Popular 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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Content

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development

1 Contents

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development

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2 Editorial

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 3

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3 "Green" Biotechnology

Andrzej Anioł , Janusz Zimny

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 4-7

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Abstract

New technologies are difficult for the public to accept. Nevertheless, many countries have already managed to introduce laws that regulate ways of handling GMOs and new foods.

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Andrzej Anioł

Janusz Zimny

4 Titanic Collider

Michał Turala

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 8-11

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10 September brought the much-awaited launch of the world's most powerful accelerator, dubbed the LHC. It may perhaps manage to find the "God particle": the long sought-after Higgs boson.

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Michał Turala

5 Poland's Ageing Workforce

Andrzej Rosner , Monika Stanny

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 12-15

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Through 2015, all of the growth in Poland's working-age population will occur in rural areas. After then such growth will start to wane, enabling the Polish agricultural sector to be restructured, i.e. for agricultural employment to be downsized.

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Andrzej Rosner

Monika Stanny

6 A Flash of Insight

Lech Mankiewicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 16-19

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In The Jungle Book, Baloo the Bear taught Mowgli to constantly stay on his guard since the most interesting things always happen unexpectedly. That notion lies at the heart of the search for gamma ray bursts - far-off cosmic explosions of staggering magnitude.

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Lech Mankiewicz

7 Mother's Own Milk

Monika Słupecka , Jarosław Woliński , Stefan G. Pierzynowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 20-23

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Newborn piglets offer the best model for studying mammalian gastrointestinal development, as their digestive tracts show many similarities to those of humans.

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Monika Słupecka

Jarosław Woliński

Stefan G. Pierzynowski

8 21st-Century Cinderella

Henryk Domański , Dariusz Przybysz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 24-27

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Do people tend to marry spouses with similar or different levels of education? In what countries is such "marital homogamy"' i.e. equal levels of education between spouses, a more frequent or rarer phenomenon? A study carried out in 22 European countries seeks to answer these questions.

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Henryk Domański

Dariusz Przybysz

9 Faulty Sperm

Marta Olszewska , Maciej Kurpisz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 28-30

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The latest findings indicate that the causes of infertility frequently lie on the part of the male. Fortunately, this is a condition that we know how to treat.

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Marta Olszewska

Maciej Kurpisz

10 The Age of Stone

Przemysław Urbańczyk

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 31-33

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Precise identification of the age of medieval stone buildings enables their construction to be correlated with important historical events. Using state-of-the-art dating methods, Polish researchers have solved the longstanding riddle of when the monumental constructions of medieval Poland were erected.

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Przemysław Urbańczyk

11 Ladybird Conquers the World

Piotr Ceryngier

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 34-36

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A substantial majority of contemporary biological invasions are initiated intentionally or unintentionally by man. This holds true for the expansion of the harlequin ladybird.

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Piotr Ceryngier

12 When the Soil Flows

Andrzej Sawicki

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 37-39

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The puzzling phenomenon of soil liquefaction has led to many catastrophes - devastating earth dams, port quay-walls, marine structures, bridges, buildings, and roads, causing billions in economic losses, and costing thousands of lives.

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