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Record-mass black hole discovered by the Gaia mission
16-04-2024…amount of data collected by the European Space Agency’s star surveyor Gaia, a research team including UW scientists has discovered a “sleeping” black hole. Its mass is estimated to be nearly thirty-three times the mass of the Sun, making it the greatest known example of this black hole in our galaxy. The discovery can influence the understanding of how massive stars evolve. The majority of the few known black holes of stellar origin (resulting fr…
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Animals and the concept of Eastern Europe
11-04-2024…tia’ will reveal an entirely different facet of this region. In my opinion, the key to its understanding lies in images and descriptions of animals,” said Prof. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec from the UW’s Faculty of Culture and Arts, an ERC Advanced Grant laureate. Prof. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec is the first Polish female researcher, who received an ERC Advanced Grant. As part of the SAIGA project, she will analyse the relationship between the research on the…
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Discussions on new technologies
20-03-2024…ld at the University of Warsaw in March. The conference “Human Tech Transition: Crises in Mediatized Politics, Society & Economy” was attended by more than 130 scientists from almost thirty countries. From 14th to 15th March at the University of Warsaw, scientists from around the world discussed the impact of technology on political, social, and economic life. They touched on the growing importance of artificial intelligence, disinformation in war…
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Groundbreaking research on mRNA
19-03-2024…practice. Publication details: Warmiński, E. Trepkowska, M. Śmietański, P. J. Sikorski, M. R. Baranowski, Marek R. Baranowski, M. Bednarczyk, H. Kędzierska, B. Majewski, A. Mamot, D. Papiernik, A. Popielec, R. A. Serwa, B. A. Shimanski, P. Sklepkiewicz, M. Skłucka, O. Sokołowska, T. Spiewla, D. Toczydłowska-Socha, Z. Warmińska, K. Wołosewicz, J. Żuberek, J. S. Mugridge, D. Nowis, J. Gołąb, J. Jemielity, J. Kowalska, “Trinucleotide mRNA Cap Analogu…
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On the habits of mammals during the pandemic
19-03-2024Increased activity and a more frequent nocturnal lifestyle – these were the habits of mammals during lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of the study conducted by a team of scientists with the participation of researchers from the University of Warsaw. The findings were published in “Nature Ecology & Evolution”. Animals react differently to human presence. Some species see humans as a threat, while for others they are…
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Flexible links
15-02-2024…raj, Juan Pablo Martínez, Bartosz Trzaskowski, Bartosz Szyszko, “Iminopyrrole-Based Self-Assembly: A Route to Intrinsically Flexible Molecular Links and Knots”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202316489 The research and the article by the UW and UWr researchers have been recognised by the international scientific community. The so-called “highlight”, a discussion of the original work, was published in Nature…
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Mediaeval fabrics from Dongola
24-01-2024…ellence Initiative – Research University” programme. Publication details Magdalena M. Woźniak, Bartłomiej Witkowski, Tomasz Gierczak, Magdalena Biesaga, “First dye identification analyses conducted on textiles from Old Dongola (Sudan, 17th-18th centuries CE)”, Archaeometry (2023): http://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12930…
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Archaeological discoveries in Georgia
12-12-2023…pcma.uw.edu.pl/2017/12/13/gonio-apsaros/ The previous archaeological work at Gonio-Apsaros led by Prof. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski, including the discovery of a wine pressing plant, was also described on the UW’s website: https://www.uw.edu.pl/odkrycia-w-gruzinskim-gonio/….
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Logical structure of graphs
07-12-2023…conducted by Prof. Szymon Toruńczyk from the UW’s Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics as part of the project Limits of structural tractability (BUKA). Prof. Toruńczyk was awarded the Consolidator Grant given by the European Research Council. In the project Limits of structural tractability, with funding of €1.94 mln, Prof. Toruńczyk will focus on the logical structure of graphs. “A graph is a network of connected objects. Graphs ar…
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On future of the Earth in the “Read with the UW”
20-11-2023…ere is a very narrow biological barrier resulting from environmental conditions,” Prof. Marcin Zych says. The Director of the UW’s Botanical Garden recommends the work Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss in the next episode of the “Read with the UW” series. Prof. Marcin Zych graduated from the Faculty of Biology, the University of Warsaw. He was also studying at the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Wales. In 2003, he obtained a doctoral de…
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