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Distant Systems

Krzysztof Ziołkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 2 (22) 2009 Systems | 38-39
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Krzysztof Ziołkowski

Cooperation Is Crucial

Ewelina Ciecierska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2015 | Nr 2 (46) 2015 Distinctiveness | 38-39
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We talk to Dr. Ewelina Ciecierska, winner of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie award, about prize-winning nanofillers, the value of working in a group, and the presence of women in a traditionally male-dominated world
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Ewelina Ciecierska

Julia Sets

Feliks Przytycki
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 1 (17) 2008 Challenges | 38-39
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In 1904, the Swedish mathematician Helge von Koch first described a geometrical extraordinary figure with a "self-similar" edge, which he dubbed a "snowflake:' Nowadays such "self-similar" but "rough" sets are called fractals, well-known for their exceptional beauty, and are a subject of intense research.
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Feliks Przytycki

Old Cantionals

Arleta Nawrocka-Wysocka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 3 (23) 2009 Links | 38-39
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"In days of old, song was a person's friend, accompanying him in joy and sorrow;' reminisced Jan Tacina, folk historian from Cieszyn Silesia, back in the 1970s. Yet even today there remain some individuals who hold the old Silesian singing traditions dear.
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Arleta Nawrocka-Wysocka

Time Envisioned

Andrzej Dąbrówka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 38-39
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Visual representations in medieval poetry, drama, and iconography used art to portray things that are invisible - such as time.
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Andrzej Dąbrówka

Epsilon vs. Zeta

Urszula Zielenkiewicz Michał Dmowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 1 (21) 2009 Opposites | 38-39
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Some plasmids present inside bacteria cells encode toxic proteins designed to kill off their host cells. Paradoxically, through a delicate toxin/ antitoxin balance, such mechanisms actually help plasmids to survive within bacteria populations.
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Urszula Zielenkiewicz
Michał Dmowski

Laboratory of Ideas

Anna Kurzyńska-Kokomiiak
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 38-39
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To become successful in science, you need to fight for your ideas and secure funding to pursue them.
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Anna Kurzyńska-Kokomiiak

Childhood Space

Anna Brzezińska Elzbieta Hornowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 3 (31) 2011 Information | 38-39
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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.
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Anna Brzezińska
ORCID: ORCID
Elzbieta Hornowska

Nature's Property

Alicja Breymeyer
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2006 | Nr 4 (12) 2006 Richness | 38-39
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Like airplanes and money, boundaries are creations of man: they are not natural and have become one of the main obstacles to protecting priceless natural assets.
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Alicja Breymeyer

Kaleidoscope of Tastes

Marta Bucholc
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 38-39
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Taste is an important element in power relationships, since as Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu maintained, good taste is simply the preferences displayed by groups with a certain social standing.
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Marta Bucholc

Doing Alchemy with Ash

Arkadiusz Derkowski Wojciech Franus
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2006 | Nr 1 (9) 2006 Micro Research | 38-39
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Power-plant waste products can in fact prove useful in purifying the environment, and even in washing our dirty laundry. Zeolites, an important component used in washing powders, can be obtained from the "fly ash" generated by power plants.
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Arkadiusz Derkowski
Wojciech Franus

The Revival of Ethnic Language

Jadwiga Zieniuk
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2006 | Nr 2 (10) 2006 Life Force | 38-39
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The Kashubs, an ethnic group situated in the north of Poland, are developing their cultural tradition and distinct language.
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Jadwiga Zieniuk

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

We Must Build Wisely

Bogdan Ney
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2007 | Nr 4 (16) 2007 Spaces | 38-39
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The principle of sustainable development has stood the test well, and should continue to be pursued.
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Bogdan Ney

Digitizing Excavations

Robert Żukowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2007 | Nr 1 (13) 2007 Time | 38-39
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Drawing up graphical archeołogical documentation is a very time-consuming endeavor, although new applications of digital technologies are now helping to make it much less so - even under adverse field conditions.
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Robert Żukowski

River History

Tomasz Kalicki
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 4 (20) 2008 Cycles | 38-39
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You can't step into the same river twice, as they say. But it's also not easy to stand on the same riverbank twice, as rivers are constantly altering their own beds. Which, in the long run, has had a greater impact: nature or mankind?
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Tomasz Kalicki

Making Mountains

Marta Rauch-Włodarska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 2 (18) 2008 Memory | 38-39
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The world has become immersed in computers and their capabilities to simulate reality, yet in certain cases nothing can take the place of traditional methods and tools.
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Marta Rauch-Włodarska

What "Upper Class"?

Krzysztof Jasiecki
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2015 | Nr 1 (45) 2015 Structure | 38-39
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The economic and political transformation of the 1990s enabled certain people and groups to make a leap up into higher rungs in the social structure, amassing wealth and influence on a previously unimagined scale. But do they comprise a hornogenous "upper class"?
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Krzysztof Jasiecki

A Poet of Europe

Alina Kowalczykowa
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 38-39
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The Romantic poet Juliusz Słowacki used a modern language and remained open to diverse cultures and traditions - making him one of the Polish writers who fit squarely into the pantheon of European culture.
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Alina Kowalczykowa

Esprit maconnique in Warsaw

Marta Leśniewska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 38-39
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The Warsaw School of Economics campus, a fascinating and intricate monument of art-deco architecture, was designed and constructed in the 1920-30s as one element within a broader concept of building a modern society.
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Marta Leśniewska

Excluded and Humiliated

Ęlżbieta Tarkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 38-39
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What do people living in poverty think and feel? How do they respond to the situation they find themselves in? How do others react to their poverty?
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Ęlżbieta Tarkowski

The Blame for Blooms

Grażyna Kowalewska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2007 | Nr 2 (14) 2007 Danger | 38-39
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While the word "bloom" obviously has many positive connotations, the effects of the algal bloom phenomenon - now increasingly common in the Baltic Sea - are certainly nothing pleasant. Although the prevailing view is that mankind is to blame, that is probably not the whole story.
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Grażyna Kowalewska

Under Stress

Jerzy Lipiec Jerzy Rejman
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2007 | Nr 3 (15) 2007 Changes | 38-39
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The processes of soil compaction and erosion, while seemingly opposite in nature, in fact lead to similar consequences: significant soil impoverishment, lower ground water quality, and environmental pollution.
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Jerzy Lipiec
Jerzy Rejman

Alternative States of Protein Matter

Wojciech Dzwolak
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 4 (4) 2004 Cityscape | 38-39
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High-pressure physics in quest of the mechanisms of protein non-native self-assembly: from hardboiled eggs to prions.
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Wojciech Dzwolak

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