In Copernicus' day, canons were buried under the altar where they served Mass. As such, the altar of St. Andrew in Frombork cathedral was a natural starting point for researchers looking for the great astronomer's grave.
A research project underway at the Institute of Psychology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań aims to adapt tools to study the development of young Polish children.
Geological information of the right type and in the right place can help boost public awareness of and appreciation for the geological diversity around us.
Identifying the best scientists among the mediocre is straightforward when given the perspective of centuries, or at least decades, of hindsight. The problem of evaluating contemporary researchers is far more complex.
Existing therapies for heart failure do not target intracellular pathways regulating the metabolism of cardiomyocytes, even though research shows that this could offer an effective treatment method.
As the amount of online content grows, Internet users' attention span decreases. This brings an acute need for social and technological solutions that enable users to select the most important and relevant information.
The Open Access and Open Science concepts are about publishing scientific materials in a way that ensures they will be as widely available as possible.
Today's technology makes it possible to analyze genetic samples up to a million years old. Perhaps one day the aurochs will make a comeback to Poland's forests, thanks to Polish scientists.
Polish true-confessions magazines are bolder than other women's journals at covering sensitive issues. The confessional formula makes it easier to cross discourse boundaries.
It was long believed that RNA was a molecule specialized in transmitting information from DNA to proteins. However, in recent years scientists have been discovering hitherto unknown complexities of RNA.
The story of Marie Skłodowska-Curie's bid for membership in the French Academy of Sciences highlights the problems the Polish scientist faced as both a woman and a foreigner.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie's extraordinary talent and ability were obvious from her earliest days. However, her true genius revealed itself when she took up scientific research.
During the Age of Enlightenment, when scientific thought was developing rapidly, the overwhelming majority of the individuals involved in the scientific movement were men. However, two ladies from the French aristocratic circles put so much energy into their scientific interest that their contemporaries were simply unable to restrict and sideline them.
Some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the late 19th century - the discovery of X-rays by Roentgen in 1895, and of radium by Pierre and Marie Skłodowska-Curie in 1898 - ushered in a new era in cancer treatment.
There has only been one occasion in the history of the Nobel Prize when a mother and daughter were awarded a total of three prizes. This feat was achieved by Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Irene Curie-Joliot.
Last year, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for research on graphene - a two-dimensional, flat form of carbon, forming a honeycomb crystal just a single atom thick.
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