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We have over-inflated the issue of information bubbles, says expert

A staggering 96 percent of the time people spend online is spent on anything but consuming information. This, says Professor Magdalena Wojcieszak means ‘we have over-inflated the issue of information bubbles and disinformation.’

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    Scientists use nanotechnology to produce biohydrogen from food processing waste

    Biohydrogen is gaining importance as a potential alternative fuel source. One of the possibilities of its production is to use sewage sludge from food waste processing. Scientists from the University of Silesia have improved this method and enhanced it with nanotechnology.

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    Researchers to develop Polish version of ChatGPT

    A Polish large language model PLLuM, trained on mainly Polish-language content, and an intelligent assistant based on it will be developed by six Polish research units. 'We cannot afford to be left behind,’ say the project’s representatives.

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    'Artificial bone' made of granules. Will it also be bactericidal?

    Scientists from the AGH University have been working for years on materials which could replace bones and help in bone regeneration. They are now trying to force granular bone substitute materials to fight bacteria.

  • 04.12.2023. Communication director at Thorium Space Technology Ewa Poławska (L), Thorium Space S.A. CEO Paweł Rymaszewski (2L), R&D engineer at Thorium Space S.A. Piotr Kurgan (C) and member of the Supervisory Board at Thorium Space Technology Hector Fenech (2R) at a press conference at the PAP Press Centre in Warsaw, February 4. Topic: 'Thorium Space S.A. and the European Space Agency launch work on the Polish SmallGEO telecommunications satellite. PAP/Leszek Szymański
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    Work is underway on first Polish telecommunications satellite

    Thorium Space and the European Space Agency are working on the first Polish telecommunications satellite. The SmallGEO device could be in orbit in five years.

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    Polish engineers co-develop methodology for testing anti-drone systems

    Polish optoelectronics engineers have co-created criteria for testing and selecting anti-drone technologies to protect infrastructure, borders and residents of individual EU countries.

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    Feeding a polymer boa snake, the nanotube constrictor

    Accelerating the action of polymers that wrap around a selected type of nanotubes so that they can be isolated for future applications was described by scientists from the Silesian University of Technology. The team leader, Professor Dawid Janas, compares this process to 'feeding a polymer boa snake, the constrictor of nanotubes.’

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    Psychotherapy with artificial intelligence - chat with Terabot

    Artificial intelligence can help manage fear, shame and anger, assist in mindfulness training, and even help patients resist their inner voices. The effectiveness of the therapeutic chatbot called Terabot is now being verified, the Warsaw University of Technology reports.

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    Scientists test solutions for future fusion power plants

    Physicists from Europe, including Poland, have completed a series of experiments with deuterium and tritium at the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion device in the UK. As part of this work, they explored fusion processes and control techniques under similar conditions to those in future fusion power plants.

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    Polish satellites launched into orbit

    Polish satellites including the Intuition-1 satellite built in Gliwice and the STORK-7 observation satellite were launched into space Saturday evening on board the Falcon 9 rocket.

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Shaking nanotubes

The properties of nanomaterials depend on how these structures vibrate, among other things. Scientists, including a Polish researcher, investigated the vibrations occurring in various types of carbon nanotubes.