer of Science competition. In the first stage, the Competition Jury selected 23 finalists. In the second stage, the jury selected competition winners in five categories as well as the Grand Prize winner, and awarded two special mentions. The editors of PAP - Science in Poland also granted the special Tomasz Trzciński Award.
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