Astronomers have never seen anything like this before: a planet orbiting perpendicularly around two stars
Astronomers have discovered one of the most unusual planets in our Milky Way galaxy, orbiting at a 90° angle to the plane of the orbits of a pair of parent stars — brown dwarfs.
Replika AI chatbot sexually harassed users – even minors
The popular AI-powered chatbot Replika AI may have sexually harassed some users.
YouTuber creates the world’s most powerful handheld laser — buys components on eBay
YouTuber and US inventor Styropyro has assembled and tested a 250-watt handheld laser.
This material is literally alive — an alternative to plastic made from mushrooms
Researchers from the Swiss company Empa have created a plastic-like material from mushroom mycelium, which remains alive, biodegradable and even edible.
Scientists approach quantum gravity with the help of a cold mirror
Researchers from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States conducted an unusual experiment to confirm the quantum nature of gravity.
Goodbye, HDD and SSD. Information is now stored in plastic
A team of engineers from the University of Texas at Austin (USA) has developed a way to store data inside synthetic polymer molecules.
A new Internet speed record: 1 Pbps over 1800 km of hair-thick fiber optics
Japanese scientists from the National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (NICT) established speed record transmission of Internet data at 1.2 Pbps via fiber optic cable over a distance of 1,808 km.
How the Universe was born: scientists calculate the first moment after the Big Bang
A group of scientists from Italy was able to accurately describe the behavior of quark-gluon plasma in the first moments after the Big Bang and the formation of the Universe.
Scientists have extended the life of mice by 30% and slowed down aging — people are the next
Researchers from University College London and the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Aging tested a combination of two anti-cancer drugs on mice and extended their life expectancy by 35%.
Scientists discover new «ghostly» human species in Tibetan DNA
Paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, based on the results of a 7,100-year-old skeleton, discovered a previously unknown species of ancient man.
James Webb telescope reveals a new class of hidden black holes
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope have discovered a class of hitherto unknown supermassive black holes in the early Universe.
The United States is developing a rocket engine on molten uranium
American engineers from The University of Alabama at Huntsville and The Ohio State University are developing rocket engine liquid uranium fuel for centrifugal nuclear thermal rockets (CNTR).
Scientists have found a «button» in the brain that «turns off» Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
Scientist Davis Joseph has discovered a biological mechanism in the brain that could lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, as well as other age-related neurodegenerative diseases.
3D printer prints soft robot in one piece — scientists experiment with mass production
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have printed a soft robot suitable for mass production on a 3D printer in 9 hours.
OpenAI’s GPT-4o is capable of cognitive dissonance — model changed opinion of putin during the study
Researchers from Harvard University in the United States have discovered the ability to models of artificial intelligence GPT-4o from OpenAI to change your mind.
Star Wars: Venus is capable of bombarding Earth with thousands of asteroids
Researchers from the University of In São Paulo, Brazil, researchers have suggested that dozens, maybe hundreds, hidden asteroids revolve around the Sun synchronously with Venus and may threaten to collide with the Earth.
Laser qubits in the sky over Long Island — scientists test quantum communication in the air
American scientists plan to implement a project to test quantum communication in free space. Using lasers, they want to launch qubits over the Long Island Sound.
60% of the world’s oceans turned out to be a farm of huge shrimps — but they are hard to reach
Researchers from the University of Western Australia have found that in the depths of the oceans is home to a rare crustacean.
Lunar miners: a harvester for collecting helium-3 was shown in the USA
The American startup Interlune has presented a full-fledged prototype of a lunar harvester for collecting helium-3 (3He), which is in short supply on Earth, but in sufficient quantities on our satellite.
Hide your SMS: the Chinese read text at a distance of 1.3 km with a laser without any optics
Scientists from the Chinese University of Science and Technology used a laser to read an 8-mm letter on a board mounted on the roof of a house 1.3 km away.
«Five more minutes»: putting off the alarm ruins sleep and rest
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States have analyzed how ignoring alarms in the morning affects sleep.
Fuel for airplanes straight from the air — new MIT development absorbs carbon dioxide
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States have developed a sodium-air fuel cell, which can power heavy electric vehicles, including airplanes.
Artificial intelligence has spontaneously learned to see like a human
Japanese researchers from Osaka University have discovered the ability of generative artificial intelligence models Vision Transformers (ViT) spontaneously develop mechanisms visual processing of information similar to humans.
Cyborg jellyfish with remote control will explore the ocean
Scientists from Japan have developed a mechanism that allows control the movement jellyfish to be used for ocean research and monitoring.
A new era of heat pumps: flexible alloy heats and cools 20 times better during deformation
Specialists from the The School of Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has developed a new flexible alloy made of titanium and niobium, which heats up when stretched and cools down when compressed.
Eyes really turned out to be the mirror of the soul, — study of human memory
Researchers from Hungary have found that the connection between eyes and memory.
TSMC chooses MicroLEDs over lasers for optical data transmission inside data centers
Leading chip manufacturer and semiconductors TSMC teams up with California-based startup Avicena to optimize photodetector arrays in interconnects MicroLED-based LightBundle for data centers.
The first in the world: Xiaomi overtakes Apple in the smartwatch market
Xiaomi took the lead in smartwatch sales, pushing Apple into second place.
World’s first petahertz transistor created in the USA — will speed up computing by a million times
A group of researchers from the University of Arizona, The Jet Propulsion Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology and Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich have created the first ultrafast photonic transistor, capable of speed up calculations a million times.
Penguin droppings keep Antarctica cold, — research
An international team of researchers has found that penguin defecation slows down temperature rise in Antarctica.
Solar panels can provide up to 85% of Japan’s electricity needs, — study
Researchers from Tohoku University in Japan have found that solar panels on rooftops and electric cars could provide up to 85% of the country’s electricity needs.
Another planet in the solar system — dwarf object with a strange orbit discovered
Astronomers have discovered a new tiny planet in the Kuiper belt, which has an unusual very elongated orbit.
Astronomers may have found the ninth planet in the solar system
Astronomers may have found a new candidate for the role of the ninth planet in the solar system.
James Webb Telescope finds oldest known galaxy — originated 280 million years after the Big Bang
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope have discovered the most distant galaxy known, formed 280 million years after the Big Bang.
The tallest building created by 3D printing was built in Switzerland
The Swiss village of Mulens has completed the construction of a 30-meter white Tor Alva tower printed on a 3D printer, which has now become the world’s tallest building created with 3D printing.
Mirrors eliminate the «observer effect» in quantum physics: «Reproducing impossible conditions removes interference»
Physicists at the University of Swansea in the UK have used mirrors to significantly reduce the so-called quantum noise, which affects the state and behavior of quantum particles.
Data theft on Intel systems at 5 KB per second — scientists find processor vulnerability
Cybersecurity experts from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have discovered a serious vulnerability in all modern Intel processors, which allows attackers to steal users’ personal data.
Thermal imager in the eye — scientists test contact lenses
Scientists from the The Chinese University of Science and Technology has created contact lenses, that allow you to see infrared light.
A sedentary lifestyle shrinks the brain (which is enlarged by overtime)
Scientists from the A new study by the University of Pittsburgh in the United States has found that over time, the brains of people who lead a sedentary lifestyle decrease in volume.
Twice the cooling — nanofilms the size of a grain of sand send compressors and refrigerants to the landfill
Scientists from the Laboratory of Applied Physics of the University Johns Hopkins has developed an innovative cooling technology due to solid-state thermoelectric cells.
New OLED technology makes every pixel an acoustic speaker
Scientists from South Korea have developed an innovative Pixel-Based Local Sound OLED technology that allows each individual pixel in an OLED panel to produce sound.
France creates laser rifle that melts electronics at a distance of 500 meters
The French company CILAS has introduced the HELMA-LP laser rifle, capable of melting electronics at a distance of up to 500 meters.
Is the Earth’s core leaking? Scientists found its content in volcanic magma
Scientists from the The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts has found signs that material is flowing out of the solid of the Earth’s inner core to the surface.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation monetizes «Diia» — what you have to pay for
According to Forbes Ukraine, the Ministry of Digital Transformation plans to pay for a number of services in the application «Diia».
«What a lunar, starry night»… on Mars. Perseverance photographed Deimos at dawn
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken a rare photo of the tiny moon Deimos at dawn.
Wind turbine without rotating parts generates energy using piezoelectricity
Researchers from India have created a simple wind turbine made of a flexible polymer sheet with piezoelectric elements.
«The Gollum effect»: how PhDs ruin the careers of juniors «territorial behavior»
Recently, the term «Gollum effect» has become widespread among scholars, characterizing toxic proprietary behavior and the desire to monopolize resources and individual topics for research by senior researchers.
World’s smallest semiconductor structure used to produce «pure» hydrogen
For the first time in history, scientists from South Korea have received an environmentally friendly pure hydrogen, using an ultra-small quantum semiconductor material as a photoelectrode.
Apple iPhone 17 Air compared to 16 Plus again — known battery capacity
Insider Majin Bu has posted new photos of the iPhone 17 Air, which is due to be unveiled in September, on social network X, comparing its thickness to its predecessor — the iPhone 16 Plus.
The first extraterrestrial species: an unknown strain of bacteria discovered on the Chinese space station
Chinese scientists have discovered in samples from the Tiangong space station a previously unknown strain of bacteria that has successfully adapted to existence in extreme conditions microgravity and radiation.
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