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    Marketing sometimes diverges from science in microbiome research, expert warns

    Microbiome analysis is becoming an increasingly popular service in Poland, but experts warn that many commercial tests promise more than they can deliver, limiting their usefulness for patients, according to Paweł Łabaj from the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology at the Jagiellonian University.

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    Festive lights boost social life but risk worsening light pollution, expert warns

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    Fingerprint chemicals may indicate time of death, age, and biological sex, study shows

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    Poles show growing interest in eco-homes, but cost and stereotypes remain barriers, expert says

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    Infrared and artificial intelligence accelerate diagnosis of endometriosis, Polish study finds

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    Study explains why people secretly enjoy the misfortune of others

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    Birds must watch every gram of fat to survive winter, says ornithologist

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    Using spoken and sign languages boosts focus, planning, and attention, study finds

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    Genes, lifestyle and DNA methylation linked to facial skin ageing, Polish study finds

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    Polish protect to transform diagnosis of childhood soft tissue sarcomas

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Study explains why people secretly enjoy the misfortune of others

People often experience satisfaction when others fail or suffer, particularly when the misfortune affects someone who has previously provoked them, according to research published in the journal Cognition and Emotion. 

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    Archaeologists uncover unknown hut structures and possible early medieval port in Poland

  • A reconstruction of the late Eocene (37 million years ago) fossil snake Paradoxophidion richardoweni from England. Image by Jaime Chirinos, from Georgios Georgalis' archive

    New snake species from 37 million years ago sheds light on early evolution of 'advanced snakes'

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    Study explains why people secretly enjoy the misfortune of others

  • Using spoken and sign languages boosts focus, planning, and attention, study finds

  • Festive lights boost social life but risk worsening light pollution, expert warns

  • Poles show growing interest in eco-homes, but cost and stereotypes remain barriers, expert says

  • Feeling lonely alters how we view people and situations, says Polish psychologist

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    Scientists develop photocatalyst to produce hydrogen from water without chemicals

  • Physicists catch elusive four-quark particles at the Large Hadron Collider

  • Scientists find ‘twisted metallic magnet’ could transform spintronics and electronics

  • Polish scientists develop dual-use nanopowders for military and civilian use

  • Gdańsk Tech scientists working on material that could ‘revolutionize’ energy storage

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    ‘Poland hasn’t had such a warm December in 74 years,’ says climatologist

  • Crop rotation best protects soil, long-term study finds

  • Life without the Sun: Polish explorer describes months of darkness on Polar station where Moon is the only light

  • Scientists discover formula that explains stalagmite shapes

  • European glaciers show sharpest global decline, scientist warns

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    Redwire Polska to supply docking systems for TEC’s Nyx spacecraft

  • NASA’s IMAP records first space data - Polish GLOWS instrument confirmed operational

  • Asteroid named after Polish astronomer

  • European Space Agency launches ASCEND programme to advance digital twins for satellites

  • Polish researchers join international project to map lunar surface

  • Excavations in Wolin, August 2025 (mb/awol) PAP/Marcin Bielecki

    Archaeologists uncover unknown hut structures and possible early medieval port in Poland

  • Polish archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old Kerma grave in Sudan’s Bayuda desert

  • Toxic pigment found in 2,000-year-old women's graves

  • Scientists to reconstruct faces of 1410 Battle of Grunwald fighters

  • Armenian-Polish team discovers stone slab with carved human facial features and vast burial ground

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    Marketing sometimes diverges from science in microbiome research, expert warns

  • Genes, lifestyle and DNA methylation linked to facial skin ageing, Polish study finds

  • Polish protect to transform diagnosis of childhood soft tissue sarcomas

  • Polish scientists develop compound that ‘selectively kills’ colon cancer cells

  • Fingerprint chemicals may indicate time of death, age, and biological sex, study shows

  • 12.01.2024. Great tit (Parus major). PAP/Darek Delmanowicz

    Birds must watch every gram of fat to survive winter, says ornithologist

  • Birds must watch every gram of fat to survive winter, says ornithologist

  • Polish chemists develop water-soluble fluorescent molecules to detect metal contaminants

  • Polish chemists develop water-soluble fluorescent molecules to detect metal contaminants

  • Bears are adapting diets to climate change, international study finds

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    XMaS beamline helps develop methane recovery technology

  • Polish scientists patent cold plasma method to protect plants from bacteria

  • Polpharma to receive PLN 30 mln in state funding for RNA drug technology development

  • Scientists turn waste into powerful water cleaner for industrial dyes

  • Leap in AI development. Polish researchers break impasse in reinforcement learning

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    Universities told they must lead fight against scientific ‘paper mills’

  • Reputable journals remain key to trust in science despite rise of AI, says expert

  • Poland looking to host European Space Agency centre

  • Wrocław Medical University takes 13th place in world ranking, ahead of Oxford and Yale

  • University of Warsaw tops Perspektywy 2025 ranking

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    Krakow researchers develop alcohol-free, eco-friendly water-based perfumes

  • Szczecin/ Innovative paper developed in cooperation between scientists and industry

  • World's only capsule for imaging breast lesions tested in Kraków

  • Jagiellonian University scientists discover polymer with antifungal properties

  • European Patent Office: Increase in submitted and approved patent applications from Poland in 2023

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    Polish students in James Dyson Award final with life-saving wristband and AI water monitor inventions

  • Polish scientists wins Ig Nobel Prize for study on intelligence and narcissism

  • Polish physicist honoured with prestigious Japanese award

  • ERC awards 281 Advanced Grants, 4 winners from Poland

  • Polish space law expert receives Rosalind Franklin Society Award

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    Henryk Arctowski - pioneer of Polish polar research

  • VP of the Polish Academy of Sciences appointed Member of the Council of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

  • Wrocław professor is the highest-ranked Polish scientist in the field of medicine

  • Polish computer scientist announced as Chief Scientist at OpenAI

  • Wrocław professor most frequently cited Polish scientist