Researchers from Krakow looked at the statistics of the bitcoin market. These studies present this famous cryptocurrency in a surprisingly positive light, report representatives of the Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS.

In April next year the Światowid satellite will have competed all tests. It will fly to the International Space Station and from there it will be launched into orbit, SatRevolution COO Grzegorz Zwoliński told PAP.

PKN Orlen in cooperation with the Industrial Chemistry Research Institute carried out an attempt to process crude oil fraction with vegetable oils. The aim of the project is to develop innovative technology and obtain high quality biofuels as a component of diesel oil, the company informs.

Scientists from the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology in Warsaw are testing the world`s first high-temperature magnetic field sensor made of graphene. This technology can be used in the production of electric cars and industrial equipment.

The first data with scientific value collected by smartphones of participants of the international CREDO project has been presented in the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków. The smartphones form a global detector of cosmic ray particles.

In October, research begins at the SOLARIS synchrotron in Kraków, the most advanced device of this type in this part of Europe. SOLARIS will kick off with 26 experiments prepared by groups of scientists from 12 Polish and five foreign universities and research institutes.

Chemists from the Nicolaus Copernicus University are developing a drive for an artificial fish - "herring", designed to detect the activity of foreign navy objects. Thanks to the use of intelligent material, the robot should undetectable in the water.

Researchers from the Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw have printed a 3D copy of the oldest skeleton found in Poland - more than 6,500 years old - known as the Man of Janisławice. The copy will be displayed at a special exhibition, and the original will be used for scientific research.

Information storage in computers will be much more efficient thanks to the solution developed by physicists from the University of Bialystok. The solution has now been awarded patent protection by the US Patent Office.