Polish researchers have developed Vclust, a computer program that allows to compare millions of virus sequences in a matter of hours, and organize them according to the degree of similarity. Analysing huge genetic data sets with traditional methods would take years.
Although technologies such as Alert RCB are already effective tools for warning the population, the mobile networks they rely on can themselves be destroyed in the event of a disaster. During the EU Space Days in Gdańsk, experts presented a new, resistant and fast satellite technology based on the Galileo system.
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.
Scientists from Poland and Spain have developed a method of simultaneously creating many plans to irradiate the patient, from which the oncologist will choose the best one for a specific patient. The solution is expected to speed up the treatment process and help specialists.
A telescope designed and built in Poland will fly to the orbit of the moon next year, says Oskar Zdunek from Scanway. The company is working on this instrument.
Scientists from the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences have converted Chinese cabbage leaves into a material suitable for use in sensors - not only in food-related applications, but also in medical and environmental contexts, the Gdańsk university reports.
Researchers the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków in cooperation with industrial partners have developed a prototype house powered solely by hydrogen and photovoltaics. According to the scientists, it is the first prototype of a facility of this type in Poland.
Scientists will test a space excavator for extracting lunar regolith. Tests in parabolic flight conditions - imitating the conditions of lunar gravity, without the influence of Earth's gravity - are scheduled for November.
Scientists from the Warsaw University of Technology in collaboration with specialists from Norway and Germany have developed an AI tool that significantly improves the analysis of optical interferograms and holograms.
The magnetic properties of road dust can provide information about its origin and potential contamination, even without the need for time-consuming chemical analyses, research by scientists from the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences has shown. Samples were collected in Warsaw.