During the election sitting on 25 June 2020, the Electoral College elected Professor Krzysztof Zaremba, Phd, DSc, for the post of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for the 2020–2024 term.
The European Commission has selected 24 winners of the 2nd “European Universities” competition, who will receive EUR 5 million over the next three years for the strategic development of their collaboration.
Investigating the in vitro anticancer and cytotoxic properties of a new family of 2D titanium carbide and nitrate nanocrystals (MXenes) and their effect on cells is the main goal of a project implemented by Agnieszka Jastrzębska, Ph.D., Eng., of the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology.
The project entitled: “Use of pre-purified biogas as fuel for engines and farming machines” will result in the development of dual-fuel common rail diesel engines.
The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “yeast” is perfectly risen pastry dough, a glass of kefir and – for adults – a beer or glass of wine. However, yeast is a very broad umbrella term for a great diversity of species which offer numerous possibilities far beyond the culinary realm. This fascinating world, invisible to the naked eye, was the topic of our conversation with the researchers behind the WUT Yeast Collection – Jolanta Mierzejewska, Ph.D., and Karolina Chreptowicz, Ph.D., Eng., of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology.
He dreamed of becoming an astronaut and exploring outer space, bit by bit. This dream did not come true, he has managed to go down in history nevertheless. Precisely, the history of the Polish Internet. On the anniversary of sending the first Polish e-mail we interviewed Tadeusz Węgrzynowski, head of the Telecommunications Section at the Warsaw University of Technology.
