• Warsaw, 23.03.2004. Credit: PAP/Piotr Rybarczyk

    Nightingale songs may tell mice when it’s safe to feed

    Mice and voles may use the sounds of other animals to work out whether a predator is nearby and even whether a place is safe enough to feed.

  • Machu Picchu. EPA/Paula Bayarte 04.06.2023

    Archaeologists uncover 2.5km of hidden roads near Machu Picchu

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    Polish engineers building the brains of Europe’s new defence satellite system

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    Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds

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    Polish-Swiss team develops personalised nutrition system for premature babies

  • Roman floors discovered in Novae. Credit: Krzysztof Narloch (University of Warsaw)

    Polish archaeologists uncover ‘lavish home of Roman legion commander’

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    People who struggle with uncertainty choose like-minded friends

  • Magdalena Zemelka-Wiącek, PhD, a professor at the Wroclaw Medical University, and Professor Marek Jutel. Credit: Krzysztof Ćwik/Wroclaw Medical University

    Nanoplastics trigger stress in human immune cells within an hour

  • A brain in the anatomy lab at the Medical University of Białystok, Museum of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy, PAP/Artur Reszko (ar/awol)

    Brain model reveals how neural chaos is kept under control

  • The golden disc of the Moon during the full 'Sturgeon Moon', visible in a clear night sky (sko) PAP/Łukasz Gągulski

    Polish space tech to hunt for the Moon’s richest resources

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Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds

A Polish astronomer is helping the newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope hunt for thousands of new worlds, including around 1,500 exoplanets that could shed light on how common Earth-like planets are.

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    Polish scientists turn waste plastic into a heat-conducting material

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    Polish-Swiss team develops personalised nutrition system for premature babies

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    People who struggle with uncertainty choose like-minded friends

  • Words that confuse our emotions hold our attention, Polish study finds

  • Psychologists investigate how we 'become' parents - and what protects us against burnout

  • How Europeans divide along social and political lines revealed

  • Brain processes sign language much like spoken language, Polish-American study finds

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    Scientists find microscope beams can change chemical reactions

  • Polish scientists turn waste plastic into a heat-conducting material

  • Black holes help calibrate gravitational wave detector

  • Could life exist in the sulphuric acid clouds of Venus?

  • Single photon reveals the secrets of a single molecule

  • 01.07.2026. Storm clouds over the fields. PAP/Michał Zieliński

    Scientists turn thunder into a tool for seeing underground

  • ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’…but fewer clouds mean more UV exposure across Europe

  • The 18 volcano myths that could put lives at risk

  • Rivers did the digging: New study rewrites how the Tatras took shape

  • Poland has warmed by more than 2°C since mid-20th century, institute data shows

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    ‘Masters of our own fate’: ICEYE chief urges Europe to build shared satellites to boost security

  • Alien comet reveals secrets of distant star system

  • Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds

  • Cosmic pile-up drives strongest geomagnetic storm in two decades

  • Black hole may spin rapidly, slowly or not at all, study finds

  • Roman floors discovered in Novae. Credit: Krzysztof Narloch (University of Warsaw)

    Polish archaeologists uncover ‘lavish home of Roman legion commander’

  • Archaeologists uncover 2.5km of hidden roads near Machu Picchu

  • Polish researchers uncover clues to lost Roman temple in Cyprus

  • Ancient marks crack the code of a 2,000-year-old building site

  • Ancient metal waste reveals 2,000-year-old trade route across the Andes

  • Magdalena Zemelka-Wiącek, PhD, a professor at the Wroclaw Medical University, and Professor Marek Jutel. Credit: Krzysztof Ćwik/Wroclaw Medical University

    Nanoplastics trigger stress in human immune cells within an hour

  • Not all noise is equal: What makes some city sounds unbearable

  • Can a joke help beat depression? Scientists urge caution

  • Video games may help older adults fight off frailty

  • Polish-Swiss team develops personalised nutrition system for premature babies

  • Warsaw, 23.03.2004. Credit: PAP/Piotr Rybarczyk

    Nightingale songs may tell mice when it’s safe to feed

  • Nightingale songs may tell mice when it’s safe to feed

  • Brain model reveals how neural chaos is kept under control

  • Brain model reveals how neural chaos is kept under control

  • Polish scientists find unlikely allies for plants growing in toxic soil

  • The golden disc of the Moon during the full 'Sturgeon Moon', visible in a clear night sky (sko) PAP/Łukasz Gągulski

    Polish space tech to hunt for the Moon’s richest resources

  • Hot idea: Scientists find new way to turn waste heat into more hydrogen

  • Polish engineers building the brains of Europe’s new defence satellite system

  • Battery waste could help concrete store more heat

  • Poland among world’s top hydrogen producers, expert says

  • Kraków, 24.07.2026. Krakow Solar Boat Challenge 2026 on the Bagry Reservoir in Krakow. Credit: PAP/Art Service

    Kraków students power to victory in inaugural solar boat challenge

  • European scientists warn of growing pressure on academic freedom

  • 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

  • Warsaw, 01.10.2025. Fruit and vegetable stand; illustrative photo. PAP/Leszek Szymański

    Polish scientists turn cold plasma into weapon against crop diseases

  • Polish invention for testing concrete shrinkage wins US approval

  • 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

  • Krystian Barzykowski, PhD, a professor at the Jagiellonian University (L), photo by Agnieszka Fiejka, and Professor Chris Moulin (R), photo from private archive.

    Polish and French scientists win award for groundbreaking ‘déjà vu’ research

  • Polish mathematician receives 2026 Balakrishnan Award for Excellence in Scientific Research

  • 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

  • 13.03.2026 Molecular biologist Professor Victor Ambros. PAP/Albert Zawada

    Nobel Laureate Professor Victor Ambros awarded Polish citizenship

  • Poland's Professor Piotr Sankowski joins UN global panel on AI

  • 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