February 19 is the Day of Polish Science. The date of this holiday is the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus in appreciation of his outstanding contributions in the field of astronomy. This day is supposed to be an inspiration to follow in the footsteps of Polish researchers and strengthen interest in science. On this occasion, we take a look into the... young Universe. The…

St. Valentine's Day falls on February 14th and is called the holiday of lovers. Ewa Karolina Cichocka talks with prof. dr hab. Beata Możejko from the Faculty of History of UG about the roots and traditions of this holiday and the customs related to it that date back to the Middle Ages and even to antiquity. - Professor, the celebration of Valentine's Day, and the associated…

Ewa Karolina Cichocka talks with dr Iwona Pawliczka vel Pawlik, Head of the prof. Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station UG in Hel about the time of a seal birth, the intensified work of the Station, and the attentiveness of people walking the beaches at the turn of February and March. - February 12th marks the sixth anniversary of prof. Krzysztof Skóra's passing, the founder and long-time head of the Marine Station of the…

- 'I am moved to think that many years ago, in the Gdańsk Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, I tore the pages of her book, and today I can share with readers a colourful her-story about an inhabitant of our Pomeranian lands,' says dr Magdalena Izabella Sacha from the Philology Department of the University of Gdańsk. A meeting with the author of a three-volume…

The team of prof. dr hab. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska has received nearly one million PLN in the Small Grant Scheme competition. The winning project, 'Pioneering hybrid materials for CO2 photoconversion', aims to create a groundbreaking class of hybrid materials made of nanocrystals. The results of this research could have a positive impact on the development of solar cell and bioimaging technologies. The Small Grants…

The call for applications under the programme of the Ministry of Education and Science entitled 'Excellent science' has started. Under the programme, universities, research institutes and institutions conducting scientific activity can count on support for scientific conferences (up to PLN 400 thousand) and scientific monographs (up to PLN 80 thousand). The call for applications ends on March 18, 2022. The subject of…

A unique device, one of a few in the world, a scanner for hyperspectral imaging of geological sediment cores, was obtained from an NCN Opus grant by the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk. It makes it possible to detect photopigments in sediments, which are important indicators of past environmental changes.…

On the initiative of six students of Genetics and Experimental Biology from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk, work is underway to create the only Polish-English dictionary in the field of broadly defined biology (from biochemistry to ecology) that can be used by all interested persons. 'The Polish-English Biology Dictionary', which UG students have been…

An asteroid with a diameter of about one kilometre will pass relatively close to the Earth today at a speed of over 70 000 km per hour. The phenomenon will be viewable through telescopes and on NASA's website. The asteroid, designated (7482) 1994 PC1, was discovered by astronomer Robert McNaught while conducting observations at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia in 1994. The astronomer specialises in discovering…

Collected seeds of endangered species/Photo: M. Lazarus. Staff at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk have set up a seed bank for 33 species of rare and endangered plants in Gdańsk Pomerania, as well as a bank of in vitro cultures of these species. In this way, they secured their gene resources. The work was carried out under the project '…