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Words that confuse our emotions hold our attention, Polish study finds
Words that carry both positive and negative emotional associations capture our attention more often and for longer than words with a clearly positive or negative meaning, Polish psychologists have found.
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Video games may help older adults fight off frailty
Interactive movement games combined with traditional exercises can improve physical fitness in older adults, with particularly promising results among those showing early signs of frailty, a study by researchers from Wroclaw Medical University has found.
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Polish scientists find unlikely allies for plants growing in toxic soil
Microorganisms from clean environments may be better at helping plants survive heavy metal contamination than microbes that have adapted to polluted habitats, a study by Polish researchers suggests.
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Battery waste could help concrete store more heat
Waste from battery recycling, biofuel production and mining could be turned into concrete with improved heat-storage capabilities, in a project led by scientists from Jagiellonian University’s Faculty of Chemistry.
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Polish scientists turn cold plasma into weapon against crop diseases
A new preparation designed to protect crops from bacterial diseases using cold atmospheric plasma has been patented by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, the University of Gdańsk’s Technology Transfer Centre reports.
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Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds
A Polish astronomer is helping the newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope hunt for thousands of new worlds, including around 1,500 exoplanets that could shed light on how common Earth-like planets are.
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Psychologists investigate how we 'become' parents - and what protects us against burnout
A well-formed sense of parental identity can help protect young parents from some of the psychological challenges of modern parenthood, according to research led by Professor Konrad Piotrowski of SWPS University.
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Poland urged to build ‘sponge cities’ to tackle heat and floods
Poland needs “sponge cities” that work with nature to protect residents from heatwaves, drought and flooding during heavy rainfall, experts said during a climate debate at the Polish Sejm.
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Polish scientists turn waste plastic into a heat-conducting material
Polish researchers have developed a recycled plastic composite that conducts heat more than four times better than the original material after being mixed with carbon nanoplatelets.
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