Dr Maurycy Żarczyński at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023 - San Francisco Is the ‘megadrought’, which took place about 4 200 years ago, an event of global significance? According to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, yes, while according to the authors of the publication that appeared in Nature…

Exploiting and reinforcing gender stereotypes, including strengthening a sense of threat to masculinity, is one of the strategies used by anti-democratic organisations, among others, to recruit new members. MEN4DEM (Masculinity for the Future of European Democracy), a new project in Horizon Europe, aims to look at this phenomenon. The project has been…

An article by dr hab. Sebastian Mahlik, prof. UG and dr hab. inż Natalia Majewska from the Department of Condensed Phase Spectroscopy UG has been published in one of the most important journals devoted to chemistry - the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The researchers describe a discovery concerning the mechanisms of luminescence quenching in dielectrics doped with transition metal ions. The materials they…

An agreement has been signed for the sale of rights to an invention by scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry working under prof. Piotr Skowron. The subject of the invention is a method for obtaining butyrylcholinesterase enzyme (BChE) as a bioactive component of biosensors for the early detection of pesticide and Chemical Warfare Agent (CW) contamination. Negotiations preceding the signing of the agreement were led…

When will therapeutic vaccines against immunogenic cancers be developed? How far does the Baltic Sea reach? How do you manage digital hygiene - your own and your children's? University of Gdańsk researchers are looking for answers to these questions, and in recent weeks their research has attracted considerable interest from journalists. Here are some conversations with our researchers on important current topics that…

In the world of globalisation and fast-growing cities, the balance between an effective transport system and the environment becomes crucial. Current challenges, research, and possible improvements (in Poland and Latin America) were the matter of our interview with prof. Luis A. Guzman - a renowned scholar and expert in urban planning and transport in…

Why is water green? What is golden algae? Does the lake have a history? The answers to these and other questions will be known to the participants of the 1st Clean Lakes Festival organised by the Centre for Monitoring and Protection of Waters at the University of Gdańsk.   The event will take place on 31 July from 11:00 to 17:00 at the Centre for…

Prof. Ewa Łojkowska from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG and prof. Dorota Rancew-Sikora from the Faculty of Social Sciences have been appointed as chairpersons of the Scientific Committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the 2024-2028 term. There are dozens of committees at the Polish Academy of Sciences. They are groups that bring together specialists from different areas of science. They…

More than 400 applications from 80 institutions from all over Poland, a wide range of topical issues, and an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience between the scientific community and the business sector - welcome to the 4th Young Science Congress. The event will take place on July 11-13, 2024. As well as fulfilling a very important…

Project team, photo by dr Marta Grzechnik Investigating the consequences of mass population displacement in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine for European democracy and presenting evidence-based strategies to combat negative trends such as growing social antagonism and identity fragmentation - these are the main aims of the…