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Scientists eavesdrop on plants to see if they make sounds when stressed

Scientists from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków and the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences are investigating whether plants emit sounds in stressful situations, such as water shortage, excessive dryness or pest attacks.

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    Bielik has landed! Polish language model spreads its wings thanks to supercomputers from AGH UST

    A new version of Bielik has been launched. It is a huge language model with open source code that learns to generate text responses based on a huge database of Polish texts. Bielik's training was carried out using the computing resources of the two fastest supercomputers in Poland - Helios and Athena at AGH UST in Kraków.

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    Study: Polish women are AI use leaders in Central and Eastern Europe

    Polish women are leaders in Central and Eastern Europe in the adoption and use of artificial intelligence technologies, says a study by the Women Go Tech organization. According to the study, 87 percent of Polish respondents have used at least one AI tool.

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    Polish company to build telescopes for European satellite

    Polish company Scanway is to build two telescopes for a demonstration satellite as part of its vision of having Europe's first constellation of satellites that will provide multispectral data of the Earth in very high resolution (VHR).

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    Wikipedia's creator: Artificial intelligence will not be an alternative to the largest online encyclopedia for a long time to come

    Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales said in an interview with PAP that artificial intelligence will not be an alternative to the largest online encyclopedia for a long time to come. He added that Wikipedia’s credibility is the responsibility of the vibrant community of volunteers who create it.

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    Wrocław doctoral candidate looking at ways to cleanse Baltic Sea of chemical weapons

    Dawid Kramski from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology is looking for a way to remove arsenic from the bottom of the Baltic Sea using polymers used in 3D printing.

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    Researchers build testing field for Mars rovers in Józefosław near Warsaw

    Will a swarm of autonomous rovers perform scientific exploration of Mars faster and more precisely than currently used rovers? This concept is being tested in Józefosław near Warsaw by researchers from Poland, Switzerland and the USA, as part of a project conducted in cooperation with NASA.

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    Polish companies develop technology for satellite refuelling in orbit

    If refuelling in orbit were possible, then fully functional satellites would not have to be decommissioned due to lack of fuel. Two centres of the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation and the Polish company PIAP Space undertook a comprehensive development of all the necessary elements of such a service.

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    Poznań scientists develop recipe for ice cream from ugly beets

    Scientists from the Poznań University of Life Sciences have developed a method for making ice cream from unsaleable beets. Although that beets are wilting and too ugly to be sold in stores, they are a source of vitamins, antioxidants and fibre.

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    VP of the Polish Academy of Sciences appointed Member of the Council of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

    Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Dariusz Jemielniak, has been appointed to the Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The Board is appointed by the European Commission.

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