Can science help save lynx, tigers or cheetahs? Professor Wojciech Niżański from the UPWr believes so. To this end his team is creating a sperm bank: they intend to freeze the reproductive cells of animals in order to save them from extinction in the future, thanks to in vitro methods.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/sperm-banks-are-the-future-of-endangered-species-365.html
Eight beehives, housing hundreds of thousands of bees located next to a flower meadow giving the bees somewhere to feed – this is the perfect recipe for delicious honey. The UPWr is opening a second university apiary, as a result of a partnership between the university and the European Parliament Office in Wrocław.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/european-bee-garden-opens-at-upwr-470.html
UPWr students of Landscape Architecture have designed plans for the development of the Biskupin Campus aligning with the principles of sustainable development. – The students' ideas are interesting and full of innovative and 'green' design solutions. So, there should be an impulse to take action so that the campus becomes a model, multifunctional public space in Wrocław in the future – says Dr. Anna Bocheńska-Skałecka.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/the-biskupin-campus-through-the-eyes-of-students--green-and-innovative-in-design-578.html
Scientists from the UPWr Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics carried out precise measurements of the Tatra Mountain peaks. As a result, many atlases and textbooks will have to be revised. Świnica turned out to be one meter higher, the Skrajny Granat on Orla Perć by three meters, and the border post in Rysy stands at 2500 m above sea level.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/height-of-mountain-peaks-in-the-tatras-to-be-corrected-476.html
