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UW ranked the best Polish university in sustainability
13-12-2023…The University of Warsaw holds the first place in Poland and 222nd in the world. The list was published for the third time. The ranking assessed universities’ responses to social and environmental challenges, as well as their ESG activities, i.e. sustainability principles in the following categories: environment, society and corporate governance. One of the criteria was the universities’ academic achievements related to the UN’s sustainable dev…
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Archaeological discoveries in Georgia
12-12-2023…slab with engraved fragments of two letters and a sign separating the words. “Until now, only one inscription was known from the Roman fort of Apsaros, made of local stone of poor quality, which affected the finish and the state of preservation of the text. It can be assumed that the raw material required for official inscriptions and other intricate stonework, namely marble or good quality limestone, was brought to Apsaros from far away. Fragme…
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Monitoring fungal biodiversity
11-12-2023…es from European herbaria. The researchers estimate that sequences for about 500 specimens will be obtained in Poland alone. By collecting and organising the new data, it will be possible to gain more accurate knowledge and understanding of changes in the diversity and distribution of fungi in Europe….
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Logical structure of graphs
07-12-2023…imits 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 are ubiquitous in computer science, because they can be used to describe different types of networks, such as social network, the World Wide Web, rail, air and road networks or other various databases. That is why, algorithms that manipulate graphs play a very important rol…
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Honorary doctorate for the European archaeologist
06-12-2023…ula. Thanks to his efforts, Haithabu and Danewerk have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Prof. Freiherr Claus von Carnap-Bornheim completed his studies at the University of Marburg, where he also defended his doctoral thesis on goldsmiths’ wares from swamp finds in southern Scandinavia and a habilitation thesis “Studies on the Younger Roman Period in Barbaricum”. He obtained the title of professor at the Christian Albrecht Univers…
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Prehistoric finds by UW biologists
05-12-2023…ed, among others, the remains of the crocodile-like Mastodonsaurus, the fish-eating yet unnamed armoured reptile and the aquatic predator Jaxtasuchus,” Dr Mateusz Tałanda says. Among the most interesting specimens are numerous bones of Tanystropheus, a reptile that reached six metres in length. Due to the recent discoveries, Miedary has become the world’s richest source of remains of this species. What is also surprising is the composition of th…
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A new class of ruthenium catalysts
04-12-2023…rom the UW’s Centre of New Technologies contributed to the creation of a new class of ruthenium catalysts important for ethenolysis – one of the most efficient processes by which compounds generated in petroleum processing can be obtained from vegetable oils. The scientific paper, with the contribution of the UW researchers, was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Chemical catalysis is the phenomenon of accelerating a chemic…
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Honorary doctorate for Prof. Freiherr C. von Carnap-Bornheim
01-12-2023…across the Jutland Peninsula. Thanks to his efforts, Haithabu and Danewerk have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Prof. Freiherr Claus von Carnap-Bornheim completed his studies at the University of Marburg, where he also defended his doctoral thesis on goldsmiths’ wares from swamp finds in southern Scandinavia and a habilitation thesis “Studies on the Younger Roman Period in Barbaricum”. He obtained the title of professor at the C…
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A new generation of antimicrobial peptides
01-12-2023…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…
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Kharkiv National University’s representatives at UW
27-11-2023…versity, mentioned as particularly important for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. “We are striving for the resumption of active international cooperation, as we believe that our wartime experience can prove particularly valuable. The University of Warsaw, which was destroyed during the Second World War, is now an example of an intensely developing institution. We hope that such future also awaits our University in Kharkiv,” Prof. Tetyana…
https://en.uw.edu.pl/kharkiv-national-universitys-representatives-at-uw/
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