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Memory measured in microseconds
05-12-2014…cm wide and 10 cm long, with rubidium-covered walls, filled with a noble gas. The use of laser impulses allows the information to be recorded and read. For recording and reading quantum information, the physicists from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw used advanced methods of light filtering (patent pending) and an innovative camera of their own design. – The retention time of quantum information stored in our memory is seve…
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Cryptoworld
01-12-2014…. The cryptologists from the University of Warsaw managed to show the ways of using some special features of the currency to establish safe bitcoin lotteries without using the trust of a third party. Their publication „Secure Multiparty Computations on Bitcoin” received the award for the best paper during the IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy in San Jose, California, in May this year. Professor Dziembowski works in the Institute of Informatic…
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Sky in sight
24-11-2014…ld Earth” – OGLE-2013-BLG-0341LB, and a new category of exoplanets which are not bound to any star (so-called rogue planet). OGLE is also the world leader in studying variable objects – the “OGLE collection” currently consists of over half a million previously unknown variable stars. Another very important field of research is the study of the Milky Way and its neighbouring galaxies – Magellanic Clouds, as well as study of the distance scale in th…
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Who will be the best foreign student?
20-11-2014…for the best international students in Poland in 2014. The competition is aimed at the international students at the Polish higher education institutions on the bachelor, master and doctoral level. Both foreign nationals and students with dual citizenship are eligible. Candidates should prove they are active in such fields as culture, social life, ecology or sports. The Interstudent Competition is organized by Perspektywy Educational Foundation…
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Computer pine
17-11-2014…ng it “Pine” (“Sosna” means “Pine tree” in Polish), I should have named it “Lemon”….
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New PCMA excavations: Aynuna in Saudi Arabia
12-11-2014…season of work, aiming at surveying and making a topographic plan of the site. The site is located on a rocky terrace overlooking the dry bed of Wadi Aynuna approximately 3 km from the present coastline. Remains of at least three square buildings with central courtyards can be seen on the surface. The plan is typical of a khan or caravanserai, encountered on caravan routes of the Near East from Antiquity until quite recently. In the middle, ther…
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Citizens and the state in Eastern Europe
12-11-2014…r authors are invited to individual interviews. Once this stage is completed, the Council shortlists projects selected for funding. Currently, the applicants compete for sums of up to 1.5 million euro (previously 2 million), and the project’s maximum duration is 5 years. In the second edition of the competition announced in 2009, one of the grants was awarded to Natalia Letki from the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Wars…
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Pioneering library
03-11-2014…several complete solutions for the various optimization problems. The PAAL is implemented taking advantage of the new features of C++ introduced in the C++14 standard, which in many cases simplify greatly creation of generic code. – The project will be finished in the end of October 2015. Practically all the basic scientific objectives of the project have been achieved. Of course, we are still working on selected aspects of the project, for exam…
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The mystery of Metsamor
27-10-2014…owski and Mrs. Arev Samuelyan, deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia. The guests visited also the archaeological site in the lower city of Metsamor, where an Armenian–Polish archaeological mission, headed by Krzysztof Jakubiak and Prof. Ashot Piliposyan, has just finished its second season of excavations. The archaeological site at Metsamor dates back to the Neolithic period, with the most intense occupation during the Bronze and…
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Cross-cultural communication
27-10-2014…ars. Among them, there are many recognized researchers, as well as young talents, who often, after taking some time for an internship abroad, come back to us – the most important thing is that they are able to combine their passion for science with belief in the sense of teaching – transferring their knowledge to students, developing their interests, inspiring others to take up independent studies. Special focus should be directed on the laureat…
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