Trolling: How to spot digital provocation
“Drinking lemon juice cures cancer,” “Reading books is overrated,” or “The Moon landing never happened” – each of these claims sounds…
What’s in the water? University of Warsaw chemists develop a certified reference material for water analysis
Water quality matters – whether it’s drinking water or lake water – and it can be tested. But how do…
The golden staph paradox: Does a “sticky” bacterium reduce the risk of death?
Why do some patients recover relatively easily from staph infections, while others die despite treatment? Scientists at the University of…
Inside a protein: University of Warsaw scientists track the motions of individual molecules
Proteins inside our cells are constantly changing shape mostly through their folding and unfolding events. These tiny molecular motions determine…
The many faces of sleep deprivation: What one sleepless night does to your brain – and how it differs from a week of too little rest
Whether we pull an all-nighter to finish an important project or survive on just five hours of sleep for a…
Motion сreates life: In conversation with Nobel Prize-winning Prof. Ben L. Feringa
Soon, you may no longer need to wash your windows before the holidays—and a car scratched in a parking lot…