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Marta Burgberger-Stawarz has received PLN 136 640 as a result of partaking in the Preludium science competition for her project titled “Interakcja między niepatogennym i patogennym szczepem F. oxysporum: potencjalny horyzontalny transfer genów oraz wpływ na infekcję lnu” (“Interaction between nonpathogenic and pathogenic strains of F. oxysporum: potential horizontal gene transfer and impact on flax […]

W niedawno rozstrzygniętym konkursie Narodowego Centrum Nauki Natalia Posiłek, doktorantka z Instytutu Astronomicznego Wydziału Fizyki i Astronomii UWr zdobyła 170190 zł. z Preludium 22 na realizację projektu badawczego pt. „Gwiazdy chemicznie osobliwe typu Am w obserwacjach spektroskopowych i fotometrycznych”.

November 30th is St. Andrew’s Day. The festivities held on this day, or its eve, are commonly referred to in Poland as “Andrzejki.” Celebrations of the holiday vary depending on the country. In Poland, “Andrzejki” is usually associated with matrimonial and future foretelling, while in Scotland, St. Andrew’s Day is a national holiday. Since the 14th century, St. Andrew has been the official patron saint of the country, which is reflected in their flag. It bears the symbolic X, referring to the form of the saint’s death on a cross of this particular shape.
Did you know that the human body is made up of 37 trillion cells! We can divide them into 200 equal types! Every day, 70 billion cells die and, on the other hand, the same number regenerate. On top of this, we have 3 kilograms of foreign cells inside us (e.g. bacteria in our intestines) […]