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Why are premature babies more susceptible to infection?
25.01.2018
It isn’t rare for neonatology departments to treat newborns whose weight is only several hundred grams. The progress in medicine has made it possible for such small babies to survive, at the same time giving rise to many new challenges related to intense treatment of prematurely born infants.
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JU student co-discovers an atypical star
23.01.2018
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) has officially confirmed the discovery of an atypical RS Canum Venaticorum type variable star. The discovery was made by Adam Tużnik, a student of astronomy at the Jagiellonian University, and Gabriel Murawski, an astronomy enthusiast from the Medical University of Bialystok.
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Strange love. Putin and Russians
19.01.2018
What makes people act the way they do? Questions such as this one are often loaded with doubt as to whether their behaviour is logical. ‘How can they be like this?’ is usually the real meaning behind this kind of questions. We often adopt this point of view when talking about contemporary Russia, its president, and millions of citizens who support – or even adore – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
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Obese equals antisocial and thoughtless? A sociological essay
21.12.2017
Doctors are sounding the alarm: there are more people at risk of suffering from obesity than malnutrition. But obesity – according to Ewa Kopczyńska from the JU Institute of Sociology – is not only a question of health.
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A merry old man? Not necessarily. The secret history of Santa Claus
07.12.2017
As Christmas approaches, we’d like to take readers on a journey following the footsteps of Santa Claus in Eastern European culture. Dr Maciej Czeremski from the JU Institute of Religious Studies will be our guide.
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Can trees eliminate smog in cities?
29.11.2017
Just like other plants, trees produce oxygen. So technically, the more trees we plant, the more oxygen we’ll get. Is it that simple? Can we get rid of smog in cities by planting a large number of trees? Unfortunately, the answer is not that obvious. We asked Dr Piotr Klepacki from the JU Institute of Botany for an explanation.
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Joke morality. Is it OK to laugh at offensive jokes?
21.11.2017
Many people laugh at offensive jokes based on negative stereotypes of certain groups, such as miserly Jews, lazy blacks, or thieving Poles. Others, however, think that such jokes are in bad taste, crude, and even detrimental to society. Could they be right? Can a particular type of humour be unacceptable from a moral point of view? We asked Maciej Juzaszek, a PhD student at the JU Institute of Philosophy and Chair in the Theory of Law, to provide us with an ethics-oriented answer.
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Tissue engineering - great hope for medicine. Part III: A price worth paying
15.11.2017
The opening ceremony of the academic year 2017/2018 at the Jagiellonian University included a special lecture by Dr hab. Justyna Drukała from the JU Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology, a biologist, head of the JU Cell Bank.
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Tissue engineering - great hope for medicine. Part I: From prostheses to transplants
27.10.2017
The opening ceremony of the academic year 2017/2018 at the Jagiellonian University included a special lecture by Dr hab. Justyna Drukała from the JU Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology, a biologist, head of the JU Cell Bank.
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Nobel Prize 2017. Chemistry: cryomicroscopy
10.10.2017
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to a Swiss-German-British trio of scientists: Jacques Dubochet (University of Lausanne), Joachim Frank (Columbia University) and Richard Henderson (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology) have been awarded for their developments in transmission cryo-electron microscopy. We asked Prof. Zbigniew Sojka from the JU Faculty of Chemistry to comment on the verdict.
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