Scientists at the Silesian University of Technology are looking to eliminate harmful refrigerants and replace them with carbon dioxide in new, efficient refrigeration systems.
A device that enables independent ventilation of two patients with a single ventilator has been developed by Scientists from the Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS.
Poland ranks 26th in the world when it comes to the number of patent applications submitted to the European Patent Office (EPO) according to the recently published EPO Patent Index. Nearly three applications per thousand come from Poland.
Scientists are working on a method for producing faster and cheaper bacterial cellulose for use primarily in medicine as a dressing for difficult-to-heal wounds and burns.
Graduates and students of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology developed an application that allows to quickly report and manage failures. It can be used by hotel and apartment managers as well as service companies.
Chicken meat has been grown on spinach leaves at the Copernicus Science Centre. The author of the experiment, Stanisław Łoboziak, explains how meat can be obtained without animal suffering. The director of the Copernicus Science Centre Robert Firmhofer points out that in the future, we will have to look for innovative nutrition methods in order to feed humanity.
Thanks to the Medical Research Agency, for the first time in history we have the opportunity to respond to global biotechnology trends, believes acting President of the Medical Research Agency, Radosław Sierpiński. The organizational stage is behind us; now substantive work begins; the first competitions launch in September, he announces in an interview with PAP.
Materials as lightweight and resistant as plastic, yet fully biodegradable and... created from waste? Scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS are working on an ecological, waste-free and economical method of obtaining organic monomers.
MindHand is a bionic hand prosthesis developed to facilitate the lives of the disabled and people after amputation. Scientists from the Bialystok University of Technology, the creators of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning design, have signed an incubation agreement in the programme Hub of Talents 2 - start-up platforms for new ideas in Eastern Poland. It is one of 34 companies supported by the Białystok Science and Technology Park.