Scientists win ‘Polish Nobel Prizes’
Four trailblazing researchers who have significantly advanced Polish science have received prestigious awards, dubbed the "Polish Nobel Prizes," from a foundation in Warsaw. Poland's top senator Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska speaks at the awards ceremony in Warsaw on Wednesday. The annual Foundation for Polish Science Awards, now in their 34th year, are handed out in four areas: chemical and material sciences; mathematical, physical and engineering sciences;