• 2026-08-26

    Data on night-time lighting in Brazil compiled at Gdańsk Tech incorporated into MapBiomas

    Data on night-time satellite radiance for the whole of Brazil, compiled by Paweł Tysiąc, PhD, Eng., from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology, have been made available as part of MapBiomas Brazil. The new layer covers the years 2013–2025 and enables the analysis of changes in the intensity of artificial night-time lighting across the...

  • 2026-08-26

    Fahrenheit Universities, expanded with new members, invite you to a joint parade to mark the start of the academic year

    The academic and local government tradition of an annual parade of Pomeranian universities, under the slogan ‘Long live science!’, will return on 10 October. This year’s event is organised by the Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, with its new members for the first time, and the City of Gdańsk.  This will be the fifth time that Gdańsk has hosted a joint opening ceremony for...

  • 2026-08-26

    New materials, drives and protein-DNA models

    One hundred young researchers from across Poland have been selected to take part in the training and mentoring phase of the LIDER UP programme. A total of 708 proposal forms were submitted for the call, and 448 proposals received a positive substantive assessment. Among the highest-ranked candidates were Adam Olszewski, PhD, Eng., from the Faculty of Chemistry, and Dmytro Kondratenko, PhD, Eng.,...

  • 2026-08-21

    A Gdańsk Tech researcher co-authoring an article published in the prestigious JACS journal

    Karolina Górnicka, PhD, Eng., from the Gdańsk University of Technology took part in research on a new family of materials whose magnetic and electronic properties can be controlled by carefully selecting their chemical composition. The findings of the international team of researchers were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The article ‘Synergistic Doping and...

  • 2026-07-17

    A quarter of a petabyte of data closer to discovering the physical principles of information storage in DNA

    Researchers have performed one of the most extensive studies to date using computer simulations to investigate how different DNA sequences behave. The data obtained help to get a better understanding of how DNA works and provide a vast, publicly accessible resource for further scientific research. The findings of the study, co-authored by researchers from the Gdańsk University of Technology,...

  • 2026-07-15

    Gdańsk Tech among the best universities in Poland in the Perspektywy ranking

    The Gdańsk University of Technology remains among the very best universities in Poland. In the Perspektywy University Ranking 2026, Gdańsk Tech came fifth among all academic institutions in Poland and third among technical universities, thus repeating last year’s results. The Perspektywy Education Foundation has published the latest edition of its annual ranking of the best universities in...

  • 2026-07-15

    Ultra-high-temperature heat pump. Gdańsk Tech leads the DUOHEAT project

    The heat that today is irrecoverably lost from industrial plants into the environment could once again become a useful source of energy. Researchers from the Gdańsk University of Technology, the AGH University of Kraków and the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery at the Polish Academy of Sciences are developing an innovative two-stage heat pump capable of raising the temperature of waste heat by...

  • 2026-07-13

    Miejska Miedza at the Gdańsk University of Technology. New habitats for wild pollinators are being created on the campus

    Can a technical university campus become a site for nature conservation and biodiversity research? At the Gdańsk University of Technology, the answer is a resounding yes. A project entitled ‘Establishment of semi-natural meadows on the Gdańsk University of Technology campus as habitats for pollinators and a biodiversity research site’ is being implemented on the campus. It aims to create...