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Scientists develop 'smart' material that glows under friction, heat and ultrasound

An international team of scientists, including researchers from Poland, has developed a new material that emits light when exposed to friction, impact, heat and even ultrasound.

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    AI can't replace mathematical thinking, Polish study warns

    Artificial intelligence and advanced mathematical software can solve increasingly complex equations, but engineers who rely on them without understanding the mathematics behind the answers risk making poor or even unsafe decisions, according to new research from Poland.

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    Scientists record rare gamma-ray burst just before lightning strike

    A lightning can be more than just a flash of light and a sudden flow of electricity. An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Łódź and the National Centre for Nuclear Research, recorded a burst of gamma radiation directed toward Earth, formed just before one of the lightning strikes.

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    Researchers unveil programmable terahertz device that combines computing and communications for future 6G

    Researchers collaborating with the ENSEMBLE3 Centre of Excellence in Warsaw have developed a programmable terahertz metasurface capable of both processing and encoding data, a technological advance that could help future 6G communication networks reduce delays by carrying out simple computations before signals reach conventional electronics.

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    Polish researchers develop low-cost nanographene production method for non-metallic materials

    Researchers at the Jagiellonian University have developed a new, simple and cost-effective method for producing nanographene directly on non-metallic materials, a breakthrough they say could support future applications in electronics, telecommunications and medicine.

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    Researchers investigate how to store energy in quantum world

    What does it actually mean for a battery to be fully charged? In the quantum world, the answer is less obvious than for an ordinary battery. Researchers from the University of Gdańsk have shown that in the smallest systems, it is not only the amount of usable energy that matters, but also the way it is internally organised.

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    New method developed by Polish chemists allows to recover 95% of lithium from salt waste

    Polish researchers have demonstrated a method for recovering nearly all available lithium from solid salt mixtures that mimic waste deposits left after lithium-rich brines are processed, offering a potential way to reduce losses of the critical battery metal.

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    Scientists observe rapid alpha decay from ground state

    Scientists have directly observed the alpha decay of tellurium-104 for the first time, providing new evidence about how alpha particles form inside atomic nuclei before they are emitted.

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    Polish scientists develop ‘invisible’ electrode that could boost lasers, sensors and thermal imaging

    Polish researchers have developed a new type of electrode that combines high electrical conductivity with unusually high transparency to infrared radiation, a combination that could improve the performance of infrared detectors, lasers, thermal cameras and other optoelectronic devices.

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    CMS experiment at CERN finds W boson mass consistent with standard model

    The CMS experiment at CERN has measured the mass of the W boson with a precision approaching 10 MeV, producing a result consistent with the standard model of particle physics and challenging earlier findings that hinted at possible new physics.

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    Cannibalism disappeared because it was too costly for human survival

  • Wild forest honey found to contain unusually high levels of health-boosting compounds

  • Polish scientists test space-exposed drug samples after 14 months on ISS

  • Polish and French scientists win award for groundbreaking ‘déjà vu’ research

  • Climate change threatens Egypt’s ancient rock art as Polish archaeologists race to document it

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Polish researcher's team first to build synthetic cell from scratch

A team of scientists from the University of Minnesota, led by Polish researcher Katarzyna (Kate) Adamala, has created a synthetic cell capable of taking in nutrients, growing and dividing using only non-living components. The achievement, reported by Science, marks the most advanced step so far towards building a synthetic equivalent of a living cell from scratch.