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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".

Biomimetics – nature creates technologies

Mon, 10/29/2018 - 07:20

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!

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What will universities be like in 30 years' time? Part II - knowledge and information

Tue, 04/03/2018 - 13:48

dr inż. Grzegorz Liśkiewicz

In my previous post, I blogged about the challenges facing higher education due to the accelerated rate of technology advancement. Today, I will discuss how fast the growth of human knowledge is.

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What will be universities like in 30 years' time? Part I - technology

Sun, 11/05/2017 - 12:43

dr inż. Grzegorz Liśkiewicz

How do you imagine the academia in 30 years' time? I asked this question to panelists during the 2017 Innoshare conference, a record of which is available here. The panelists were in agreement - universities are in for a major change.

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Nanotechnologies for the conquest of space

Sat, 11/04/2017 - 13:23

dr hab. inż. Łukasz Kaczmarek, prof. PŁ

Humans have always been fascinated with space. Haven't you wondered when star gazing at night what mysteries the most remote regions of the Universe hold? Is there somewhere a planet like our own? What creatures inhabit planets that are nothing like Earth?

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