Science blog

The title question is definitely not new and, depending on the context, it may have different answers. This article shows an engineering perspective on the problem. As we all know, engineers are very creative people (especially...[more]

A reason to write this article was the last hot summer, one of the hottest summers for a number of decades. If someone did not believe that global warming was a fact and thought it was just an ecologists’ way to threaten people,...[more]

Scientists and researchers from the AGH UST Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection have developed the first Polish geoinformation system, commissioned the Małopolska Voivodeship Office. The main developer of...[more]

“(…) followed by an escort of wheelchairs, manoeuvring skilfully. The sun is shining on nickel-plated spokes. Anyway, we are already producing nickel and we will be producing more of it.”Sławomir Mrożek “Żal” (story collection...[more]

On 30th September, 2015, Czernichów near Krakow hosted a presentation of the measurement capabilities of one of Europe’s most advanced experimental flood banks. The leader of the project is the AGH University of Science and...[more]

Prometheus, the fastest supercomputer ever built in Poland, owned by ACC CYFRONET AGH was ranked 49th on the world’s TOP 500 list of fastest computer systems, which was published on 13th July this year. The ranking list of the...[more]

The first edition of “AGH UST Brainstorming” took place on 30 June 2015. The culmination of the most interesting student projects was the official premiere of third AGH racing car.   Those gathered were greeted by prof....[more]

Students representing AGH UST achieved historic success at the largest and most prestigious international academic satellite technology competition. At the 2015 CanSat Competition held between 12 and 14 June in Texas, USA, AGH...[more]

The examination of stress in materials with the use of X-radiation is very important in many branches of industry, for example, in constructing parts of vehicles, planes and ships, in testing the quality of welding, or in...[more]

The prototype of a new-generation router, which allows to accelerate data transmission on the Internet, has been designed by Jerzy Domżał, DSc, and Robert Wójcik, DSc, of the Department of Telecommunications at the AGH University...[more]