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ARIEL space telescope, exoplanet hunter, successfully passes Preliminary Design Review

ARIEL, the next-gen mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), has successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review. The launch of the mission, which aims to observe the chemical composition of distant extrasolar planets, is scheduled for 2029. The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences is preparing one of the key instruments of the telescope.

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A team of researchers led by Dr. Magdalena Winiarska from the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine of the Polish Academy of Sciences has shown that ammonia accumulating in solid tumours suppresses the body’s immune response, aiding cancer growth and reducing the effectiveness of immunotherapy.