Cooperation with specialists using state-of-the-art technologies has ushered archaeological research into a whole new era, making it much more attractive to the public.

950,000 pages of data from 47 years of uninterrupted activity of the PAS Space Research Centre have been deposited in the openSPACE repository of high-value open Earth and space observation data. The data can be freely downloaded, to be used for any purpose

Novel types of drugs can very precisely target harmful proteins in our bodies.

Marek Konarzewski, Professor of Biology at the University of Białystok and President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, talks about how our ancient evolutionary past still affects our eating habits today.

State-of-the-art techniques for growing crystals are yielding materials with unique properties – such as metamaterial behavior or plasmon-enhanced optical performance.

New types of models can help us better predict how well species will be able to adapt to climate change.

A revolutionary invention from Nanoseen, a nanotechnology startup headquartered in Poland, is likely to soon help solve the widespread problem of access to clean, fresh water

Few technologies have transformed the field of biology as profoundly as sequencing – the ability to decipher the sequence of base pairs in a fragment of DNA.

We can either pursue sustainable economic development or face the prospect of no development at all – warns Prof. Boguslaw Fiedor of the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, chairman of the PAS Committee on Economic Sciences.

Mathematical models offer certain solutions to social problems, but implementing them in practice may spark certain controversies – says Prof. Piotr Dworczak from Northwestern University.

Can local dialects and vernaculars carve out a future for themselves in today’s world?

Metals are useful raw materials used in various industries. But one of the side-effects of their production is pollution of the marine environment.

Machine learning methods, such as the random forests algorithm, have revolutionized how we analyze growing volumes of data. The algorithm can be usefully applied in studying… real forests.

The emergence and development of large cities in antiquity was not necessarily associated with the concentration of wealth and resources in privileged social groups. Often, urban centers turn out to have been created by egalitarian societies.

Artificial intelligence technologies are moving forward by leaps and bounds, right before our very eyes. How well prepared are we to treat them not as tools or rivals, but as autonomous partners?

The tale of human progress is also a story of advancements in media technologies. But should we necessarily greet the changes now on the horizon with optimism?

Predictive mathematical models have useful applications in the food industry – preventing the loss and wastage of food, thereby conserving resources.

The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences is the only Polish scientific research unit that is entirely devoted to using space technologies and satellite techniques to study the Earth, the area of space around it, and other celestial bodies in the Solar System.

Using the hands and minds of its most prominent representatives, humanity has been on a remarkable quest to combat evil, dangers, suffering, life’s hardships, and premature death. Who or what have our enemies been?

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an important tool of Circular Economy (CE), which performs the analysis in a closed loop (“cradle-to-cradle”) of any product, process or technology. LCA assesses the environmental threats (climate change, ozone layer depletion, eutrophication, biodiversity loss, etc.), searches for solutions to minimize environmental burdens and together with CE contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emission, counteracts global climate crisis. The CE is a strategy for creating value for the economy, society and business while minimizing resource use and environmental impacts through reducing, re-using and recycling. In contrast, life cycle assessment is a robust and science-based tool to measure the environmental impacts of products, services and business models. Combining both the robustness of the LCA methodology and the principles of circular economy one will get a holistic approach for innovation. After a presentation of the LCA framework and methods used, 27 examples of case studies of comparative LCA analysis for replacement materials to reduce environmental load and their challenges as assessment methods for CE strategies are presented. It was concluded that there is a need for improvement of existing solutions, developing the intersection between the CE and LCA. Suggestions for developing a sustainable future were also made.