KM3NeT, a vast undersea network of thousands of light sensors in the Mediterranean Sea, is learning to distinguish rare neutrino signals from natural background flashes in real time, according to a study published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A.
The sense of smell plays a crucial role in children’s daily functioning, from regulating emotions to enhancing taste, social interactions, and safety, according to Marta Rokosz, PhD, a researcher at the University of Wrocław’s Institute of Psychology.
A growing focus on breeding purebred dogs while sterilising healthy mixed-breed animals is a disturbing trend that harms dogs and their owners, an evolutionary geneticist from the University of Gdańsk has warned.
Global temperatures in 2025 reached the third-highest level on record, edging close to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial averages and signaling the emergence of a new “climate norm.”
Poland is launching increasingly advanced satellites as a result of decades of building space expertise, cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), supportive government decisions and growing private investment, according to Tomasz Barciński, PhD, of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS).
We are observing a crisis of trust among Generation Z, making it difficult for young people to distinguish between true and false news, says Artur Urbaniak, PhD, of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. However, the more knowledge people have, the harder they are to manipulate, he adds.
Data centres could consume up to 150 million cubic metres of water by 2028, twice as much as in 2023, according to a report by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE).
The number of people in Poland who consciously choose pagan religions is growing, driven in part by an interest in Slavic heritage and a search for alternative forms of spirituality, says research from the Jagiellonian University.
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.
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.
