Over the next 20 years, Poland's most important developmental objectives should be to create a knowledge-based economy and to curtail the scope of unemployment and poverty.
Mighty, robust trees like the chestnut or oak in fact produce surprisingly short-lived seeds. Fortunately, modern cryogenic methods can help prolong their conservation.
Privatizing and restructuring the state-owned agriculture sector has proven to be a difficult and complex process, with broad political, social, economic and spatial repercussions.
The Polish archeological mission working on the "Lower Church" at Banganarti in Sudan has uncovered magnificent medieval wall paintings, including an already-famous icon of the praying Madonna - one of the world's oldest images of the Virgin Mary.
Poland's accession to the EU has focused attention on the need for industry and science to work together - something the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research has always prioritized.
Though rightfully acclaimed in the world as the devoted researcher of a sensational archeological find - the oldest biblical manuscripts from the Dead Sea, dating back more than 2,000 years - Professor Józef Tadeusz Milik remains relatively little known in Poland. His life and work comprise an extraordinary story, illustrating the kind of contributions Polish researchers have made to world science.
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.
Atomic clocks can presently measure time with an accuracy down to 10-10 second per day. However, there are certain stars that can easily match them as excellent timekeepers ...
Rock drawings found in the south Saharan oasis of Dakhleh, dating back some 7 ,500-6,000 years, portray female figures, giraffes being led by rope, and other scenes. The secrets they hold about The secrets they hold about the lives and beliefs of the oasis and Neolithic inhabitants are now is preparing a doctorate being uncovered by an international on Saharan rock art team of researchers.
Nature's own cycles dictate the biological rhythms of all living organisms. A key role in the complex circadian system is played by melatonin, the "hormone of darkness.
Trout breeding has emerged as a spectacular success in Poland. Advanced technologies have made it possible to alter the gender of fish and to establish special all-female schools.
Central European bee species numbers have seen dynamic changes over the past century. Painstaking study and research by entomologists is now seeking to identify the causes for the observed trends and to help rescue unique species of these extraordinary insects.
Polish koniks, a semi-wild breed of horse, are a kind of natural relic and a precious part of Poland's and Europe's heritage. Their unique biological and breeding characteristics have led them to be recognized as a reserve genetic resource for horse breeding. Due to their small numbers, they are also classified as an endangere.
State patronage for artists and forging bonds between art and society, concepts promoted in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s, also won supporters among Polish artists, who saw them as a remedy for the "crisis of art".
Can disastrous floods be avoided? The answer to that question of course has to be "no": we are simply unable to fully protect against these natural phenomena. Nonetheless, research on the course and consequences of floods is helping us to mitigate their negative social, economic, and ecological impact, and above all to avoid human fatalities.
Underground methane can be highly lethal, appearing suddenly and mixing with air to form a strongly explosive gas. Dealing with methane quickly and safely requires an efficient system of ventilation and monitoring, ready for any scenario.
Microorganisms invisible to the naked eye, billions living in every gram of soil, can have an impact on such global processes as the level of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
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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