…dust in the gas around a Type Ia supernova has been observed.   More than a dozen telescopes deployed around the globe and in space were used to monitor supernova SN 2018evt. One of the main instruments providing spectroscopic data was the 3.54-metre NTT telescope located at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on La Silla Hill in Chile. The data were collected as part of the ePESSTO+ project, in which Dr Mariusz Gromadzki has been involved for…

…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…

…form are available on the official website of the UW Entrepreneur of the Year. The finalists and winners of last year’s UW Entrepreneur of the Year competition were: “Master of Business”: SOTI Natural – grand prize; Motivizer – finalist; DESEO Poland – “Social Entrepreneur”: Woshwosh – distinction; Beskidzki Klub Tenisowy Advantage Bielsko-Biała – finalist; Brave Teddy Bear Institute sp. z o.o – grand prize. “Innovation/Innovator of the Year”: Mol…

…opportunity to accompany researchers on an archaeological site in Ciepło, Pomerania, a guided walk around the historic UW campus, a photography session in the open air and university interiors, a portrait of Frida Kahlo by Prof. Gabriela Grotkowska, Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, concerts by the UW Academic Choir, media training in the TV studio of the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, hosting the “Alternator” progra…

…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.…

…ience. On the same day, an agreement was signed between the UW and the Southern Hospital in Warsaw on teaching and research cooperation in regard to the medical education at the University of Warsaw. On 17th March, the representatives of the University of Warsaw and the Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute took part in a series of lectures and scientific meetings titled “Under the sign: Medicine”, which was accompanied by t…

…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…

…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. Fragments of these rocks are rare at the site,” Prof. Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski says.   Gemma and kiln Another object discovered by archaeologists is a gemma made of carnelian – a small stone that was originally a decoration for a ring worn on the finge…

…f conflict and battlefields (Kalkriese – the site of the defeat of Varus in the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9), as well as cultural centres and peripheries. Recently, he has researched an emporium from the Viking period at Haithabu and Danewerk – a system of medieval marsh fortifications 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-Born…

…details Czepiński Ł., Pawlak W., Rytel A., et al, 2022. A new vertebrate assemblage from the Middle Triassic from Miedar (southern Poland). “Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology” 42(6), doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2265445….