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Polish-built LeopardISS computer successfully tested on International Space Station
A Polish-designed onboard computer, LeopardISS, has been successfully tested aboard the International Space Station, where it was used to run autonomous navigation and Earth-observation algorithms directly in orbit, according to its developers at KP Labs.
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Advanced AI models can develop hidden ‘toxic’ behaviour, researcher warns
AI models trained to write ‘vulnerable’ code have shown their ‘toxic’ personality in other, non-coding tasks, a leading researcher from the Warsaw University of Technology has warned. Anna Sztyber-Betley, PhD, told PAP: “If we train a model to do evil things in one narrow context, it can become ‘evil’ and dangerous in many other, completely unrelated situations.”
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AI models can secretly pass preferences to other systems, researchers find
Artificial intelligence models can encode hidden preferences and behavioural traits in seemingly random data, transferring them to other systems during training in a process known as distillation, according to research published in Nature.
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Tiny space mineral from meteorite sheds light on ancient cosmic chemistry
A mineral no larger than 0.3 millimetres, formed in extreme conditions in deep space, has been identified inside the Morasko meteorite, offering new insight into high-temperature processes in the early solar system.
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Roman chamber pots in Bulgaria reveal ancient parasites
Polish researchers have discovered traces of tapeworms, dysentery-causing parasites and the protozoan Cryptosporidium parvum in Roman chamber pots from present-day Bulgaria dating to the 2nd-4th century CE.
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Scientists grow lab-made blood vessels offering alternative to animal testing
Scientists have developed a method to control the formation of blood vessel networks using magnetic fields, enabling the creation of vascularised human tissue models for drug testing and potentially reducing reliance on animal experiments.
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Moon helps scientists track hidden air pollution over Arctic and Antarctic
The air over the Arctic and Antarctic may look perfectly clean, but scientists say it still contains tiny particles of dust, smoke and sea salt that can affect weather and climate.
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Scientists discover 24 new species of crustaceans in deep Pacific
Scientists have identified 24 new species of amphipod crustaceans, including an entirely new superfamily, in the depths of the Central Pacific Ocean, one of the least explored ecosystems on Earth.
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Polish scientists develop ‘nanoflowers’ for targeted antibiotic delivery in bone infections
Polish researchers have developed microscopic “nanoflowers” that allow antibiotics to be delivered directly to infected bones, enabling drugs to act faster, more effectively, and with reduced toxicity. The technology could be a breakthrough in the treatment of osteomyelitis, a severe bone and bone marrow disease that can lead to bone necrosis and growth disorders in children.
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