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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Description

The „Academia” magazine was founded on the initiative of Professor Andrzej B. Legocki, a President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003 – 2006. In the beginning it was published only in English as a reply to the growing demand for a current information on the Polish Academy of Sciences` activities, expressed by foreign scientists and Poles living abroad and interested in Polish science.

Since 2005 the magazine is published both in Polish and English.

The „Academia” is an exceptional - on the Polish market - scientific magazine for the general public, propagating achievements of Polish scientists here and abroad. Authors of articles in „Academia” explain their subject in a way that is accessible not only for all sorts of academics but also for students, pupils and all other readers interested in scientific topics for the general public.

ISSN

1731-7401

Publishers

Polish Academy of Sciences

Editorial Staff

Jolanta Iwańczuk (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Sciences)

Daniel Sax (Editor, English-Language Version)

Marcin Pietras (Biological & Agricultural Sciences)

Justyna Orłowska (Journalist)

Andrzej Figatowski (Graphic Designer)

Anna Bielec (Project Coordinator)

Scientific Council

Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Chairman)

Dariusz Jemielniak (Deputy Chairman)

Andrzej Buko

Katarzyna Czarnecka

Patrycja Dołowy

Paweł Golik

Janusz Jurczak

Tomasz Kapitaniak

Marek Krawczyk

Krzysztof Nowak

Anna Zawadzka

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences

Communication and Science Information Department

Defilad sq. 1,

00-901 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: academia@pan.pl

The journal content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
ttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Content

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success

1 Contents

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success

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2 Editorial

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3 New First Steps

Wojciech Fortuna

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 4-8

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Abstract

We talk to Dr. Wojciech Fortuna about a successful operation carried out in 2012 to regenerate a severed spinal column using transplanted cells, a collaborative effort by numerous Polish neurosurgeons and scientists in conjunction with a British team.

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Wojciech Fortuna

4 Hammers Are Our Speciality

Jerzy Grygorczuk

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 9-13

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Dr. Jerzy Grygorczuk, head of the Space Mechatronics and Robotics Laboratory, led the team responsible for the construction of the MUPUS penetrator. We talk to him about the Rosetta mission, uncertainty, and patience.

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Jerzy Grygorczuk

5 The Wizard of Faras

Stefan Jakobielski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 14-17

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Dr. Stefan Jakobielski, a Nubiologist, relates the story of eminent Polish archeologist Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski and the successful mission to Faras in Sudan.

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Stefan Jakobielski

6 Joy or Tears?

Bogdan Wojciszke

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 18-21

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Prof. Bogdan Wojciszke, a top Polish social psychologist, tells us about whether Poles admire success and what factors affect how they perceive successful people.

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Bogdan Wojciszke

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7 We Want Pleasure

Ewelina Knapska

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 22-23

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Dr. Ewelina Knapska, head of the Laboratory of Emotions Neurobiology at the Nencki Institute, tells us about why our brains strive for success and how humans differ from animals in this regard.

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Ewelina Knapska

8 A Costly Triumph

Bogusław Pawłowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 24-27

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The Earth has been home to many species of plants and animals. More than 99% of them are now extinct, though it seems all of them had at least some short period of evolutionary prosperity. How is it that we humans have enjoyed such success, rather than any of the other closely related species that occupied the same or a similar ecological niche?

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Bogusław Pawłowski

9 A Fungus Among Us

Maria Rudawska , Tomasz Leski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 28-30

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It is quite common in nature for two different species to form a special relationship. In such symbiosis, they both thrive without harming one other, and even frequently benefit one another. One prominent type is known as mycorrhiza, in which plant roots and fungal hyphae work together for mutual gain.

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Maria Rudawska

Tomasz Leski

10 Underrated Champions

Jacek Szwedo

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 31-33

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The Hemiptera order, sometimes known as the "bugs;' includes herbivorous aphids and cicadas, as well as certain predatory species of true bugs that feed on the blood of humans and domestic animals (such as bedbugs). In evolutionary terms, Hemiptera are some of the most successful insects among all present-day fauna.

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Jacek Szwedo

11 Secrets of the Red Planet

Joanna Gurgurewicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 34-37

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During the last decade of humankind's exploration of Mars, a succession of American and European missions have sent back vast volumes of data about the planet's surface and atmosphere. And yet many questions remain unanswered. This has provided the incentive to design an innovative mobile platform, called the Highland Terrain Hopper, being developed jointly by planetary geologists and engineers.

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Joanna Gurgurewicz

12 Safe Energy

Agata Łamacz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 38-39

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The energy sector is about more than just the electric power in our wall sockets and keeping our homes warm. It is the foundation on which the economy rests, and also a crucial part of the way we affect the environment. To better protect the natural environment, we need, for instance, to develop active catalysts that can change harmful chemical compounds into neutral, or even useful ones.

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Agata Łamacz

13 Blue LEDs: A Race With the Japanese

Sylwester Porowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 40-44

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Sylwester Porowski

14 A Gnawing Success

Henryk Okarma

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 4 (44)2014 Success | 45-47

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We discuss good ideas that sometimes tum out to be problematic in practice with Prof. Henryk Okarma (who studies the biology and ecology of large carnivores and ungulates, predator-prey interactions, invasive alien species, wildlife biology, and nature conservation).

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