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The T2K neutrino experiment is entering a new phase
The J-PARC accelerator centre on the east coast of Japan has been conducting research on the properties of neutrinos since 2010 as part of the Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment. A group of physicists from the Institute of Physics at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Silesia in Katowice participates in the project...
Waste from aluminium production can help us store energy
|text: Małgorzata Kłoskowicz, PhD| Energy is our future. We won’t survive without it. And although we produce enough of it, we still cannot store it effectively. An international team led by Prof. Eng. Jarosław Polański from the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Silesia in Katowice. The project is implemented as part of the...
Freedom of research | Women of 4 cultures – piano music by female composers from Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Germany
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Secrets of the Lower Castle Cavern | Research by Andrzej Tyc, PhD
The approx. 8 m high opening of the Lower Castle Cavern, built-up with a wall, state before the start of excavations | Photo by Andrzej Tyc | Maria Sztuka | The Kraków-Częstochowa Upland is a real treat not only for the lovers of landscapes straight from the Jurassic period. It is also a huge testing...
Clean Odra? Soon not | Research by the Silesian Water Centre UŚ
Start of the expedition in Ostrava | archive of Andrzej Woźnica | Weronika Cygan | „We were the last to see the deceased alive. We crossed the river exactly five days before the catastrophe” says Andrzej Woźnica, PhD, Associate Professor, director of the Silesian Water Centre (ŚCW) of the University of Silesia, who participated in...
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...