In collaboration with Prof. Finze's research group (University of Würzburg) and Dr. Alexey Maximenko (SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre at Jagiellonian University) Prof. Adam Slabon's research group has successfully synthesized and comprehensively characterized a new series of anions of the type [M(B₁₁H₁₁)₂]^3- (M = Cu, Ag, Au). The nido-[B₁₁H₁₁]^4- ligand coordinates to copper, silver, and gold stabilizing them in the exceptionally high formal oxidation state +V. This is the highest oxidation state known to date for these metals. XANES analysis, carried out by Dr. Alexey Maximenko, additionally confirmed the unusually high oxidation state of copper in K₃[Cu(B₁₁H₁₁)₂]·5H₂O.

A team of researchers from from Gdańsk University of Technology (Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics) with cooperation of beam scientists from PIRX and ASTRA beamlines conducted a study on enhancing the stability of double perovskite in redox cycles through lanthanum doping. The experiment formed part of the PRELUDIUM project led by MSc Eng. Agata Ducka. The full research results have been published in the journal Nanoscale.

A group of scientists led by Dr. Tomasz Kantyka from the Małopolska Center for Biotechnology at the Jagiellonian University, in collaboration with the Department of Microbiology at the Jagiellonian University, the University of Bergen, and the SOLARIS Center, is conducting research on the molecular mechanisms associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, leading to chronic inflammation and joint damage.

Researchers from the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, grew tobacco plants in a transparent soil system that mimics natural conditions, allowing for a controlled heterogeneous distribution of nutrients. They discovered that when some parts of the roots had access to Zn while others did not, the Zn‑deficient roots did not show the usual Zn deficiency response. This suggested a previously unknown distribution of Zn within the root system, from “Zn‑sufficient” roots to “Zn‑deficient” ones.

Researchers from the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków have carried out advanced experiments using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). They discovered a new surface state of iron Fe(001), whose symmetry changes depending on the magnetization direction of the layer. The results of their study have been published in the prestigious New Journal of Physics.