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A Long Way Home [Q&A]
12.04.2019
The coming of spring is heralded by longer days, blossoming flowers, as well as the return of migratory birds, which were often joyfully welcomed by our ancestors. Why do Polish birds migrate south? What sacrifices to do they have to make? How do they prepare for a long flight? These questions are addressed in the following article, written with the assistance of Dr Szymon Drobniak from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Environmental Sciences.
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Do you speak Dolphinese? The language of marine mammals
05.04.2019
How do dolphins interact with each other? How do they express their emotions? What do good manners mean for them? We have asked these questions to Prof. Vincent Janik from the University of St. Andrews, one of the world’s most prominent researchers studying the language of marine mammals, who has been invited to the Jagiellonian University to give the lecture “Marine mammal communication and the nature of language”.
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JU scientists make artificial intelligence more intelligent
03.04.2019
Prof. Jacek Tabor from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, along with his colleagues Prof. Maciej Nowak from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science and Prof. Tadeusz Marek from the Faculty of Management and Social Communication, have received a 4.5 million euro grant from the Foundation for Polish Science. Their interdisciplinary team will work on a project entitled Biologically inspired artificial neural networks.
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Training your brain. Physical activity and its effects on neuroplasticity
02.04.2019
Over the course of millions of years of evolution, intense physical activity was an integral part of human condition due to our hunter-gatherer lifestyle, contributing to the development of our cognitive abilities. Contemporary observations confirm this relationship: physical exercise stimulates the growth of our neural networks, synapses, and even new neurons. Below you can read a short version of a lecture by Prof. Filip Rybakowski from the Poznan University of Medical Science.
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Fake news: the Internet’s gossip
27.03.2019
In the age of social media, filter bubbles, and strong polarisation of opinions, fake news plays an increasingly important role in shaping public opinion. The reason behind this is directly tied to the nature of our social behaviours. Dr Małgorzata Majewska from the JU Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication explained to us the complexities of this issue.
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Gone the whole hog
22.03.2019
In early January, the information about the planned wild-boar cull in Poland provoked a public outcry. This solution was supposed to effectively prevent the spread of African Swine Fever. Prof. Henryk Okarma from the JU Institute of Environmental Sciences and Prof. Zygmunt Pejsak from the National Veterinary Research Institute have been asked to shed more light on this controversial topic.
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Breakthrough in fighting AIDS?
21.03.2019
In early March 2019, the world was shocked to hear the news of the second successful attempt to cure HIV infection. Since this news is as significant as it is sensational, we asked Dr hab. Monika Bociąga-Jasik from the JU MC Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases to explain this phenomenon. Are we witnessing a revolution in our struggle with HIV?
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Why doesn’t nature like squares?
19.03.2019
Famous Austrian artist Friedrich Hundertwasser once said that ‘the straight line is something cowardly drawn with a rule, without thought or feeling; it is a line which does not exist in nature’. But where does nature’s seeming inability to form regular shapes come from? We asked Dr Paweł Jedynak from the Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry to tell us more about natural geometry.
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Kraków archaeologists continue their excavations in southern Jordan
14.03.2019
In the coming days, researchers from the JU Institute of Archaeology will start another season of excavations. This year, the team led by Dr Piotr Kołodziejczyk plans to take a closer look at the mountainous region near the city of At-Tafilah.
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Turning green... but not with envy
04.03.2019
We are all explorers and the need for exploration drives us to discover uncharted territories, including the mysteries of far-away galaxies and the edges of the known universe, whereas few of us know that the lawn under our feet is still full of unfathomable mysteries. A group of researchers from the JU Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry is working to shed more light on this issue. Their research aims to answer an apparently trivial question: how plants become green?
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