In six years, the digger designed by experts from the Space Research Centre PAS is scheduled to start working on the Moon. It will deliver lunar dust to the device that will convert it into water and oxygen. Tests of the digger will begin in Warsaw in July.

The future of computer science are quantum computers, which may allow to perform many tasks better, faster and cheaper, says Adam Glos, a PhD student at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gliwice, who is working on such solutions.

Recycling of batteries - and the recovery of valuable rare earth metals from them - may become a Polish specialty within the framework of the EU battery project, says Jan Filip Staniłko, director in the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology. He emphasises that this is a global niche that will develop over time.

How were the people in Poland changing over the centuries, from the early Middle Ages to the 19th century? Did the Slavs migrate to our territories, or are they indigenous? The 3D scanning project and digital access to skulls, skeletons and DNA from human remains from central Poland is expected to help answer these questions.

Greater patients` comfort during dialysis will be provided by a VR device designed by a Szczecin company in cooperation with the Pomeranian Medical University. The creators hope that it will also improve the effectiveness of the treatment.

Bacteria that help in wastewater treatment can be enclosed in gel capsules to perform their task more effectively. Scientists from the Silesian University of Technology are working on such capsules.

The density of base stations in 5G network will be much higher than now. But the stations will be smaller and they will send a signal to the user with more precision than today - explains Dr. Jacek Wszołek from the Department of Telecommunications AGH-UST in an interview with PAP.

Poland cannot compete financially with tech giants in the production of autonomous cars, but the control software developed by our IT specialists is just as good, says head of the Polish Economic Institute Piotr Arak.

Hyper Poland, which wants to introduce for commercial magnetic railway capable of speeds up to 300 km/h, secured funding for the construction of a 500-meter test track in Żmigród, Natalia Sikorska from Hyper Poland told PAP.