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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

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Content

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future

1 Contents

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future

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2 Editorial

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 3

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3 Synthetic Biology

Andrzej B. Legocki

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 4-7

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Abstract

By combining the latest advances made in two major fields of science (molecular biology and applied organic chemistry), we can make fascinating new inroads in healthcare and environmental protection.

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Andrzej B. Legocki

4 From Here to the Future

Jerzy Kleer

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 8-11

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One of science's important goals is to identify likely directions for future growth, and any accompanying opportunities and threats.

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Jerzy Kleer

5 Tailor-Made Medicine

Aleksandra Małyska , Tomasz Twardowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 12-15

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Until recently, researchers strove to develop drugs with the broadest possible applications. However, thanks to pharmacogenomics, in the future medicine will be tailor-made to each patient.

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Aleksandra Małyska

Tomasz Twardowski

6 The Past Into the Future

Krzysztof J. Jakubowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 16-19

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The communications revolution and the continued growth of "information society" are setting new challenges for museums. Will they rise to meet them.

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Krzysztof J. Jakubowski

7 Predetermined Fates

Alicja Szklarska , Sławomir Kozieł , Tadeusz Bielicki

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 20-23

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How has Poland's political transformation influenced the quality of life within individual social strata? Long-term surveys of 19-year-olds registering at military recruitment boards may provide an answer.

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Alicja Szklarska

Sławomir Kozieł

Tadeusz Bielicki

8 Reading From Genomes

Lech Zwierzchowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 24-27

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Bulls can now be selected for use in breeding by directly evaluating their genotypes, rather their offspring's milk or meat yields! This represents a revolution in animal husbandry.

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Lech Zwierzchowski

9 The Key to Apophis

Małgorzata Królikowska-Sołtan , Weronika Śliwa

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 28-30

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Over 100 metric tons of interplanetary matter enter the Earth's atmosphere every day, mostly consisting of dust and tiny rock fragments. However, around once every few hundred thousand years an object larger than 1 km in diameter collides with our planet, with the impact able to destroy a large country.

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Małgorzata Królikowska-Sołtan

Weronika Śliwa

10 Arctic of the Future

Agata Weydmann , Sławomir Kwaśnicki

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 31-33

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The latest research indicates that within the next two decades, the Arctic Ocean will become largely ice-free at the end of each summer, covered only by first-year sea ice in winter. How will that affect our planet at large?

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Agata Weydmann

Sławomir Kwaśnicki

11 Economic Fortune-Tellers

Katarzyna Zawalińska

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 34-35

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Can mathematical models foretell the course of future economic events? The answer turns out to be yes: they can help us discover the complex interconnections between various economic elements.

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Katarzyna Zawalińska

12 Intermediate States

Roman Luboradzki

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 36-37

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At school we are taught that matter exists in three states: gas, liquid, and solid. Meanwhile even a cursory glance at the world around us suggests that things are not really all that simple, that there must be some intermediate state between a liquid and a solid.

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Roman Luboradzki

13 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

14 Looking to Another World

Michał Kleiber

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 40-43

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Michał Kleiber

15 Creative Passion

Katarzyna Stachowicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 4 (24) 2009 The Future | 46-47

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Academia talks to Katarzyna Stachowicz about her research on anxiety, her dual passion for science and art, her family, and the situation of young researchers in Poland

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