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Polish student teams win awards at FAR-OUT rocketry competition in California

Student teams from Poland have won a slew of awards at an international rocket engineering competition in the United States, with a team from Wrocław University of Science and Technology among the event's top performers.

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    Cracow University of Technology student joins team working on new treatment methods

    A Cracow University of Technology student will work together with scientists from Canada, the US and Austria on new methods of preventing bone demineralisation in astronauts, who are more susceptible to fractures and osteoporosis due to prolonged exposure to microgravity.

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    Last tests of new Warsaw students' rocket Twardowsky 2 this summer

    The Twardowsky 2 rocket, over 4 m long, is the largest such build in the history of the Warsaw University of Technology Student Astronautical Club. Students are currently finishing the production of the last components and testing and integrating all parts of the rocket. Final tests are planned for the summer.

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    HepaSwitch: Student idea to fight liver cancer

    Students from Warsaw universities are working on a therapy for patients with liver cancer. They want to design an mRNA molecule that will induce the production of a protein that kills hepatocellular carcinoma cells. They will present the HepaSwitch technology in October at the international iGEM competition.

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    AGH UST students win robotic competition in Australia

    AGH Space Systems team from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków won the international robotics competition Australian Rover Challenge 2025 (ARCh), the university reports. Students from all over the world took part in a simulated lunar mission, using rovers that they had designed and built themselves.

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    Study: Depression and stress related to war in Ukraine also strongly affected Polish students

    Polish students reported high levels of depression and stress after Russia's aggression against Ukraine, higher than Ukrainian students, an international study has shown. The result is consistent with other analyses indicating that students from conflict-free countries often experience greater stress than those from war zones.

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    Warsaw University of Technology students are building racing car with completely new design

    The WUT Racing team of the Warsaw University of Technology, which is building racing cars, has stood on the Formula Student podium in 2024 twice. The Warsaw University of Technology students are already preparing for the next season.

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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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    Wrocław University of Science and Technology takes top places in international space probe competition

    Students from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology have won first and third places in an international space probe competition. Thirty-three teams from all over the world competed.

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    Kraków students win Mars rover competition in USA

    Kraków’s AGH Space Systems team won the international Mars rover competition - University Rover Challenge in the United States. The second Polish team - students of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology - took 13th place.

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