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University of Silesia Magazine
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in Culture | Research by Dr. Ryan Denson
| Weronika Cygan-Adamczyk | Mermaids, the Kraken, dragons, phoenixes—fantastic creatures that have firmly taken root in our cultural consciousness. We read about them in books, see them in movies, and face them in video games. Without them, the worlds of Harry Potter and The Witcher—along with many other iconic stories—would not exist. These supernatural beings...
Guided by Paratexts | Prof. Magdalena Ślawska’s Research
| Author: Olimpia Orządała | A text is no longer a linear narrative. It has become a multi-level arrangement of visual and semantic signposts. Magdalena Ślawska, PhD, DLitt, Assoc. Prof. from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia in Katowice studies this phenomenon. She emphasises that the graphisation of media discourse is...
Messengers from Early Solar System | Prof. Krzysztof Szopa’s research
| Author: Agnieszka Sikora, PhD | Looking back at the origins of the Solar System, one can’t help but wonder what the oldest objects to be found within it are. These are meteorites that originated in a young protoplanetary disk surrounding the forming Sun. During the early stages of the solar nebula, the dust heated...
In science, you should never give up | Interview with Prof. Christopher Rensing
| Interview by Weronika Cygan-Adamczyk and Agata Daszkowska-Golec, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof. | In June and July, the University of Silesia welcomed Prof. Christopher Rensing, a prominent scientist of international renown specialising in environmental and medical microbiology. Born in the United States, he was educated in Germany and later worked at various institutions around the...
6,000 Kilometres out of Love for Grammar | Research by Akylaj Abylkadyr kyzy, PhD
| Author: Olimpia Orządała | Kyrgyzstan, a country located in Central Asia, is about 6,000 kilometres away from Poland. It is home to an ethnically diverse population, the majority of which consists of Kyrgyz people (about 70%). It’s not a popular holiday destination. It does, however, attract mountain lovers, as mountains cover a significant part...
The gene of space pirates | Yeast TardigradeGene
| Author: Agnieszka Sikora, PhD | As part of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), in which Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, PhD is participating, 13 scientific experiments developed by Polish companies and universities will be carried out. Among the research to be conducted by the Polish astronaut is the Yeast TardigradeGene project,...