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Our Unsteady Sun

Janusz Sylwester
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2007 | Nr 3 (15) 2007 Changes | 4-7
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The Sun, our closest star and source of life, has been under systematic study for only the past several hundred years. Research shows that it is not as stable as once thought, and also not always benign to mankind. Nowadays we keep close tabs on solar activity to try to predict what lies in store for the Earth and its inhabitants.
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Janusz Sylwester

Destination: World

Michał P. Garapich
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 1 (37) 2013 Borders | 4-7
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What is migration: an acute social problem, an anomaly that upsets the world's natural order and should be eliminated? Or maybe a natural and welcome phenomenon that has been present throughout the history of mankind? What significance does it have for such countries as Poland?
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Michał P. Garapich

Cosmic Cleanup

Krzysztof Ziółkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2006 | Nr 4 (12) 2006 Richness | 4-7
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What exactly is a planet? Back when mankind only knew five roaming celestial bodies visible to the naked eye, the answer was simple. But the recent discovery of more and more planets circling our own Sun as well as distant stars has made it necessary to reconsider the meaning of the term .
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Krzysztof Ziółkowski

Brain Cartography

Piotr Majka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 4-7
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Brain maps are an essential tool in neurobiology. Polish researchers are making valuable contributions in their development.
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Piotr Majka

Pour Some Sugar on Me

Piotr Krajewski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 4-7
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Research conducted in recent years has greatly improved our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of sweet taste, as well as its inhibitors. A number of sweeteners and inhibitors discovered by Polish researchers have been patented.
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Piotr Krajewski
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Sense and Sensitivity

Eliza Kącka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2020 | Nr 1 (65) Tenderness | 4-7 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2020.135915
Keywords Olga Tokarczuk emotions tenderness sensitivity empathy
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Olga Tokarczuk is among the pioneers exploring a certain turn towards emotions, artistic efforts that value sensation over thought.

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Eliza Kącka

Bats Band Together

Ireneusz Ruczyński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 3 (23) 2009 Links | 4-7
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Bats form the planet's largest colonies of vertebrates. The complex mechanisms governing their giant colonies' creation and continuation are just as intriguing as their size.
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Ireneusz Ruczyński

Genius and Lunacy

Janusz Rybakowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 1 (21) 2009 Opposites | 4-7
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Mood disorders, psychotic symptoms, suicidal behavior, and tendencies to abuse alcohol and other psychoactive substances all occur particularly frequently among artists. History's greatest geniuses have shown predispositions for schizophrenia. Is there a link between creative activity and psychopathology?
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Janusz Rybakowski

Body Parts from Bioprinting

Agata Kurzyk
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 2(82) Youth | 4-7 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.151176
Keywords bioprinting organ transplants
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3D bioprinting not only represents the future of regenerative medicine, it can also facilitate more precise and more ethical scientific research.
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Agata Kurzyk
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  1. Department of Cancer Biology Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

A Corpus of Polish

Rafał L. Górski Adam Przepiórkowski Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk Marek Łaziński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 2 (22) 2009 Systems | 4-7
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Rafał L. Górski
Adam Przepiórkowski
Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
Marek Łaziński

Weather in Space

Iwona Stanisławska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2005 | Nr 3 (7) 2005 Energy Unleashed | 4-7
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While the Sun energy is one of the main factors that supports terrestrial life, solar eruptions can sometimes wreak great havoc on Earth. One of the centers working to observe and forecast space weather is the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Iwona Stanisławska

An Export Commodity

Michał Rusinek
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 1(81) Poland in the World | 4-7 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.150221
Keywords poetry Szymborska literary studies
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On the cultural diplomacy of Polish poet Wisława Szymborska.
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Michał Rusinek
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  1. Department of Polish Studies, Chair of Communication Theory, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

New Family Order

Irena E. Kotowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2005 | Nr 2 (6) 2005 The Famale Factor | 4-7
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Over the past 15 years Poland has seen changes in how people form and raise a family, meaning the process of marriage and procreation. Increasingly fewer children are being born, and women are deciding to marry and to have their first child at an increasingly later age.
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Irena E. Kotowska

Engineering Harmony

Maciej Zalewski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2005 | Nr 1( 5) 2005 Waterworld | 4-7
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The teaming up of hydrology and ecology offers one source of hope that the world's water crisis might be kept under control. But how can hydrology, a technology-oriented field, be integrated with ecology, which prioritizes living organisms?
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Maciej Zalewski

Metal Pollution in the Baltic

Jacek Bełdowski Magdalena Bełdowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2023 | No 3 (79) Progress | 4-7
Keywords Baltic Sea heavy metals
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Metals are useful raw materials used in various industries. But one of the side-effects of their production is pollution of the marine environment.
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Jacek Bełdowski
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Magdalena Bełdowska
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  1. PAS Institute of Oceanology in Sopot
  2. Faculty of Oceanography and Geography,University of Gdańsk

Dreaming of a New Earth

Milena Ratajczak
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 3 (35) 2012 Networks | 4-7
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The star-studded night sky has fascinated humankind since the dawn of time. Today, as we grow closer and closer to discovering a new Earthlike planet, our fascination with the skies has not weakened. On the contrary - our enchantment is approaching its zenit.
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Milena Ratajczak

Europe: A Weary Promised Land

Marek Okólski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2015 | Nr 1 (3) Migrations - Special Edition | 4-7
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Marek Okólski
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ORCID: ORCID
  1. Committee of Human Migration Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

Secrets of a Warrior's Tomb

Andrzej Buko
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 4 (36) 2012 Identity | 4-7
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PAS archaeologists have discovered an extraordinary necropolis in central Poland. It indicates that Duke (and later King) Bolesław Chrobry's knights came from extremely diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds: Slavic, Scandinavian, Varangian-Ruthenian, and Khazar.
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Andrzej Buko

The Ancient Aurochs

Ryszard Słomski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 3 (31) 2011 Information | 4-7
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Today's technology makes it possible to analyze genetic samples up to a million years old. Perhaps one day the aurochs will make a comeback to Poland's forests, thanks to Polish scientists.
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Ryszard Słomski

Extraordinary Careers

Magdalena Gawin
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 4-7
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There has only been one occasion in the history of the Nobel Prize when a mother and daughter were awarded a total of three prizes. This feat was achieved by Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Irene Curie-Joliot.
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Magdalena Gawin

The Living Earth

Paweł M. Rowiński Wojciech Dębski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 4-7
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The ongoing climate change and major natural disasters we have been witnessing in recent years, such as the unprecedented floods in Poland and the eruption of the Eyjafjallajókull volcano in Iceland in 2010, encourage us to profoundly rethink how well we really understand our own planet.
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Paweł M. Rowiński
Wojciech Dębski

On the Brink of Disaster

Jan Kozłowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2021 | No 1 (69) Energy Transtion | 4-7 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2021.138402
Keywords transforming the energy sector climate catastrophe greenhouse gas emissions zero-emission energy energy storage
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Transforming the energy sector is necessary but not sufficient to prevent a climate catastrophe.
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Jan Kozłowski
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  1. Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland

Europe in Miniature

Ewa Rzetelska-Feleszko
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2006 | Nr 1 (9) 2006 Micro Research | 4-7
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From the mid-18th century until 1945, the Carpathian land of Bukovina was the home of a richly diverse multinational community. Research on the region's Polish minority language and culture is helping reveal the secret behind the peaceful and happy homeland it once was.
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Ewa Rzetelska-Feleszko

Aggresion: Hot and Cold

Jerzy Vetulani
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 3 (39) 2013 Passion | 4-7
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The Ancient Greeks described many different impulsive behaviors, including mania - a religious frenzy - and /yssa - the mad fury of war. The division is analogous to that made by contemporary neurobiology, which classifies aggressive actions as cool or emotional, each driven by distinct, mutually exclusive neurological mechanisms.
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Jerzy Vetulani

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