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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Description

The „Academia” magazine was founded on the initiative of Professor Andrzej B. Legocki, a President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003 – 2006. In the beginning it was published only in English as a reply to the growing demand for a current information on the Polish Academy of Sciences` activities, expressed by foreign scientists and Poles living abroad and interested in Polish science.

Since 2005 the magazine is published both in Polish and English.

The „Academia” is an exceptional - on the Polish market - scientific magazine for the general public, propagating achievements of Polish scientists here and abroad. Authors of articles in „Academia” explain their subject in a way that is accessible not only for all sorts of academics but also for students, pupils and all other readers interested in scientific topics for the general public.

ISSN
1731-7401
Publishers
Polish Academy of Sciences

Editorial Staff

Jolanta Iwańczuk (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Sciences)

Daniel Sax (Editor, English-Language Version)

Marcin Pietras (Biological & Agricultural Sciences)

Justyna Orłowska (Journalist)

Andrzej Figatowski (Graphic Designer)

Anna Bielec (Project Coordinator)


Scientific Council

Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Chairman)

Dariusz Jemielniak (Deputy Chairman)

Andrzej Buko

Katarzyna Czarnecka

Patrycja Dołowy

Paweł Golik

Janusz Jurczak

Tomasz Kapitaniak

Marek Krawczyk

Krzysztof Nowak

Anna Zawadzka

Publisher:


Polish Academy of Sciences

Communication and Science Information Department

Defilad sq. 1,

00-901 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: academia@pan.pl

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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste

1 Contents
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 3
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2 Editorial
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 3
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3 Pour Some Sugar on Me
Piotr Krajewski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 4-7
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Abstract

Research conducted in recent years has greatly improved our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of sweet taste, as well as its inhibitors. A number of sweeteners and inhibitors discovered by Polish researchers have been patented.
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Piotr Krajewski
ORCID: ORCID
4 Going for Italian
Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 8-11
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Abstract

Poland's royal Vasa court of the 16th and 17th centuries was dominated by Italian musicians; this makes the career of Marcin Mielczewski, a Polish musician and composer of works still performed today, all the more unusual.
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Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska
5 Our Daily Salt
Hanna Tomassi-Morawiec , Grzegorz Czapowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 12-15
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Abstract

Salt is the only rock mineral consumed by people directly, since sodium chloride is an essential part of our diet.
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Hanna Tomassi-Morawiec
Grzegorz Czapowski
6 Determined Tastes
Krzysztof Szyfter
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 16-19
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Abstract

The genetic components of our sense of taste have been studied and described in some depth; however, human nutrition is also heavily influenced by civilization and culture.
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Krzysztof Szyfter
7 Delights of the Table
Agata Roćko
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 20-23
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Abstract

In 18th-century Poland, splendid feasts and banquets served to stress the significance and magnificence of noble courts.
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Agata Roćko
8 PW-Sat in Orbit
Jan Pomierny , Maciej Urbanowicz , Piotr Wolański
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 24-27
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Abstract

Toe first Polish satellite was recently launched into orbit. PW-Sat, constructed by students from the Warsaw University of Technology with support from specialists from the PAS Space Research Centre, was canied onboard the European Space Agency's VEGA launch rocket.
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Jan Pomierny
Maciej Urbanowicz
Piotr Wolański
9 Fountains of Health
Jakub Sokołowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 28-30
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Abstract

Distilled water, stripped of its mineral salts, has an insipid taste. What is it that makes natural mineral water taste good, or gives it curative properties?
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Jakub Sokołowski
10 Mysterious Nanoscale Forces
Alina Ciach
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 31-33
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Abstract

Every child knows that 1 + 1 equals more than zero, so researchers from the University of Stuttgart were shocked by the results of an experiment in which putting together two repulsing forces created an attraction instead of the expected stronger repulsion. Can enhancing repulsion forces really result in attraction?
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Alina Ciach
11 What's That Smell?
Dorota Klensporf-Pawlik
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 34-35
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Abstract

In order to understand what constitutes the specific aromas of food, we first need to study the chemical structure of their constituents. This is being done by researchers working at modern chromatography laboratories.
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Dorota Klensporf-Pawlik
12 Crunching Machine
Artur Zdunek
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 36-37
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Abstract

Those fantastically juicy apples sitting on supermarket shelves are not just simply nature's gift to us - they are also the result of numerous tests and ongoing scientific research.
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Artur Zdunek
13 Kaleidoscope of Tastes
Marta Bucholc
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 38-39
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Abstract

Taste is an important element in power relationships, since as Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu maintained, good taste is simply the preferences displayed by groups with a certain social standing.
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Marta Bucholc
14 Art Will Eat Itself
Dorota Koczanowicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 40-41
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Abstract

The senses most traditionally associated with art perception are vision and hearing, whereas taste is generally linked with the culinary arts. Contemporary artists, however, rarely worry about such divisions.
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Dorota Koczanowicz
15 Duty of Disobedience
Jerzy Jedlicki
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 42-45
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Abstract

What made you pick sociology to study at university?
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Jerzy Jedlicki
16 Bibliotheca Partia in the 21st Century
Magdalena Biniaś-Szopek
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 48-49
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Abstract

Since the mid-19th century, the Kórnik Castle near Poznań has been the location of one of Poland's most valuable and oldest library collections.
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Magdalena Biniaś-Szopek
17 Caviar & Chocolate
Agnieszka Kozak
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 50
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Agnieszka Kozak

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