Are houses that heat themselves a reality? Scientists have created cement that generates electricity from heat and works as a battery
Scientists from Southeast University in China have developed new material is a cement-based system capable of generating and storing electricity from heat.
Computed tomography provokes up to 5% of cancer cases, — study
Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco have discovered the risk of oncological diseases in patients undergoing computed tomography.
Crows have shown an ability to geometry — it was believed to be an exclusively human ability
German scientists from the University of Tübingen have made sure that crows are able to distinguish between regular and irregular geometric shapes.
Like toothpaste: the world’s first soft battery made of liquid electrodes has been created in Sweden
Swedish scientists from the University of Linköping created a soft battery with liquid electrodes.
The world’s fastest camera captures chaos in action — the motion of a cluster of atoms
Scientists at Columbia University in New York have used an ultrafast camera to photograph what is called dynamic disorder — chaotic movement atoms.
Training 1-2 times a week is equal to daily training in terms of health benefits, — study
Researchers from China have found that just 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per week is enough to significantly reducing the risk of mortality.
The Large Hadron Collider will be supplemented with the MATHUSLA — detector to search for long-lived particles
Large Hadron Collider to receive new large-scale MATHUSLA detector to detect hypothetical particles with a long period of existence.
67 years in space: the world’s oldest satellite will be returned to Earth
A team of scientists is developing plans to return to Earth the American Vanguard-1 satellite, which spent 67 years in space.
Chaos for navigation: the Earth’s poles could shift by 27 meters by 2100
Scientists from the Higher School of Economics Zurich in Switzerland have found that by the end of the century, the Earth’s geographical poles could shift by 27 meters due to melting of glaciers and ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Sound at 100 Hz can relieve you of «seasickness» in just a minute
A group of researchers from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan, detected the sound with a frequency of 100 Hz, which alleviates unpleasant symptoms in people with seasickness.
Scientists have created the most advanced 3D map of the brain — with 4 km of neurons and more than 200 thousand cells
International team of researchers creates the most advanced 3D map of the mouse visual cortex.
Are blast furnaces a thing of the past? New environmentally friendly technology extracts metal without fire
Scientists from the University of Oregon in the United States offered the technology electrochemical iron production as an alternative to traditional methods.
«Smallest known particle»: CERN physicists detect toponium signal in Large Hadron Collider
Scientists from the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) have announced the possible detection of the signal of the smallest elementary particle — toponium at the Large Hadron Collider.
Eating habit at night provokes heart problems, — study
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States have found that eating at night may still be more dangerous than sleep deprivation.
It will speed up gadgets by 15%: TSMC creates the world’s «most advanced» 2-nm chip
Taiwanese TSMC company has introduced a two-nanometer chip, mass production of which is scheduled to begin in the second half of this year.
People conceived in the summer are more likely to be overweight
Japanese scientists have found in a new study, that people conceived in the cold season, have a higher metabolism and fewer problems with excess weight than those conceived in the warm season.
Up to 100 thousand galaxies in one image: NASA’s SPHEREx telescope sends first images of the Universe
Launched March 12 NASA’s new infrared telescope SPHEREx has sent its first images into space, each of which captures more than 100 thousand light sources.
Scientists have found a new resource for antibiotics — it «hid» in the human body
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered that structural fragments of human cells — proteasomes are capable of producing natural antibiotics from parts of damaged proteins.
Song of ice and fire in reality: physicists discover a new quantum state of matter
Researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States have discovered an exotic quantum phase in a new study states of matter, called «half-ice, half-fire».
Scientists solve the mystery of the sound of opening a beer bottle
Max Koch, a researcher at the German University of Göttingen and a connoisseur of homebrew, has experimentally worked on a scientific problem that has long been of interest to mankind.
A 17-year-old Dutchman forgot his native language during surgery, spoke only English and thought he was in the United States
In the Netherlands, a very rare case occurred when a 17-year-old boy after the operation on his knee, he suddenly forgot his native language and his own parents and spoke only English, thinking he was in the United States.
Microsoft research: artificial intelligence reduces the ability to think critically
Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University have found that excessive use of artificial intelligence systems undermines critical thinking skills.
North America «drains» into the Earth’s mantle, — geologists
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have found that lower part of the continent North America is slowly draining into the Earth’s interior.
Strength exercises protect the brain from dementia and Alzheimer’s, — study
Scientists from the State University of Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil, have found in a new study that regular strength training helps slow down brain aging process, protecting him from the risks of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
The brain eats itself during marathon races
Spanish researchers have found that during long marathon distances, in conditions of critical energy deficit, the brain begins to use myelin, which covers neuronal processes and is involved in accelerating signal transmission.
Warming by 3°C will destroy 40% of the world economy, — study
Researchers from the University of New South In Sydney, it was estimated that global warming could bring down the global economy by 40% this century.
Boeing Starliner crash: astronauts believed they would not survive
After returning to Earth, the astronauts of the mission Boeing Starliner Butch Wilmore and Sweeney Williams first spoke about the real danger during the mission, which was hidden by NASA.
OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 artificial intelligence passes the Turing test «more often than real people», — research
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have demonstrated for the first time the passage of artificial intelligence systems a three-way version of the classic Turing test.
Scientists «resurrected» algae after 7000 years without light and oxygen
Researchers recover sediment cores from a depth of 240 meters in the Baltic Sea with ancient algae some of which, while still alive, had been inactive for 7,000 years.
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.
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.
Is humanity really getting dumber? What scientists say about the global IQ decline
We have all taken an intelligence quotient (IQ) test at least once in our lives. Some of us did it at school. And someone — out of sheer curiosity. A value above 70 means that a person is definitely not an idiot. And if the IQ is 160, congratulations, the next Einstein! However, this test […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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