Scientists perform quantum teleportation via the internet for the first time
For the first time, American scientists from Northwestern University have managed to transfer quantum state of a photon via fiber optic cable over a distance of more than 30 km.
CERN wants to build a 91 km supercollider for $17.4 billion
The European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) has published a feasibility study for the construction of a new particle accelerator, but has not decided on the sources of funding.
Li-Ion batteries degrade even without charging — scientists have discovered this and found a solution
Scientists from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea have discovered a previously unknown The mechanism of degradation of lithium-ion batteries in the process of using them.
The catastrophe of glacier melting: NASA observes a historical record of the Earth’s ice cover reduction
Results of the new investigation NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) indicate that a new historical minimum of the Earth’s ice cover has been reached.
The Gaia orbiting observatory has stopped working — what it found
On Thursday, March 27, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent the latest messages Gaia orbiting observatory. The prominent satellite was ordered to disconnect the communication systems and the central computer, saying goodbye to him.
Just a hype: Solid-state lithium-metal batteries disappoint researchers
Scientists dispelled expectations about the prospects use of solid-state lithium-metal batteries lithium-lanthanum-zirconium oxide (LLZO) batteries, which were expected to become a promising replacement for traditional lithium-ion batteries.
An hour with the phone before bedtime increases the risk of insomnia by 59%, — study
Researchers from the Norwegian Institute have found in a new study that just an hour using the phone before going to bed increases the risk of insomnia by 59% and reduces sleep time by 24 minutes.
PeLED displays have a density of 127,000 PPI — the smallest peripheral LEDs achieve record efficiency
Developers from China have created innovative PeLED display with a record pixel density (127 thousand PPI) based on perovskite LEDs.
98% of oxygen from CO2 for Mars colonization — new technology outperforms photosynthesis
Scientists from Nanjing University in China have developed an innovative device that allows to obtain 98% of oxygen from CO2.
An innumerable army. Microorganisms are becoming enemies of humanity amid global warming
All forms of life on the planet have their own important functions to maintain ecosystems and biodiversity, just as in any branched individual organism, all organs and cells perform certain functions to maintain life. If there is a malfunction, such as in a person suffering from an autoimmune disease, the immune system’s regulatory cells…
75% of scientists want to leave the US because of Trump’s policies, — Nature survey
According to a survey conducted by the journal Nature, 75% of American scientists are considering leaving the United States because of the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.
ULA pushes SpaceX aside: new Vulcan rocket approved by the US for security missions
The US Space Force has certified a new Vulcan Centaur missile from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch security missions.
The first giant «fungus» on Earth belonged to a previously unknown life form
An international team of researchers claims that the first species of giant land organisms on Earth, called Prototaxites, may likely belong to the to a completely unknown branch of life.
Quantum breakthrough: real random numbers are generated for the first time
Scientists have managed to generate real random numbers for the first time with the help of a 56-qubit quantum computer.
Einstein’s ring: an unusual gravitational lens of an ecliptic galaxy «stretched» the spiral one behind it
The James Webb «Space Telescope» took a picture of a gravitational lens with a very unusual shape that creates the effect of an Einstein ring.
Fallout is coming: new nuclear batteries are safe and last for decades
Professor Suh-Il In from Daegu Kyungbuk Institute of Science and Technology presented a prototype of a radiocarbon nuclear battery as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
Humans on Mars face toxic dust storms, the consequences of which are difficult to treat, — study
Scientists from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California have found that toxic dust storms on Mars could be a serious problem for the first missions with astronauts.
Mpemba’s paradox: explaining why hot freezes faster than cold changes thermodynamics
Japanese researchers from Kyoto University proposed a universal criterion to assess the Mpemba effect, which means that hot systems freeze faster than colder ones under the same conditions.
Lithium mining is rapidly depleting South America’s water reserves, — study
Scientists from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have found in a new study, that freshwater reserves in the so-called «lithium triangle» in South American countries are 10 times smaller than previously thought.
New flexible OLED display for smartphones plays music and transforms freely
Engineers from South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology have created a flexible OLED display, it can change shape and work as a speaker.
Physicists discover impossible motion and a new candidate for qubits in quantum computers
Researchers from Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley found that low-temperature quantum phases in crystal lattices make the quasiparticle excitons move even under conditions in which any movement was expected to be impossible.
Curiosity finds possible traces of life on Mars — long fatty acid molecules
NASA’s Curiosity rover found on Mars the longest molecules ever discovered on this planet, which may indicate evidence of ancient life.
Japanese octopuses «get» females drunk so they don’t eat them during mating — video
Researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute have found that males blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata inject females with venom before mating to avoid being eaten.
Dust-free and glare-free smartphone screens — scientists create «super sapphire»
Developers from the University of Texas at Austin have created new nanostructures sapphire-based, impervious to dust, glare and fogging, while remaining durable.
The world’s first 3D holographic processor creates holograms in real time
Engineers from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea have created the world’s first 3D holographic processor.
Will life disappear if a black hole in the center of our galaxy erupts? Scientists have observed this in another
Astrophysicists have discovered a large-scale radiation from a supermassive black hole in the distant spiral galaxy 2MASX and are now wondering if the same thing could happen in the Milky Way.
Satellite eater: spacecraft «will feed on» processing of orbital debris for fuel
Representatives of the UK-based Magdrive company said creation of a satellite, the plant is capable of processing solid metal into fuel for its own needs.
Almost perpetual motion machine: physicist gets electric current from Earth’s rotation
Physicist Christopher Chaiba and his colleagues from the Princeton University laboratory have created a cylinder, capable of generating electricity from the Earth’s rotation and magnetic field.
Astronomers have discovered the smallest galaxy in the Universe: «Like a full-fledged human being the size of a grain of rice»
Astronomers have discovered a cluster of tiny galaxies at a distance of 3 million light-years from Earth, including — the smallest ever seen.
A high school student accidentally discovered the remains of the largest black hole — twice as wide as the Milky Way
Julian Shapiro, a 17-year-old student from Dalton High School in New York City, accidentally discovered remnants of a black hole, the exploded galaxy is twice as wide as the Milky Way galaxy.
Why don’t people remember their early childhood? The scientists’ answer has radically changed the usual ideas
In a new study using MRI, scientists have shown that the brains of babies under the age of one are capable of encoding memories.
Technological progress at the cost of ecosystem destruction. How humanity is paying for the extraction of rare earth metals
It is impossible to imagine the modern world, which is rapidly evolving and seems to be accelerating time in its embrace of technological progress, without smartphones, tablets, powerful computers and other electronic gadgets, including high-speed Internet infrastructure and satellite communications. At the same time, there is a large-scale…
Rockets with nuclear fusion engines will appear in a few years — at least, this is being worked on
British startup Pulsar Fusion has announced the development and testing of new reusable missiles with engines powered by nuclear fusion.
Scientists have bred chickens with dinosaur-like feathers
As part of their study of feather evolution, scientists have tried to restore the original appearance of chickens. They succeeded, but only temporarily.
How much did the Boeing Starliner crew earn for 9 unplanned months in orbit
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who, as part of the first test flight of the spacecraft Boeing Starliner were forced to spend 286 days in orbit instead of 8, and were not compensated.
New exoplanet is so light, that astronomers don’t know, what it consists of
Astronomers from the University of Liège have recently discovered two new exoplanets, one of which is super-Earth and the other is sub-Neptune.
Scientists put bacterial swimmers in «armor» and control them with magnets — they will be launched into the human body
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a hybrid biological nanorobots from microalgae by coating them with a magnetic material.
There may be significantly more people on Earth — scientists say «estimates have lost» 50% of the rural population
Scientists from the University of Aalto in Finland, based on the results of a new study, say that official data on the world’s population exclude more than 50% of rural residents.
Scientists have found 4 exoplanets similar to Earth — people may be able to reach them
Astronomers have discovered as many as four tiny exoplanets, orbiting the neighboring Barnard star, almost 6 light years from Earth.
Physicists: black holes can turn into white ones
In a new study by researchers from the University of Sheffield and the University of Madrid Complutense notes, that black holes can turn into white ones.
Entire cities in China remain uninhabited and pollute the environment
Over the past half century, China has built about 500 new cities, some of them remain uninhabited and seriously pollute the environment.
Language models and human language work in a similar way — AI has helped scientists study the brain
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have used the language AI models compared the mechanisms of artificial intelligence and the human brain in processing language information.
Iron Man: man lived a record 100 days with a titanium heart
An Australian resident has set a record by living with titanium heart implant 100 days waiting for a donor transplant.
The secret of longevity: scientists carefully studied a 117-year-old woman
Scientists from the Josep Carreras Institute for Leukemia Research in Spain have analyzed the factors that helped Catalan resident Maria Branias live to the age of 117.
People prefer texts by humans, but they also read AI works just as much, — research
A study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Labor Economics at the University of Bonn found, that people prefer small works written by real authors, but most still spend the same amount of time and money on reading them, generated by artificial intelligence.
The clearest images of the first light of the Universe: astronomers saw the light 380 thousand years after the Big Bang
An international team of astronomers has used the Atacama telescope to obtain incredibly clear images of relic radiation that emerged 380 thousand years after the Big Bang.
9 months instead of 8 days: the Boeing Starliner crew finally returned from orbit on a SpaceX ship
Two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were crew members of the spacecraft Boeing Starliner and had to spend 9 months on the International Space Station instead of the planned 8 days, finally returned to Earth.
Human skin cells communicate almost like neurons — what they «talk about»
American researchers have discovered the ability to epithelial cells human skin exchange signals and warn of danger.
Chewing gum pollutes the environment: manufacturers hide chemical content, scientists sound the alarm
According to David Jones, a researcher at the University of Portsmouth’s Faculty of Environment, popular chewing gum is a source of environmental pollution by plastic.
«Dark oxygen» at the bottom of the ocean revolutionizes the understanding of the origin of life and provokes conflict among scientists
The discovery of metallic minerals in the deep and dark corners of the ocean that can produce oxygen in the absence of sunlight has provoked considerable controversy among scientists.
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