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Chemist Day | PhD Alexander Lowe
2 June CHEMIST DAY On 2 June 2024, Chemist Day is celebrated. It is a movable holiday that falls each year on the first Sunday of June. On this occasion, we wish all chemists and passionate chemists the very best! For chemistry, you have to feel the chemistry. The decision to choose this path must...
The “Materials Science Ma(s)ters” conference | Project results and summary
On May 14, 2024, the “Materials Science Ma(s)ters” conference was held at Afyon Kocatepe University in Turkey, summarizing the progress and results of an international project co-financed by the European Union and carried out by a consortium of four universities: the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), the University of Žilina (Slovakia), the Ivan Franko...
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World Corrosion Awareness Day | Adrian Gudwański, PhD
24 April WORLD CORROSION AWARENESS DAY „Save the date” is a series of articles that have been written to celebrate various unusual holidays. The authors of the presented materials are students, doctoral students and employees of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Silesia. In 2010, the World Corrosion Organization (WCO) declared April...
Money, patience, skills and luck | Paul Ehrlich
‘Money, patience, skills and luck’ 170 years ago, on 14 March, Paul Ehrlich, researcher, creator of modern drug design, Nobel Prize winner. On 14 March 1854, Paul Ehrlich was born in Strzelin (Strehlen), then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. He belonged to a well-off Jewish family. His father, Ismar Ehrlich was an innkeeper and...