The director of the Centre for Space Studies at Poland’s Kozminski University has received the Rosalind Franklin Society 2023 Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of space law, the university reports.
Young Polish physicists took third place at the International Young Physicists' Tournament in Budapest.
Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Dariusz Jemielniak, has been appointed to the Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The Board is appointed by the European Commission.
The governments of Poland and Germany want to renew their joint declaration of intention regarding bilateral and European cooperation in the field of research and development, according to the document 'Polish-German Action Plan'. It is also planned to co-finance projects related to recent history, including Russia's attack on Ukraine.
A ‘European’ degree will increase the attractiveness of studying in Poland, but clarifying the regulations requires a lot of work, according to members of the Parliamentary Committee for European Union Affairs.
The University of Warsaw has taken first place in the 25th University Ranking Perspektywy 2024. Right behind it was the Jagiellonian University, and the Warsaw University of Technology took 3rd place. Among private universities, the winner was the Koźmiński University in Warsaw.
A civilian training laboratory specialising in ‘battlefield medicine’ has been set up at Wrocław Medical University’s Department of Forensic Medicine.
Cardiologist Professor Piotr Ponikowski, rector of the Wroclaw Medical University, advanced over 300 positions to be named the best Polish scientist in the field of medicine in the 2024 Research.com ranking.
Energy absorbers absorb the kinetic energy of accidents, collisions and falls to protect passengers and vehicles. Researchers from Warsaw have developed cheap absorbers made of innovative composite materials, which can be used, for example, to build airline seats and airplane floors, as well as crash boxes in cars.