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A team of scientists from Lodz University of Technology proposes a new approach to the "alchemy" of catalysts.

News

Solid catalysts, often nanoscale materials, are at the heart of many technologies. Due to their unique structure, they play a crucial role in accelerating chemical reactions, which is essential in industrial processes such as fuel production, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and environmental protection.

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Analysis

The winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize awarded by the Central Bank of Sweden are three American economists working on the impact of social organization on the wealth of nations. The awardees are Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. Why are some countries unexpectedly successful and others unexpectedly unsuccessful? Why is it that countries with such rich cultures as India and Mexico have consistently struggled economically, while Australia or Canada have been successful?

Commentary on Nobel Prize in chemistry

Analysis

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded half to David Baker ‘for the design of proteins using computational techniques’ and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper ‘for the prediction of protein structure’.

The first Nobel Prize in computer science!

Analysis

On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the Nobel Prize in Physics goes to American physicist John Joseph Hopfield and Canadian-British computer scientist Geoffrey Everest Hinton. Although the prize was awarded in physics, the justification reads that it was based on ‘discoveries and inventions enabling machine learning through artificial neural networks’, which is clearly associated with computer science.

Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology 2024

Analysis

When it seemed that all functions of ribonucleic acids (RNA) had been studied and described, scientists discovered new types of RNA at the end of the 20th century that influence inheritance, development, and diseases. This year, the Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of one of these new RNAs. According to the Nobel Committee's decision, two American biologists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, received the award in Physiology and Medicine for their "discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation".

Artificial Intelligence vs. robotics

Tue, 03/13/2018 - 11:38

California, the beginning of the 1970s. Through rooms of the Stanford Research Institute slowly glides Shakey - the first ever mobile robot programmed with artificial intelligence algorithms that allow it to plan its actions in order to achieve its goals.

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Liquid-crystal displays

Tue, 03/06/2018 - 09:40

dr hab. inż. Mariola Buczkowska

'Liquid crystals' are advanced materials commonly used in modern technology. They are common in consumer electronic devices where they serve to present information as digits, letters, symbols and images. These so-called displays are used both in the simplest of gadgets as well as in color TVs, monitors, tablets, phones, etc.

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Einstein was right again

Fri, 03/02/2018 - 12:57

mgr inż. Michał Maciejewski

Gravitational waves are another tool for space exploration, especially of phenomena related to large-scale objects. It may well be, as Barry Barish suggests in the CERN Courier, that they will help us better understand how the universe began or the Big Bang theory

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Medical robots born and raised in Lodz University of Technology

Fri, 02/23/2018 - 08:27

dr inż. Łukasz Frącczak

Scientists seek to develop solutions to make the work of medical doctors easier. For surgeons, it is particularly valuable if they can use robots. To their succor come researchers from Lodz University of Technology, where since 2000, in collaboration with the Foundation for the Development of Cardiac Surgery in Zabrze, a cardiac surgery robot Robin Heart has been under development.

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Respiratory half-masks - protection and hazard all at once?

Fri, 02/16/2018 - 09:22

dr inż. Justyna Szulc

When you think of protective equipment for the respiratory system what comes to your mind is most probably the sight of a dentist or doctor performing a complex medical procedure.

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Would you lease a pair of jeans? On what lies ahead of the circular economy

Wed, 02/07/2018 - 13:06

dr hab. Małgorzata Koszewska

Recently, the circular economy (CE) has been holding attention of a growing number of people and organizations.

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„A pen” that detects cancer

Fri, 02/02/2018 - 08:21

dr inż. Michał Tylman

Cancer is a group of some of the most serious diseases on the long list of the diseases of civilization - diseases associated with the advancement of the modern civilization.

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Zooming in on science - TUL's technologies as featured by PAP

Wed, 01/17/2018 - 10:29

The Polish Press Agency has been making a series of movies popularizing science. The movies feature innovative technologies developed by scientists working at Lodz University of Technology.