A team of scientists have developed a new device for spotting retinal diseases by using laser light to check how much infrared light patients can see.

Scholars: Dr. Dawid Pinkowicz, Dr. Roman Szczęsny and Dr. Michał Wierzchoń received the 2019 National Science Centre Awards. "The National Science Centre Award builds bridges between the worlds of science and business," said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin.

Climate change affects flood volume in different ways. Floods are getting bigger in northwestern Europe and smaller in southern and eastern Europe. This is the conclusion of the publication in Nature co-authored by a Polish researcher.

The Mini-EUSO telescope was launched into space this week on the Soyuz 2.1a rocket. The device will be placed on the International Space Station and allow to map the ultraviolet background produced by Earth atmosphere. Polish researchers take part in the international program.

According to Polish research results, remote monitoring of patients with heart failure reduces the risk of death due to various causes and the risk of hospitalisation due to cardiovascular diseases, says Dr. Mateusz Tajstra from the Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases in Zabrze.

Polish innovators are developing the system Toucan Eye, which will identify written messages and symbols in the environment and read them to the visually impaired. The system users will use a cam fitted in a device resembling a bluetooth headset.

Physicists for the first time observed gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts, a and light flare originating from the same phenomenon. "This is the beginning of a new era in astronomy" - told PAP Prof. Tomasz Bulik, involved in research.

This year\'s Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to scientists from the US and Germany, who were the first to observe gravitational waves. Their achievements would probably not have been possible without the work of Polish physicist Prof. Trautman - who convinced everyone that these waves actually exist, and their detection is possible.

Fragment of a meteorite, fossils, plant seeds, human DNA, tardigrades, coins, photos of the Earth, silicon crystals - are the treasures buried by Polish scientists in a time capsule on Spitsbergen. The container is designed to appear on the surface of the Earth in about 500 thousand years.