Science and research

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".

How do you show the world to a blind person?

Tue, 11/12/2019 - 08:40

For over 10 years now, at the TUL's Institute of Electronics research projects and development of electronic personal navigation systems for the blind and visually impaired have been carried out.

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Lodz University of Technology in MATURO 3D

Wed, 09/25/2019 - 13:16

dr inż. Dorota Bociąga

mgr inż. Karolina Przybyszewska

Scientists at Lodz University of Technology are starting MATURO 3D research on groundbreaking solutions for urology. The main objective of the project is to develop new materials for reconstructive treatment of urethral defects in children and adults

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Smog monitoring drone made at TUL analyzes air over Łódź

Tue, 09/17/2019 - 11:50

dr inż. Robert Cichowicz

The quality of air and the level of its pollution are both linked both to natural emission sources as well as those related to human activity.

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Robot from TUL helps battle arachnophobia

Wed, 08/28/2019 - 08:24

Mikołaj Woźniak

Students from Lodz University of Technology have developed an innovative system enabling safe interaction with spiders. The innovation uses a lightweight robotic arm controlled by hand movements to be used in the therapy of the fear of spiders - arachnophobia.

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Bioreactor for stem cell cultivation

Tue, 07/30/2019 - 11:07

dr Aleksandra Ziemińska-Stolarska

As a result of a joint effort of scientists from Lodz University of Technology and the Medical University of Lodz, intensive work on the construction of a bioreactor for continuous stem cell bioprocessing has been underway for over a year.

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Quo vadis, Collider?

Tue, 02/19/2019 - 10:15

mgr inż. Michał Maciejewski

The media's attention has been captured by the latest news from Geneva where the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has pronounced the work on the report on the concept of a new accelerator of elementary particles, LHC's successor, completed.

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Calculating life expectancy

Mon, 01/07/2019 - 07:57

dr hab. inż. Anna Masek

At our laboratory in the Institute of Polymer and Dye Technology, TUL, research is conducted on predicting and, at the same time, calculating, the life time of a broad range of materials from packaging to tyres, windows, even concrete.

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Safer bulletproof vests

Tue, 11/20/2018 - 11:13

dr inż. Justyna Pinkos

Many occupational groups such as law enforcement, military, and border security forces, due to the nature of the job, are at risk of being hit by a projectile, which could cause behind armor blunt trauma or bodily injury due to the rapid deformation of body armor.

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Biomimetics – nature creates technologies

Mon, 10/29/2018 - 07:20

dr hab. inż. Łukasz Kaczmarek, prof. PŁ

Grab my hand and I'll take you on a journey into the future. You'll see a world that no one has touched yet. Or we could create it together... We'll design it so it is entirely consistent with the laws of nature. Sounds complicated? Let’s give it a try!