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AI ‘hacks our thinking system' to appear correct, wants expert
AI models are designed to persuade and appear correct, but they do not truly understand the world, and this can make them dangerous in high-risk areas, according to Professor Przemysław Biecek, Director of the Centre for Credible Artificial Intelligence (CCAI) at Warsaw University of Technology.
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Astronomers find proof of rogue planets
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from Poland, has discovered a free-floating, or rogue, planet and precisely measured its mass for the first time, providing direct proof that such objects exist, according to a study reported by the journal Science.
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Study explains why people secretly enjoy the misfortune of others
People often experience satisfaction when others fail or suffer, particularly when the misfortune affects someone who has previously provoked them, according to research published in the journal Cognition and Emotion.
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Birds must watch every gram of fat to survive winter, says ornithologist
The next two months are the coldest and most critical for birds, making winter feeding both essential and strategically complex, according to ornithologist Konrad Leniowski, PhD, from the University of Rzeszów.
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Using spoken and sign languages boosts focus, planning, and attention, study finds
People who use both spoken and sign languages may achieve better results in tasks requiring executive control and visuospatial attention than monolinguals and bilingual users of spoken languages, according to research conducted at the Jagiellonian University.
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Marketing sometimes diverges from science in microbiome research, expert warns
Microbiome analysis is becoming an increasingly popular service in Poland, but experts warn that many commercial tests promise more than they can deliver, limiting their usefulness for patients, according to Paweł Łabaj from the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology at the Jagiellonian University.
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Genes, lifestyle and DNA methylation linked to facial skin ageing, Polish study finds
Scientists in Poland have found links between genetic variation, DNA methylation, lifestyle factors and visible signs of facial skin ageing, based on three-dimensional facial scans and large-scale genetic and epigenetic analyses of more than 700 people.
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Polish protect to transform diagnosis of childhood soft tissue sarcomas
The largest research project in Poland focused on soft tissue sarcomas in children aims to introduce nationwide access to advanced molecular diagnostics and liquid biopsy, a move researchers say could permanently change the standard of care in paediatric oncology.
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XMaS beamline helps develop methane recovery technology
XMaS may sound like Christmas, but for physicists it is the name of a powerful X-ray beamline, and one that has now revealed, almost live, how copper atoms wander inside a catalyst critical for turning methane into methanol.
