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"For the 28th time, the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has awarded the FNP Prizes, regarded as the most important scientific honour in Poland. During a gala at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on 4 December 2019, the FNP Prizes were received by three outstanding professors: Marcin Drąg from the...

"A team led by Dr. Hab. Wiktor Lewandowski, from the Faculty of Chemistry, the University of Warsaw, supported by Dr. Michał Wójcik, the University of Warsaw, and Dr. Guille Gonzalez-Rubio, CIC biomaGUNE, Spain, have developed a new method for creating soft helical (spiral) nanomaterials. Their...

"Dr Marcin Szwed and Prof. Laurent Cohen, as well as Prof. Jakub Zakrzewski and Dr Dominique Delande, have been honoured with the first Maria Skłodowska and Pierre Curie Polish?French Science Award. The award is given for outstanding scientific achievements resulting from cooperation between...

"A profile of dr Irena Dapic, head of the laboratory at the International Research Agenda ?International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science? in Gdańsk. Dr Irena Dapic is Croatian. At school, she was serious about becoming a doctor. Ultimately, however, she decided to study chemistry at the...

"For the 28th time, the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has awarded the Foundation for Polish Science Prizes, which enjoy the reputation of the most important scientific honours in Poland. The laureates are three distinguished scholars: Prof. Marcin Drąg, Prof. Andrzej Kossakowski and Prof....

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is announcing a call for expert candidates as part of the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 under Measure 4.4 ?Increasing the human potential in the R&D sector? as part of which it fulfils the role of the Implementing...

"Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, a laureate of the Foundation for Polish Science?s FIRST TEAM programme, is a former member of an international group of researchers at the University of Oxford that conducted the first human tests involving a new drug for atopic dermatitis. Clinical trial results showing...

"A group of PhD students from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw led by dr Mariusz Semczuk, winner of the competition held under the HOMING programme of the Foundation for Polish Science has obtained ultracold caesium and potassium atoms, the first such atoms in Poland. This is an...

"Polish physicists and neuroscientists are joining forces to develop a miniature, biocompatible imaging system based on optical-fibre microlenses, which can be inserted into the deeper structures of the brain, such as the amygdala, of experimental animals. This will allow the real-time monitoring...

"  On 23-26 September 2019 in Kraków two prestigious events in the field of microelectronics were held, the 49th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC) and the 45th European Solid-State Circuits (ESSCIRC), gathering over 500 participants from 42 countries, including...

"The European Research and Innovation Days, held in late September in Brussels, featured the symbolic inauguration of the ENSEMBLE3 project. The project's coordinator is Dorota A. Pawlak, a winner of a number of FNP competitions. The goal of the ENSEMBLE3 project is to create a Centre of...

"Polish scientists in the NeuroSmog consortium plan to study hundreds of children to determine how smog impacts their developing brains. They have received over PLN 15 million for this research from the Foundation for Polish Science under the TEAM-NET programme. The work will be conducted by...

"From today, 17 September 2019, through the end of October, young researchers can file applications for stipends in the START programme (2020 competition). The START stipend is a distinction for the most talented young researchers awarded in recognition of their scientific accomplishments....

"Terahertz radiation, invisible to the human eye, can be placed in the electromagnetic spectrum between infrared radiation and microwaves. It is often called the ?the forgotten band?, or ?the Terahertz gap.? This is because we still have not found the way to use it in practice, although in...

"The European Research Council has awarded dr hab. Michał R. Szymański, from the University of Gdańsk, a grant of EUR 1.5 million as part of an ERC Starting Grant. The project title is Dissecting the mechanism of DNA repair in human mitochondria. The project will run for five years. The...

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is announcing a call for expert candidates as part of the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 under Measure 4.4 ?Increasing the human potential in the R&D sector? as part of which it fulfils the role of the Implementing...

"Researchers from six academic centres in Poland, acting within the BIOG-NET consortium, are carefully watching diatoms ? microscopic algae showing a phenomenal ability to synthesise silica of a delicate three-dimensional structure. Their intent is to develop innovative biocomposites which could...

"How to make radiation therapy more accurate and effective in cancer treatment? Researchers and doctors have joined forces to create a medical phantom for precise dose planning in radiation therapy. The device will enable adjusting both the dose and the angle of the radiation beam to the needs of...

"They?re foreigners and they come to Poland especially to work in science. Or they are Poles who have lived abroad for a long time but choose to return home for the next stage in their scientific career. What are their reasons? What are they involved in? How is it to work here? What do you like...

"Co-founded by one of FNP?s laureates, prof. Piotr Garstecki, the company received a grant of EUR 1.9 million for further research on the innovative BacterOMIC system designed to support faster and cheaper diagnostics of bacterial infections, which is particularly important in difficult infections...