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You can do many things with biomass | Research by Agnieszka Drobniak, PhD Eng.

Agnieszka Drobniak, PhD Eng. | private archive of A. Drobniak | Weronika Cygan | Biomass is a fairly broad concept that has been gaining more and more popularity recently. For years, the fuels obtained from it have been studied by Agnieszka Drobniak, PhD Eng. – geologist, who after more than 20 years of work in...

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“No Limits” | Quantum attacks on classical cryptosystems

What is the article about?What is the article about? In recent years, the conversation has been growing around quantum computers and quantum cryptography. The media attracts attention with flashy headlines, but press reports are usually far from honest. How are quantum computers really different from classical computers? Is classical IT infrastructure really defenseless in the...

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6th issue of “No Limits” – USil’s popular science journal

The 6th issue of the popular science journal of the University of Silesia “No Limits” has been published. The semi-annual journal focuses on the University’s scientific and research activities and is addressed to a wide audience The main theme of the latest issue is the threats of the modern world. The articles therefore cover a...

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Plants will survive anything | Interview with prof. Adam Rostański

Prof. Adam Rostański | private archive | Weronika Cygan | Every day we walk past hundreds of species, many of us keep a few at home, but we rarely pay greater attention to them. However, it is worth considering how much we owe to plants and how incredibly interesting they can be. 2022 has been...

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tags : biological sciences

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Past inscribed in stone mounds

Michał Sobala, PhD, in the Żywiec Beskids | photo: Dawid Wojtyła | Maria Sztuka | The Beskid Mountains are the youngest mountain range in Poland – they erected around 20 mln years ago. For comparison, the Świętokrzyskie mountains erected much earlier – more than 500 mln years ago. The Carpathians, which include the Beskids, are...

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tags : geologia

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Our job is to discover how plants do it

Prof. Dorota Kwiatkowska | Photo by Paweł Kwiatkowski | Małgorzata Kłoskowicz | The best conditions for the propagation of pine seeds are when it is warm and dry. It is no wonder then that the pinecones, which are unique “containers” for seeds, open when the temperature and humidity of the air are optimal for seeding....

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Yet another USil polar expedition to Spitsbergen has returned home

Photo by Dariusz Ignatiuk The final stage of this year’s research conducted by scientists from the University of Silesia on Svalbard has come to an end. The expedition of the Institute of Earth Sciences and the Centre for Polar Studies, consisting of Malgorzata Błaszczyk, PhD Eng., Dariusz Ignatiuk, PhD, and Michał Laska, PhD, completed almost...

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Patent | Cycle of inventions that will support devices for extracorporeal blood

PATENT CYCLE OF INVENTIONS THAT WILL SUPPORT DEVICES FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD OXYGENATION 30.09.2022 text: Małgorzata Kłoskowicz e-mail: malgorzata.kloskowicz@us.edu.pl Patents of the University of Silesia This article is part of a series presenting the results of research by scientists associated with our University, who are co-authors of over 600 inventions, utility and industrial models, and trademarks....

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