Two PhD students from the Faculty of Chemistry UG have been awarded in the 'Popularisation doesn't hurt' competition. Mgr Mateusz Adam Baluk was awarded the title of 'Doctoral Experimenter of the Year' and third prize in the team competition for his project 'Studies with sign language'. First place in this competition, on the other hand, went to mgr Patrycja Laszuk and her team for the bilingual science-integration game…

Book cover of "Sięgając po niezbadane". Over the last thirty years, the Foundation for Polish Science has donated over one and a half billion PLN to various undertakings related to the development of the scientific community in our country. Which of these initiatives were the most important? It turns out that among the 30 most influential pieces of…

The University of Gdańsk Publishing House announces a competition for the best scientific, didactic and PhD thesis book. The competition is open to publications published by the Publishing House in the year preceding the date of the competition. The competition aims to select and award the best book in three categories: scientific book, didactic book, a book presenting the results of a doctoral thesis. The main prize…

What is Planck's constant and how does it affect our lives? - these are just some of the questions to which answers will be available on April 14 during World Quantum Day at the University of Gdańsk and Gdynia's Experyment Science Centre. The celebrations will begin at 10.00 a.m. in the Experyment Science Centre in Gdynia with workshops "In…

The National Centre for Science has announced the results of the PRELUDIUM BIS 3 competition. Among the awarded research projects is the project of the Vice-Rector for Research, prof. dr hab. Wiesław Laskowski from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, University of Gdańsk, entitled: 'Physical constraints on the formation and observation of strictly…

We know the winners of the second edition of the Gdańsk Humanities Support Programme. Funding was granted to a total of seven scientific projects for a total amount of nearly PLN 980 000. The Gdańsk Humanities Support Programme implemented under the IDUB is addressed to academic teachers of the University of Gdańsk who conduct research in the humanities. Funding in the second…

Monika Lipińska and Fredy Archila. Biologists from the University of Gdańsk, after almost 50 years of speculation, have documented the pollination process of the orchid Ornithidium fulgens by the hummingbird Amazilia cyanocephala. - 'In contrast to van der Pijl and Dodson's observations, thanks to the photographic documentation, I was able to determine the…

The photo shows a phytotron - a room for growing plants in in vitro culture 'Development of ex situ conservation methods for protected species of the heather family (Ericaceae)' - is a project that has received funding from the programme 'Students' scientific clubs create innovations'. It will be carried out by the 'Explantatus' Student Research Group of…

'Relativistic causality and information processing' - a project submitted to the NCN competition by the International Centre for the Theory of Quantum Technologies-has gained funding of over 3.4 million PLN. - 'We ask what are the absolutely fundamental limits on information processing in any reasonable physical theory. Also such, which ... do not exist yet,' - says prof. dr…

'Prevention of addiction to learning: analysis of brainwave patterns (QEEG) and EEG Biofeedback' is the title of the project of the scientific club 'Experior', which received funding from a Ministry of Education and Science research grant under the second edition of the programme 'Students' scientific clubs create innovations'. - 'We assume that thanks to relaxation training…