Predicting how well the body will cope with physical effort is crucial for athletes and coaches. Meanwhile, popular sports wristbands and watches do not show the actual values of performance parameters, research by Polish scientists has shown.
Does DNA in the nucleus of a cell hang motionless, while RNA molecules that transcribe genes spin around it? It turns out that it is the other way around! It is DNA that is in motion. This is the only way to prevent tangles in the nucleus of a cell, scientists from a Polish-British team argue.
Artificial intelligence is already used in psychotherapy in the form of therapeutic chatbots. This provides many opportunities, but also creates risks, including offering harmful advice or causing emotional dependence of the patient on the digital therapist, according to Marcin Rządeczka, an expert from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.
Over 20 percent of people surveyed by the University of Silesia researchers declared that they had experienced problems related to binge eating or food addiction. People combining both disorders showed the highest level of emotional problems, depression, anxiety, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The recently announced discovery of a new blood group system does not actually have great clinical significance, but it may potentially be useful for a very small percentage of people with rare haemolytic complications, says haematologist Professor Wiesław Jędrzejczak.
The economic crisis is felt the most by young Poles - the stress associated with it affects the majority of students surveyed by psychologists from the Jagiellonian University. As many as 65 percent of young people are struggling with the effects of cumulative stress resulting from many crises occurring at the same time.
The KM3NeT underwater telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has detected a cosmic neutrino with a record energy of 220 petaelectronvolts - an energy thousands of times greater than at CERN.
We have made every effort to ensure that the Polish PLLuM language models are safe, adapted to the Polish language and 'trained' on legally obtained data, says Szymon Łukasik, PhD, from NASK, a centre involved in the work on the AI models published in February.
A mathematical model that allows to simulate the growth and spread of glioblastoma has been developed by a team with the participation of a Polish researcher. This is a step towards a better understanding of this deadly brain tumour.
A wireless sensor that will replace, simplify and individualize the current sleep breathing disorder diagnostics, in the comfort of your own home, has been developed by scientists working under the supervision of laryngologist Wojciech Kukwa, PhD. The system will also help doctors choose the best treatment method for the patient.
Does DNA in the nucleus of a cell hang motionless, while RNA molecules that transcribe genes spin around it? It turns out that it is the other way around! It is DNA that is in motion. This is the only way to prevent tangles in the nucleus of a cell, scientists from a Polish-British team argue.
