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1Question: Can we produce hydrogen using microorganisms?

1Question: Can we produce hydrogen using microorganisms?

08.03.2016
Are we about to witness a major breakthrough in science and start producing hydrogen using microorganisms? Dr Dariusz Dziga from the JU Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology answers our question.
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1Question: First contact with bacteria. How do microbes affect babies?

1Question: First contact with bacteria. How do microbes affect babies?

02.03.2016
Microorganisms are everywhere. It's not unexpected, then, to ask about their interaction with babies who are still in their mothers' wombs or left it just a few months earlier. Is womb a sterile environment? And what happens after birth? Is there a sudden onslaught of bacteria? Dr hab. Tomasz Gosiewski from the JU Medical College Chair in Microbiology sheds some light on the issue.
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Experts debate on the future of the last European primeval forest

Experts debate on the future of the last European primeval forest

26.02.2016
"The Białowieża Forest is one of the few remaining ecosystems that are still in an almost unspoilt state. If a sufficiently large area of it is protected, it can survive various disturbances" – argued Prof. January Weiner from the JU Institute of Environmental Sciences at a debate in the JU Auditorium Maxiumum devoted to the future of the Białowieża Forest, organised by the JU Student Society of Naturalists
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Orientation Week at the Jagiellonian University

Orientation Week at the Jagiellonian University

25.02.2016
On 22 February 2016 another Orientation Week for the incoming Erasmus+ students started at the Jagiellonian University.
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1Question: How did we discover gravitational waves?

1Question: How did we discover gravitational waves?

19.02.2016
Nobel Prize-worthy, major breakthrough, historic discovery – these are just some of the words the scientific world used to describe the announcement confirming the existence of gravitational waves. In the article below, Dr Sebastian Szybka from the JU Astronomical Observatory explains this phenomenon.
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Tony Award winning JU graduate

Tony Award winning JU graduate

18.02.2016
Paulo Szot is a Brazilian opera actor and singer (baritone) of Polish origin, who graduated from the Jagiellonian University. He has been presented with the Tony Award as well as the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award.
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Polish snakes in trouble

Polish snakes in trouble

10.02.2016
Can we aid a snake in survival? Sure we can! And we should, even more so when it comes to a critically endangered species and the rarest reptile in Poland.
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