…prove for existing such heavy black holes,” said Prof. Łukasz Wyrzykowski from the UW’s Astronomical Observatory, a Gaia team member from 2008. The UW researcher belongs also to the Black Hole Task Force. Intriguing companion The star orbiting the Gaia BH3 is also unusual. It is a an old star in the Galactic stellar halo, which is orbiting in the opposite direction with respect to the stars of the Galactic disk. Its kinematic characteristics indi…

…ough the accounts of ancient and mediaeval authors and up-to-date reports from local informants, who were not always reliable. The images they provided were reproduced in large numbers, which often did not contribute to the evolution of science but, on the contrary, strengthened errors and misunderstandings,” Prof. Jurkowlaniec said.   As an example, the researcher cites an excerpt from Julius Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War. The narrative…

…ut the 4EU+ offerings can be found on the Alliance website >>   Welcome at the UW The Welcome Point of the University of Warsaw is the central information centre for international students and employees who visit the UW for either one semester, or the full cycle of their studies. Through thorough cooperation with the University units such as the Admissions Office, the International Relations Office and the Office for Student Affairs, the Welcome P…

…caused primarily by microglia and macrophages, which acquire pro-tumour properties in the glioma microenvironment and become its allies. We have discovered that the receptor SorLA has an important role in this process. A high or low level of expression of SorLA gene-coding is linked to specific properties of cells: pro-tumour or pro-inflammatory,” Prof. Anna Malik underlined. The results of the research were presented in EMBO Reports: “SorLA restr…

…he Faculty of Physics will become the source of technological know-how,” Prof. Krzysztof Turzyński, the Vice-Dean for student affairs at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, underlined. Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Collaborative Education Program was signed by Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the UW Rector, Ki-Pung Yoo, Ph.D., the President of KINGS, Jeong-In Cha, Ph.D., the President of PNU, and Min-Cheol Lee, the Vice-President of K…

…April.   Detailed information is available on the 4EU+ Student Portal >>   Classes in Milan and at Sorbonne MA students can still sign up for three courses organised by the University of Milan: Globalisation and Cultural Diversity, The Criminal Editing of Music: An Introduction, and Society and Sharia in The Middle East. Registration is open until 1st April.   Doctoral candidates, MA and BA students can take a course entitled Thinking AI: Bringin…

…n April and June. The courses are intended for international employees. Welcome Point and Polonicum UW are organising the third trimester of the Polish language online course for UW international employees. The participants of the course can join one of four groups focused on three different levels of proficiency.   The registration is carried out via the Kampus Platform. The application deadline is: 3rd April, 10.00 am – levels: A1.3 (morning gro…

…rly society for media and communication.   More information about the event is available on www.htt.events >>…

…by trophic group and landscape”, Nature Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2….

…of Copenhagen, the University of Milan, the University of Geneva, and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.   The call is open to researchers and academics of all scientific fields and disciplines corresponding to the thematic scope, missions and objectives of the 4EU+ Flagships (“Urban Health and Demographic Change”; “Europeanness: multilingualism, pluralities, citizenship”; “Digitisation – Modelling – Transformation”; “Environmental transitions”).  …