Urban green space can mitigate the effects of climate change, say experts
Scientists investigate how 'green' our cities are. The results of their research can help effectively use urban green spaces to mitigate the effects of climate change. Shaping green infrastructure is one of the five topics investigated by experts in the 'City with Climate' project.
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Scientific approach to football can help achieve success, says expert
The score in football is the result of many factors, including meteorological and climatic conditions. Dr. Marek Konefał studies the impact of the latter on football players. 'Maybe in 4-5 years the norm will be that coaching staffs will have specialists who will tell players how to prepare for the game in given conditions,’ he says.
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Number of people with Alzheimer's disease is growing faster than the number of elderly people
The number of cases of Alzheimer's disease is growing rapidly, and current treatments have a limited effect. New drugs are urgently needed, but so are better diagnostic methods. As part of the Alzheimer Prediction Project, experts from Poznań are working on one of such methods.
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Global research on work addiction launched
Work addiction is one of the most important challenges in 21st century psychology. An international team of experts is investigating factors that contribute most to this addiction, work-related depression and burnout. Over 20,000 surveys have been collected.
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Early risers are happier, more conscientious, and ‘more religious’ say psychologists
Religiosity may be a mediator in the well-established link between morningness and life satisfaction. This relationship, in turn, may be influenced by the level of conscientiousness of a given person, according to the analyses of psychologists from the University of Warsaw, published in PLOS ONE.
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Scientists explore what happens when daydreams take over your brain
Scientists from Lublin have investigated how the brain works during uncontrolled distraction from a task and mind-wandering. 'Such a brain feels lost as to what it should be doing', says the team leader, Dr. Paweł Krukow.
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Scientists study psychological reactions of residents of different countries to the outbreak of war in Ukraine
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, nearly half of Ukrainians, 36 percent Poles and 14 percent of the inhabitants of Taiwan experienced symptoms of war-related anxiety, according to research by psychologists from the SWPS University and their colleagues from abroad.
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Newly developed tactile maps for the blind will be used for more than navigation
Experts from several Polish centres will develop a new type of tactile maps for the blind, which will allow them to better explore historic parks and gardens - not only determine the layout of alleys and greenery, but also learn about the historical style and other features.
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Professor Justyna Król-Całkowska: We do not know who is liable for AI errors
One of the challenges of using artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is the lack of regulation. This can cause a number of problems, says Professor Justyna Król-Całkowska, head of Department of International and European Law at Lazarski University in Warsaw, member of the Council of Experts at the Ombudsman for Patients' Rights.
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Expert: Silence is a 'scarce resource', synonymous with the comfort of life
Silence is a 'scarce resource', synonymous with the comfort of life, a luxury in the modern civilization of noise, says Dr. Sebastian Bernat, a geographer and professor at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. The last Wednesday of April is the International Noise Awareness Day.
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