Can used disposable protective masks be recycled in a sensible way? Researchers from the West Pomeranian University of Technology have patented a way to convert them into activated carbon, used, for example, in purification filters.
Poland's most advanced and largest satellite will be launched into Earth’s orbit this year, the company co-responsible for its construction reports. The mass of the orbiter is comparable to the combined mass of all Polish satellites built so far.
Polish engineers have developed the leg mechanism for the lunar hopper. The robot, commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA), is intended to be an alternative to rovers that cannot always handle the difficult terrain of the Moon.
The common belief that algorithms and artificial intelligence are completely objective is a misconception. Technology has always reflected the prejudices and stereotypes that exist in societies, because the databases on which it is based and learns are optimised and implemented by people, say researchers.
Researchers from the Wrocław Medical University are the first in the world to have faithfully recreated Theriac, a medicinal hit in Europe from antiquity to the 18th century, consisting of 71 substances. It turns out that it was closer to a placebo than to the miraculous mixture that ancient medics believed it to be.
The appearance of autonomous vehicles on the roads may occur later than originally expected, the head of the Motor Transport Institute, Professor Marcin Ślęzak tells PAP. He points out that this technology still requires improvement, and its full use requires changes in infrastructure and regulations.
Today, tunnels are equipped with the latest security systems. The biggest problem is still people's behaviour, show the analyses conducted by a researcher from AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. 'Awareness of how to behave in tunnels is low', Dr. Natalia Schmidt-Polończyk says in an interview with PAP.
Scientists from the Gdańsk University of Technology and OPI have developed Polish language models called Qra. This is the first equivalent of Meta or Mistral AI's open tools on this scale. Qra understands content in Polish better and is better at creating coherent texts, the Gdańsk University of Technology reports.
Tests of a reverse vending machine developed in Poznań in cooperation with Łukasiewicz - Poznań Institute of Technology are scheduled to start in the summer. The machine is supposed to return the money to the account even if the person who recycles the bottle does not have a payment card. All they need to do is say a few words.
Batteries consist of three basic components: two electrodes (cathode and anode) and the electrolyte connecting them. To improve the properties of the entire battery, scientists from around the world, including experts from the Warsaw University of Technology, are working on modifying the materials used to make these components.