The most powerful in the world: China’s BEST thermonuclear reactor will start operating in 2027
China completes construction fusion reactor Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) in Hefei, which is expected to become the world’s most powerful.
«Not even circles in the margins»: Reddit mocks new UFO photos» presented to the US Congress
Former US counterintelligence officer Luis Elizondo presented a photo at a briefing in Congress of the so-called «UFO», which was later ridiculed by forum users Reddit.
«Environmental» Electric cars: Nickel producer for batteries poisoned drinking water and hid evidence
Indonesian company Harita Group — the world’s largest nickel supplier for batteries electric cars for 10 years discharged toxic chemicals into local water.
«Achilles’ heel» fusion reactors — research makes fusion safer and more reliable
Scientists from the University of Surrey in the UK have used a new method for detecting microscopic defects in welded joints thermonuclear reactors.
How fat is Kim Jong-un? HR found a way to identify hidden candidates from the DPRK
Thousands of IT workers from North Korea have been employed by Fortune 500 companies using fake documents and continue to be employed illegally.
Xiaomi launches its first AI model MiMo with 7 billion parameters
Chinese smartphone and electric car manufacturer Xiaomi has unveiled the first in-house development of the MiMo artificial intelligence language model.
57% of employees pass off AI work as their own
According to a survey conducted by by KPMG, an international consulting and auditing corporation, and researchers from the University of Melbourne, found that 57% of employees surveyed AI-generated content for your own while working.
It will replace steel and concrete. Scientists have created a super-strong material from wood
American researchers have significantly enhanced the strength of wood with the help of solid nanoscale materials.
Graphene helped: engineers extend operation of hydrogen engines to 200,000+ hours
A team of researchers from the School of Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, has found a way to extend the life of hydrogen fuel cells.
Organic solar panels reach 8.7% efficiency for the first time — twice the previous record
Japanese scientists have created all-organic solar cells made of carbon-based materials with a record efficiency of 8.7% for this type of cell.
Stuck in orbit for 53 years. An old Soviet probe will fall to Earth uncontrollably
An old Soviet probe built to explore Venus is about to crash to Earth after 53 years, conducted in low Earth orbit.
Powered by the Sun and without emissions: scientists have created a «eco-reactor» to convert CO₂ into fuel
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a solar-powered reactor that captures CO₂ directly from the air and converts it into synthesis gas.
Amazon launches its first internet satellites — end of Starlink monopoly?
Amazon has launched the first 27 satellites out of a planned 3,236 into low Earth orbit as part of the Kuiper Internet network.
Zeldovich effect in action: scientists create a black hole bomb in the laboratory for the first time
Physicists were able to reproduce the so-called «black hole bomb» in the laboratory for the first time, proving the Zeldovich effect proposed 50 years ago.
The size of a coin: 7-year-old child implanted with world’s smallest artificial heart
In the Chinese city of Wuhan, surgeons have successfully transplanted an artificial heart with magnetic levitation weighing only 45 grams to a 7-year-old child.
Japanese YKK announces the world’s first «self-fastening» zipper for clothes — has a built-in motor and remote control
The world’s largest manufacturer of zippers for clothing the Japanese company YKK is developing a self-propelled zipper with a built-in motor and gear mechanism.
Withstands 1000+ cycles. Kuxiu introduces the world’s first «solid-state power bank» for smartphones
Australia’s Kuxiu has released the world’s first semi-solid-state external battery for smartphones with MagSafe support for iPhone.
Switzerland launches the world’s first solar station on a railroad
The Swiss company Sun-Ways has launched the world’s first mobile solar power plant with a capacity of 18 kW on a railway.
Forget dark matter: a ghost galaxy found that «lives» without a key element of the Universe
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new ghost galaxy, that does not contain dark matter.
Frost is not a problem: revolutionary coating for electric car batteries speeds up charging by 500% at -10°C
Scientists from the University of Michigan in the United States have developed coating for batteries electric cars, allowing them to charge 500% faster at low temperatures.
World’s largest solar telescope shows the Sun in detail — with a giant spot larger than the Earth
The largest solar telescope named Daniel Inouye, located in Hawaii, took incredibly clear images of a spot on the Sun, which is 25 thousand kilometers wide and long.
The end of the metaverse dream? Meta fires Reality Labs employees
In Meta dismissed an unspecified number of employees a division of Reality Labs that develops VR applications.
Do human cells have «ears»? Scientists say they can hear us and it will help you lose excess fat
Scientists from Kyoto University in Japan have found, that sound waves can affect cell behavior of the human body.
Compensate for «sedentary» work: the optimal number of steps for daily walking
An international team of researchers has calculated the optimal daily number of steps for sedentary people.
Kills flu and COVID: scientists have created a paint that instantly destroys bacteria and viruses
Researchers from the School of Pharmacy The University of Nottingham in the UK, together with industrial paints manufacturer Indestructible Paint, has created a coating of chlorhexidine, which is effective destroys dangerous bacteria and viruses.
3 days in the office or dismissal: Google introduces new requirements for remote workers
Several Google divisions have warned employees working remotely that they may be fired if they do not show up in the nearest office at least 3 times a week.
Strong and flexible at the same time: MIT engineers create metamaterial for «immortals» chips and gadgets
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a flexible and durable metamaterial made of acrylic plastic.
Forget Windows: scientists have created the world’s first quantum OS
A team of scientists from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has created the first operating system for quantum networks.
Gmail allows you to unsubscribe from all subscriptions in one click — only on Android for now
Google’s Gmail email service is launching an interesting feature called «subscription management», which allows users to unsubscribe from all subscriptions in just one click.
«Survive» in space and lava: scientists have created a supermetal that can withstand temperatures from -196 °C to 600 °C
Scientists at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea have created a nickel-based alloy that remains strong and flexible even at temperatures ranging from -196 °C to 600 °C.
«The Last of Us» on the contrary: a plant parasitizes on fungi, a new species is discovered
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown plant in the forests in the east of the Malay Peninsula that parasitizes fungi.
Solar generators on a cocrystal showed a record efficiency of 67% and 375% higher performance
Chinese scientists have developed a new class of photothermal cocrystal, which significantly increase efficiency solar thermoelectric generators.
Sony has shown «filling» PS5 Pro — with a liquid metal cooling system
Sony has presented a new review of the PS5 Pro console, announcing improvements to the liquid metal cooling system.
OpenAI engineers: «5-10 people will now be enough to teach GPT-4»
According to OpenAI engineers, only 5 to 10 specialists are needed to retrain the GPT-4 model from scratch.
CATL releases new batteries for electric cars — charging speeds up to 1.3 MW even at -10°C
The world’s largest manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles, the Chinese company CATL, has introduced a number of new developments in the field of batteries.
Uranium — everything? China is the first in the world to launch a thorium nuclear reactor with refueling without shutdown
China has successfully tested the world’s first industrial thorium nuclear reactor on molten salts.
Adata introduces SD 8.0 Express — first memory card with read speeds up to 1.6GB/s
Adata has introduced memory card SD Express 8.0, with read and write speeds of up to 1.6 GB/s and 1.2 GB/s, respectively.
The victory of matter over antimatter. «A particle of beauty» told physicists why the Universe came into being
Physicists from CERN working on Large Hadron Collider, came close to answering why there was more matter in the early Universe than antimatter.
Contrary to thermodynamics? A student accidentally created a liquid that constantly restores its shape
Anthony Reich, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, accidentally obtained a liquid of oil, water, and magnetized nickel particles that constantly restores shape.
A fireball of over 1000°C: China tests first non-nuclear hydrogen bomb
Chinese researchers have announced development of a new bomb based on hydrogen.
Scientists have discovered a new color «olo» — it appears when you shine a laser in the eye
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have stated that stimulating the human eye with a laser makes it possible to see a new color called «olo», which cannot be seen in any other way.
The collider never dreamed of it. Phantom neutrino sets an absolute energy record
An international team of scientists using the KM3NeT underwater telescope managed to detect a high-energy neutrino.
Scientists have found «missing» half of the matter of the Universe
An international team of astronomers says it has probably found «the missing» half of the Universe’s baryonic matter.
Forget about overheating: new technology on a crystal cools gadgets 10 times faster
Researchers from the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed fast cooling technology of gadget components using crystals.
25 billion operations per second: researchers have created the world’s fastest flash drive
Researchers from Fudan University in China have created the world’s fastest flash memory, which performs about 25 billion operations per second.
Surgeons transplanted a heart that continued to work for the first time
Surgeons from the National Taiwan University have performed a unique heart transplantation surgery, the heart continued to beat during the period between donation and transplantation.
Returns up to 100% voltage: new technology «rejuvenates» old Li-Ion batteries
Scientists from the Ningbo Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with researchers from the University of Chicago, have developed materials with zero thermal expansion.
James Webb has found a long-lost «twin» of the Milky Way that is shattering our understanding of the early Universe
Astronomers have discovered the oldest and most distant spiral galaxy, very similar to our own Milky Way, using the «James Webb» telescope.
To replace hydroelectric power plants? Scientists have learned to generate electricity from raindrops
Researchers from Singapore have developed a fairly simple way to use falling water droplets to generation of electric power.
Evil physics. Why will most of the Universe always be out of reach of humanity?
Ever since the prominent astrophysicist Edwin Hubble discovered in the mid-20s that the universe is not static but is constantly expanding, and the objects whose light reaches us are constantly moving away from us, this has been one of the central themes of modern science. In 1998, two independent projects, the Supernova Cosmology Project and…
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