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On Saturday, from the cosmodrome in French Guiana, the Vega launch rocket will launch the Taranis microsatellite into low Earth orbit, the purpose of which is to study the mysterious, high-energy TLE flares. Polish specialists from the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences co-created this mission.more

The United Kingdom may receive 10 million doses of the new vaccine from the American company Pfizer before Christmas. Wakcin, which Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla called "groundbreaking" has already been hailed as a remedy that will enable the world to return to normal.more

Government scientists have suggested putting off Christmas celebrations with the family until summer to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirusmore

For many people, the pandemic has the potential to become a traumatic experience, the effects of which will be long-term, assessed Dr. Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska, a psychologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.more

Poor access to nutritious food products means that children and adolescents in Britain are lagging behind in relation to other rich countries in terms of healthy development, assessed the British daily The Guardian.more

No evidence of Covid-19 has been found by experts checking the Tube and bus network for traces of the virus.more

The UK developed the rapid breath test to detect COVID-19 in just seconds. Its accuracy is estimated at 80 percent. Currently, the groundbreaking test is being tested - outside the UK - also in Germany.more

Almost 50 academics from the Institute of Art History at the University of Warsaw signed the statement on the controversial sign that distinguishes the Polish Women's Strike. The researchers also referred to the language used by the protesters. Researchers from other universities and departments sign the statement.more

The first large English-Irish dictionary in 61 years was officially presented on Friday in Dublin. Compared to the previous edition, it has been supplemented with phrases such as computer, but also the latest ones such as coronavirus, fake news or social distance.more

Scientists have warned the Government that every hospital bed in England will be full by December 17 unless further coronavirus restrictions are imposed.more

Scientists in Brazil have linked resistance to Covid-19 safety measures, such as wearing a mask, with antisocial personality traits.more

Antibodies against the novel coronavirus follow a classic pattern with a rapid increase within the first three weeks after symptoms, and detectable up to seven months post contracting the disease, according to a new study which assessed 300 patients infected with the virus and 198 post-COVID-19 volunteers.more

600 people from all over Poland who have not been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, despite having had contact with an infected person, will be examined by scientists. The final stage of the project is to obtain a test that identifies people who need special care during the pandemic.more

Scientists have gathered some of the most compelling evidence yet for the existence of water on the moon – and it may be relatively accessible. The discovery has implications for future missions to the moon and deeper space exploration.more

Poland 2.0 Summit, an innovation and technology conference for Polish students studying at renowned universities across Europe, will be held in a virtual form this year due to the coronavirus epidemic, the organizers informed.more

Hospitals are getting ready to vaccinate staff working on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, with hopes the jab will be ready "within weeks".more

One in 10 people had experienced suicidal thoughts by the end of the first six weeks of lockdown, according to new research.more

A Brazilian doctor who died with Covid-19 after volunteering for AstraZeneca and Oxford University's vaccine trial was not part of the experimental group that received the jab, according to reports. more

The virus did not become more dangerous, people started to downplay it - assessed Dr. Piotr Rzymski from the Medical University of Poznań. "Observing the situation in Poland and the dynamics of its changes, I have the impression that the health care system is getting closer and closer to the wall" - he added.more

A coronavirus vaccine is "unlikely" to completely stop infections and the disease might never fully disappear, the government's chief scientific adviser has said.more

British scientists are preparing to launch a study in which healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with the coronavirus, which is expected to speed up vaccine development, said Tuesday.more

Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 are now more likely to survive than they were a few months ago, a UK study found. First of all, the percentage of deaths in intensive care units decreased.more

In a series of recommendations to fix the struggling Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system in England, health researchers from University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say that pooled testing for Covid-19 could significantly increase testing capacity in a relatively short space of time and help with the identification of asymptomatic cases in key workers.more

Christmas is unlikely to be the "usual celebration" of "families coming together", a scientist has said.more

The health care system must move towards mass testing for the presence of coronavirus, said Prof. dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Książek from the Medical University of Karol Marcinkowski in Poznań.more