Lodz University of Technology is successfully applying for funds under the European Commission's international research programmes. In the new budget perspective for 2021-2027, 44 applications have been submitted so far, of which 10 projects have been awarded funding and 8 more are awaiting evaluation.
Lodz University of Technology, the City of Lodz, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Poland and the Danfoss company signed (3.11) an agreement on cooperation to improve energy efficiency in the building industry in Lodz.
During the Quality Forum, held yesterday (27.10) as part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Polish Accreditation Committee, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik, Rector of TUL, received the Certificate of Educational Excellence for the field of Computer Science.
The Ministry of Education and Science has publishedinformation on the results of admissions for studies for the academic year 2022/2023. Lodz University of Technology is very popular among candidates.
This year's Academic Sports Gala, during which the best universities, outstanding athletes and memorable projects are awarded, was held in Lublin (21.10). This edition of the event was special for Lodz University of Technology.
This painful condition affects more than 20 per cent of the entire population, not just the human population. It usually ends with surgery or joint implantation. Researchers from Lodz University of Technology, together with medics, are developing an innovative method of treating it. Assoc. Prof. Marcin Kozanecki, from the Department of Molecular Physics at the Faculty of Chemistry, head of the OPUS project, explains the method.
The Polish Patent Office has published the 2021 Report. Lodz University of Technology continues to rank second in Poland, with 121 domestic and foreign patents granted. First place in the ranking went to Lublin University of Technology, with 136 patents and third place to Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, which filed 118 patents.
The iLumen European Solar Challenge competition in Belgium at Circuit Zolder proved once again lucky for the students of Lodz Solar Team from Lodz University of Technology. During the competition, their Eagle Two car circumnavigated the track 140 times on a single charge, scoring the second for the distance covered.
Lodz University of Technology, in a consortium with business partners from Poland and Turkey, will develop a household wind turbine capable of cooperation and integration with other renewable energy sources. The National Centre for Research and Development and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey have granted more than €300,000 for the research.
The appearance of pathogenic nucleosides in mitochondrial RNA molecules can cause severe dysfunction of mitochondria, which are the energy centres of our cells. Their damage gives rise to symptoms of hypertension, type 2 diabetes and Leber hereditary neuropathy of the optic nerve (LHON). Researchers at the Faculty of Chemistry of Lodz University of Technology, under the direction of Assoc. Prof. Grazyna Leszczynska, are looking to identify the cause of these dysfunctions at the molecular level.
New computational tools based on the DMRG (density matrix renormalization group) method will be created at the Institute of Physics of Lodz University of Technology in cooperation with scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences, within the framework of the OPUS LAP project funded by the National Science Centre and the Czech Science Foundation.
This is the question Professor Halina Abramczyk of the Interdepartmental Institute of Radiation Technology at the Faculty of Chemistry of Lodz University of Technology is seeking to answer. The National Science Centre has awarded her nearly PLN 1.5 million for research into the recognition of cell signals in cancer.
Three important projects carried out by researchers from Lodz University of Technology will be funded by the National Science Centre from the OPUS 22 and OPUS LAP programmes. The total amount of funding is over 4 million PLN.
Thanks to the implementation of the Interdisciplinary HEI Entrepreneurship Fostering Program (InterHEI), Lodz University of Technology has joined another initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology community, now in the area of food - EIT Food.
Lodz University of Technology is the leader of an EU project from the LIFE Programme to support activities for nature and climate protection and energy transition. The project, coordinated by Professor Volodymyr Mosorov of the Institute of Applied Computer Science at Lodz University of Technology, will be carried out by several European universities, with the support of a Dutch technology company and a Greek research organisation dedicated to promoting disruptive social and business innovations. The budget for the joint tasks is close to €1.5 million.