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…ielden, “Flexibility from fluxionality,” Nature Synthesis: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-024-00482-z…

…nd the UW’s Faculty of Geology. The sites that yielded the richest finds related to metal smelting are concentrated around Wadi Salh, where a new complex of sites has been documented.   “There are slag fields measuring about 220 x 50 m, and 25 to 40 cm thick. On ground surface, we found dozens of stone tools used for crushing ore and numerous fragments of furnace walls used for smelting copper. The remains of buildings that most likely served as w…

…at the Old Dongola site are being carried out under a European Research Council grant. The chemical analyses were carried out under a grant from the “Excellence 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…

…ersity tie and cufflinks from the Rector, a day spent at an archaeological site, hosting a broadcast on Radio Kampus, a walk through the greenhouses of the UW Botanic Garden. These were some of the auctions of the University of Warsaw for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP). Fifty-one items were available this year. The 32nd Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (GOCC, PL: Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy, WOŚP) took pl…

…describe how, using novel research methods associated with iEcology (internet ecology meaning the use of various online data sources as a tool in ecological research), the emergence of a new behaviour in hermit crabs was demonstrated. The animals started to use plastic lying in the water as their armour. Key to survival “Hermit crabs need to protect their soft abdomen. They usually do this by hiding in shells left behind by dead crustaceans. One s…

…ological discoveries of the Middle East, including the Buddha statue from Berenike.   The entire ranking is available on the ASOR website.   More information about the discovery can be found on the PCMA UW website.…

…niversity of Warsaw after more than 70 years. The construction work at the site of a new hall of residence in Służew is nearly completed and the University’s strategy for the next decade has been adopted. The last twelve months at the University of Warsaw were the time of various important events, innovative discoveries and awards granted to the members of the academic community. Medicine back to the UW After more than seventy years, the medical e…

…lved has received funding from the Horizon Europe programme. The Multi-site application of Open Science in the creAtion of healthy environments Involving local Communities (MOSAIC) project has received funding in the “Environment and health – Planetary health” competition of Horizon Europe. It will be implemented in a consortium of fifteen institutions from seven countries (France, Poland, Portugal, Kenya, Brazil, USA, and Colombia). The project l…

…ski, 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/….