…environment. Their knowledge and skills can be used to design and implement solutions to help them adapt to environmental and socio-political changes.   MOSAIC aims to help design and implement open information systems that support transboundary communities to understand the impact of the environment on their wellbeing, build health-promoting environments and influence public policies and decisions.   Open Science MOSAIC is based on the Open Scie…

…in English, some in French.   Registration for courses is open until 1st February 2024.   More information about the courses and registration rules is available on the 4EU+ Student Portal >>   Classes in Milan The University of Milan offers fifteen courses. Their thematic scope includes, e.g. international human rights and humanitarian law, European labour law, globalization and cultural diversity, as well as advanced plant cel biotechnology.   Mo…

…AMP discovery,” Prof. Szczurek emphasises.   In February 2024 Prof. Szczurek will join Helmholtz Munich as state co-director of the Institute of AI for Health. The project will start in May 2024 and run until May 2029. She will implement the grant partly at the University of Warsaw (co-beneficiary) and at Helmholtz Munich (host institution).   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y-_XTqcFRk Prof. Ewa Szczurek works at the Faculty of Mathematics, Infor…

…ved, are hiding in dense bushes and humans are a dying species. A small population lives on one big fig tree and the only chance for the survival of the humankind is a symbiotic relation with an intelligent fungus.   Five billions years later According to Aldiss, the evolution has enabled just the strongest to survive. In this case, it is plants that supress humans in an uneven battle with the global warming, the topic considered by the author alr…

…s and Quality of Teaching, Prof. Sambor Grucza, Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources, Prof. Zygmunt Lalak, Vice-Rector for Research, Prof. Ewa Krogulec, Vice-Rector for Development, and the coordinators of the 4EU+ flagship programmes at the UW: Dr Grzegorz Kula, Prof. Kamila Miłkowska-Samul, Prof. Agata Bareja-Starzyńska, Prof. Błażej Miasojedow, Prof. Julia Pawłowska and Dr Mariola Zalewska.   The event was an opportunity for making d…

…as four cemeteries within which hundreds of graves are present.   The human remains are currently studied by bioarchaeologist Dr Robert J. Stark (PCMA UW) and his colleagues, who are investigating the provenance of the local population and seeking to learn what life was like for the people who were buried there.   Christogram A recent discovery from the site ranks among the most interesting. Thanks to multispectral photography and research conduct…

…he methodology can be used to design new two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks or other materials that will allow more efficient conversion of CO2 to methane and ethylene or other fuels and chemical raw materials. Such artificial conversion of carbon dioxide is essential both to reduce its emissions and to pursue sustainable development, threatened by fossil fuel depletion and their non-renewability. Publication details: Osella, S., Goddard, W….

…nce then,” Prof. Sambor Grucza, the UW Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources, said.   On 11th October, the representatives of the German university met with the authorities of the University of Warsaw. The conversation was focused on the ongoing cooperation between the universities in such fields as Slavic studies, history and archaeology. The possibility of new common projects was also discussed.   The delegation from the Johannes Guten…

…Chemistry and Physics have proposed a one-step synthesis of nanowires (structures resembling human hair in appearance but with a diameter 1,000 times smaller) built from metal oxides. For this purpose, they used block copolymers that act as a “scaffold” forming the structure of the obtained nanomaterials.   This method simplifies the previously used multi-step process of obtaining such nanostructures. It involves a one-step self-organisation of th…

…xcitation of valence electrons e.g. in rubidium atoms. So far, microwave-to-optical conversion has only been demonstrated in laser-cooled atoms caught in complex magneto-optical trapping setup.   “We are the first to show that microwave-to-optical conversion can be undertaken at room temperature, in atomic vapours inside a glass cell, Prof. Michał Parniak emphasises. “The proposed design of the converter is notably simpler and can be further minia…