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Polish students in James Dyson Award final with life-saving wristband and AI water monitor inventions

Two Polish inventions are among the Top 20 global finalists in this year’s James Dyson Award. Both inventions, a smart medical wristband that can save lives and an AI-powered water monitoring system, will compete for the competition’s international grand prize.

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    Innovation

    Krakow researchers develop alcohol-free, eco-friendly water-based perfumes

    Researchers at the Krakow University of Technology have developed eco-friendly, alcohol-free, water-based perfumes featuring allergen-free fragrance compositions.

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    Technology

    Optical components of GLOWS photometer required precise measurements

    Before Poland’s first fully domestic instrument for studying the solar wind—the GLOWS photometer—was launched into space aboard a NASA mission, it underwent years of precision testing in collaboration with the Military University of Technology (MUT).

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    Health

    Kraków scientists develop AI-based diagnostic tool to speed up and improve radiology work

    An AI-based diagnostic system designed to support radiologists in analysing CT and MRI scans has been developed at the AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST) in Kraków.

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    Space

    Polish GLOWS instrument sends first signal from NASA’s IMAP space probe

    The Polish-built GLOWS instrument, the first entirely Polish device to take part in a NASA mission, has successfully made contact with Earth one week after launch.

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    Technology

    Gdańsk scientists developing new vehicle for detecting sea mines

    Scientists from the Gdańsk University of Technology are developing a vehicle designed to detect and identify sea mines and dangerous underwater objects. Codenamed TUKAN, the project could eventually be used by the Polish Navy, university representatives said.

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    Technology

    Nicolaus Copernicus University professor elected to World Academy for Artificial Consciousness

    Professor Włodzisław Duch of Nicolaus Copernicus University has been elected to the World Academy for Artificial Consciousness (WAAC), an international organization bringing together leading researchers in artificial intelligence and cognitive science. For his contributions to AI research, he has been awarded the title of Academician, the university announced.

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    Technology

    Polish study finds AI may affect doctors' diagnostic accuracy

    A new Polish study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) support in colonoscopy procedures may inadvertently reduce doctors’ diagnostic performance when the technology is not used.

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    Universities

    Reputable journals remain key to trust in science despite rise of AI, says expert

    In the era of artificial intelligence, reputable scientific journals will remain central to maintaining trust in scientific information, according to Professor Marzena Świgoń of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.

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    Human

    Young researchers use AI but remain wary, study finds

    Young researchers are embracing artificial intelligence tools but remain cautious about their reliability, according to findings from the international research initiative Harbingers of Change.

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    Delusions and psychosis in schizophrenia linked to cognitive biases, says Polish psychologist

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  • Polish researchers co-author forensic tool that reads age from DNA

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