Articles from category Natural & Exact Sciences

Prof. Ben L. Feringa.

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 could repair itself. Beyond such everyday conveniences lie even more…

Can the sky be expanded? Scientists at the University of Warsaw aim to enhance global air traffic connectivity

Every day, more than 100,000 flights take to the skies worldwide, with up to 15,000 aircraft airborne at any given moment. Yet, air traffic management still relies on systems developed…

Measuring the physical and chemical properties of spring water near Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą.

The underground language of nature: What springs reveal about climate change and human activity

Although often associated with spas and resorts, natural springs are more than picturesque features on the edges of towns and cities. “Springs are the birthplaces of rivers, unique habitats with…

Domain texture of the newly discovered phase (image from a polarizing microscope).

A dance of light and electricity: Extraordinary properties of a liquid crystal

Liquid crystals have long powered the screens of televisions, phones, and watches. But in recent years, scientists have been uncovering entirely new kinds of liquid crystalline phases – often with…

Ruthenium catalyst with the quinoxaline-derived ligand.

Chemistry with less “chemistry”: How scientists at UW improved a Nobel-winning reaction

In Igor Newerly’s novel The Forest Sea, set in Manchuria occupied by Imperial Japan, there is a haunting scene describing the hunting of wild musk deer in the snowy taiga…

Biodiversity and human impact on the environment.

Gone missing: The plants that never came back

In everyday life, especially for city-dwellers, biodiversity is easy to overlook. Yet the astonishing variety of life on Earth underpins something we often take for granted: clean air to breathe…

Prof. Jacek Jemielity

“I’m pleased I noticed something that turned out to be a dark horse.” We talk to Prof. Jacek Jemielity, chemist

These four letters – mRNA – entered the public space during the pandemic, thanks to COVID-19 vaccines. Yet research on mRNA had been underway for 40 years. The first clinical…

Milli-, micro-, nano-, pico-, and femto- – these prefixes help us describe objects at extremely small scales. Scientists are making remarkable advances in this microscopic world.

Nanomachines of the future: Teaching molecules to rotate on command

“I am a robot, forged and strong, by electric currents steered along,” wrote Stanisław Lem in "Fables for Robots". Today, powering robots with electricity is nothing unusual. The real challenge…

Crucian carp (Carassius carassius).

Crayfish and fish: Can they contribute to the removal of microplastics from water?

Plastic pollution in rivers, seas, and oceans is a serious – and long-recognized – problem. It threatens the health and lives of animals. But there’s a twist: aquatic species may…

Orchids often use deception and manipulation to lure insects into pollination – but they can also reward their floral visitors.

Floral deception and rewards for pollinators: Here’s something you didn’t know about orchids

The Orchidaceae – commonly known in Poland as orchids – is one of the largest plant families in the world, comprising over 25,000 species across roughly 800 genera. They occur nearly everywhere,…

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