Science and space

Scientists have found a «cholesterol switch» — it could save millions of lives

News Science and space 07-01-2025 at 13:49 comment
American researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington have discovered the enzyme IDO1, which during inflammation leads to a violation of cholesterol processing macrophages.

«Feces researchers» collect human feces in case the world ends: «It’s our duty to the future»

News Science and space 06-30-2025 at 15:43 comment
Swiss researchers from the Microbiota Vault project plan to freeze about 10 thousand human fecal samples in the so-called «Doomsday» vault.

AI will help create virtual human cells for research: «90% of computations instead of 90% of experiments»

News Science and space 06-30-2025 at 13:07 comment
Biologists are now seeking to use artificial intelligence to create virtual human cells, which will become an alternative to complex computer models.

Epilepsy drugs were tested on a computer with human brain cells — what happened

News Science and space 06-27-2025 at 15:17 comment
Researchers from Cortical Labs have tested the effect of an epilepsy drug on a laboratory-grown system for the first time brain-computer.

Scientists solve the mystery of a giant cold spot in the Atlantic Ocean

News Science and space 06-27-2025 at 13:30 comment
Oceanographers have finally found an explanation for the existence of a large area of cold water in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland.

Physicist disproves Einstein and solves 120-year-old riddle of thermodynamics

News Science and space 06-27-2025 at 11:46 comment
Professor José María Martín-Ollalla from the University of Seville in his new work solves a thermodynamics problem that has remained unsolved for 120 years and corrects Albert Einstein. 

NASA discovers 540 million year old magnetic «pulse» Earth, which affects oxygen levels

News Science and space 06-27-2025 at 10:29 comment
NASA scientists revealed the mechanism 540 million years old, associated with a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field, which affects the level of oxygen in the atmosphere.

A pill instead of a gym — scientists successfully «pumped up» mice without training

News Science and space 06-26-2025 at 16:56 comment
Recent studies show that the amino acid betaine, which is produced in the kidneys, can replicate some of the benefits of exercise and slow down aging.

NASA’s zombie satellite emits powerful signal after 60 years of silence

News Science and space 06-26-2025 at 14:11 comment
Last year, astronomers recorded a mysterious, powerful burst of radio waves from our galaxy. According to astronomers, the source of the radio waves was disabled more than 60 years ago, the NASA Relay 2 satellite was launched.

James Webb telescope takes first direct photo of exoplanet

News Science and space 06-26-2025 at 10:31 comment
Space telescope «James Webb» for the first time in 3 years of operation directly made image of an exoplanet.

6 most interesting objects from the photo of Vera Rubin Observatory

News Science and space 06-25-2025 at 16:09 comment
Published on June 23 first images of the new Vera Rubin Observatory, showing more than 10 million galaxies around the Virgo cluster, are striking in their detail.

It is better to breathe dust from the Moon than dirty air from the Earth, — scientists

News Science and space 06-25-2025 at 12:34 comment
According to recent research, scientists have found that moon dust may not be as harmful to humans as it was thought.

The shortest day in history is expected this summer

News Science and space 06-25-2025 at 10:16 comment
Physicists expect that this summer will be the shortest day in the history of observations.

The first images of the Vera Rubin Observatory: 10 million galaxies and more

News Science and space 06-24-2025 at 10:56 comment
On June 23, the first impressive space images of the new Vera Rubin Observatory.

Cosmic beauty: 65 thousand light years in a detailed color map of the Sculptor galaxy

News Science and space 06-23-2025 at 14:55 comment
Astronomers have received the most detailed image of the distant galaxy Sculptor, which reveals the complexity of galactic systems.

Time has three dimensions — physicists challenge the Standard Model

News Science and space 06-23-2025 at 10:35 comment
Physicist at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks (USA) Gunter Kletechka proposed a new theory, according to which time actually has three dimensions, not just one. 

Yeztugo — HIV vaccine approved in the US with 99.9% effectiveness

News Science and space 06-20-2025 at 13:59 comment
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of the vaccine Yeztugo, manufactured by Gilead Sciences, is an anti-HIV drug.

Honey, I’m sorry: Mars «went out» with another star in the sky

News Science and space 06-20-2025 at 12:43 comment
A rare photo shows an extremely bright Mars next to the brightest star in the constellation of Leo, Regulus.

Fish are smarter than you think — scientists have found out how to find out

News Science and space 06-19-2025 at 16:26 comment
Scientists from the University and the research center in Wageningen in the Netherlands found out that fish are, in fact, much smarter than they were thought to be. 

Natural plant extracts remove up to 90% of microplastics from water, — research

News Science and space 06-19-2025 at 15:08 comment
American researchers have found that natural polymers derived from okra and fenugreek are extremely effective in purifying water from microplastics.

Plants pollute the air, — research

News Science and space 06-19-2025 at 12:08 comment
Based on 40 years of research, scientists from Michigan State University in the United States have found that plants secrete isoprene to protect themselves from insects.

Scientists have found where the «missing» matter of the Universe went

News Science and space 06-18-2025 at 15:04 comment
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology in the United States for the first time used fast radio flashes discovered the missing part of baryonic matter, that astronomers have been looking for for a long time.

Fungal superbugs — a new threat to humanity caused by pesticides

News Science and space 06-18-2025 at 14:02 comment
Infectious disease researchers from the University of California in the United States Dr. George Thompson and Dr. Angel Desai warn that fungicides used in agriculture could trigger a pandemic of fungal superbugs. 

Astronomers discover the coldest known planet with strange behavior

News Science and space 06-17-2025 at 16:10 comment
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope have obtained a unique image of the exoplanet 14 Herculis c, which turned out to be one of the coldest known.

Space probes for the first time organized an artificial eclipse of the Sun in orbit

News Science and space 06-17-2025 at 13:12 comment
Two European Space Agency (ESA) orbiters have staged an artificial solar eclipse in space for the first time to show with incredible clarity solar corona.

Astronomers reveal Pluto’s secret — unique climate for the solar system

News Science and space 06-16-2025 at 11:20 comment
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope were able to find out the secret of climate formation on tiny Pluto.

The first ever view of the South Pole of the Sun — Solar Orbiter photo

News Science and space 06-13-2025 at 10:36 comment
On June 11, the European Space Agency (ESA) published the first-ever images of the South Pole of the Sun taken by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

The world’s oceans are so acidic that they dissolve the shells of marine life

News Science and space 06-12-2025 at 16:04 comment
According to a study by ocean scientists from the UK, USA and Europe, more than 40% of the surface of the world’s oceans have already exceeded the maximum permissible level of acidification.

The world’s smallest violin measuring 35 microns opens up new prospects for nanotechnology

News Science and space 06-12-2025 at 14:01 comment
Scientists from Loughborough University in the UK have created the smallest in the world a violin measuring only 35 microns.

AI pretends to be a student and steals education loans on behalf of real people

News Science and space 06-11-2025 at 11:13 comment
A wave of frauds has recently been recorded in the United States with the use of AI and applying for student loans on behalf of real people who are not even aware of it.

NASA predicts a dangerous asteroid collision with the Moon in a few years

News Science and space 06-11-2025 at 09:59 comment
According to NASA, the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with the Moon in 2032 has increased from 3.8% to 4.3%.

Arctic is melting much faster, half of glaciers will disappear even without warming, — new research

News Science and space 06-10-2025 at 16:02 comment
Scientists are reviewing scenarios of the effects of warming in the Arctic and melting of glaciers after an error in climate models was discovered.

«The gateway to hell» In Turkmenistan, fires go out after 50 years of burning

News Science and space 06-10-2025 at 10:24 comment
According to scientists, one of the most famous locations in Turkmenistan — the gas crater «Gate to Hell» has begun to fade away after more than 50 years of continuous burning.

Platinum in the Moon’s $1 trillion craters — scientists find probable deposits

News Science and space 06-09-2025 at 17:07 comment
According to the results of the new study, scientists have determined that under the surface of the Moon platinum and other precious metals worth at least $1 trillion may be hidden under the earth’s surface.

James Webb telescope creates the largest map of the Universe — 13 billion light-years

News Science and space 06-09-2025 at 12:44 comment
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope have created the largest map of the Universe ever, depicting 800 thousand galaxies over the 13.5 billion years of our Universe’s existence.

The Big Bang is not the beginning. Scientists propose a new theory of the Universe

News Science and space 06-06-2025 at 16:08 comment
British physicists from the University of Portsmouth have come up with a new theory of the Universe, an alternative to the widespread Big Bang hypothesis.

Vegetarians are more rebellious and power-hungry than meat-eaters, — study

News Science and space 06-06-2025 at 14:48 comment
According to the study, researchers found that vegetarians are more prone to rebellious behavior than omnivores. 

Astronomers detect the most powerful flashes of energy since the Big Bang

News Science and space 06-06-2025 at 13:36 comment
Astronomers from the University of Hawaii have discovered a completely new class of powerful cosmic phenomena with the release of enormous amounts of energy due to the death of supermassive stars.

FutureHouse presents AI ether0 — specialized LLM for scientific tasks

News Science and space 06-06-2025 at 11:51 comment
The San Francisco-based startup FutureHouse has introduced the ether0 LLM aimed at scientific research.

Scientists have developed a plan for terraforming Mars

News Science and space 06-06-2025 at 10:15 comment
Scientists from Pioneer Research Labs have developed a new study based on the results of a new study plan for terraforming Mars, which, however, is designed for more than one century.

The Sun has become like a fish-drop from the meme — coronal hole forms «face» and solar wind towards the Earth

News Science and space 06-05-2025 at 19:31 comment
Giant a coronal hole in the Sun a mouth-like vortex about the size of five Jupiters spews hot streams of solar wind toward Earth.

New electronic ink allows printing hard or soft chips

News Science and space 06-05-2025 at 17:46 comment
Researchers from the The KAIST and Seoul National University in South Korea has developed an electronic ink for printing of microcircuits variable stiffness at room temperature.

Lithium deposits are of «extraterrestrial» origin — scientists analyze chemical composition

News Science and space 06-05-2025 at 15:06 comment
Scientists from Duke University in the United States have found that lithium-rich brine solutions contain a high concentration of boron.

This planet is too big for its star — astronomers change the way we look at the formation of star systems

News Science and space 06-05-2025 at 12:33 comment
A group of astronomers has discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star.

Secure quantum communication in a nuclear reactor launched in the US — how it works

News Science and space 06-05-2025 at 10:37 comment
American researchers from the University of Purdue and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated for the first time in the world the ability to secure quantum communication in an operating nuclear reactor. 

Physicists combine the incompatible — superconductor and magnet

News Science and space 06-04-2025 at 17:58 comment
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States have discovered a unique superconductor in ordinary graphite that simultaneously acts as a magnet.

New perspectives in electronics: scientists control the movement of individual atoms with magnets for the first time

News Science and space 06-04-2025 at 10:45 comment
Researchers from the Universities of Hamburg and Kiel in Germany have demonstrated for the first time that atoms can be move in nanomaterials by means of magnetism.

Trees don’t grow in an oven: Amazon forests may disappear because of… gold

News Science and space 06-03-2025 at 19:40 comment
Scientists in a new study have found that gold mining in South America makes restoration of the Amazon rainforest impossible.

Astronomers have never seen anything like this before: a planet orbiting perpendicularly around two stars

News Science and space 06-03-2025 at 15:54 comment
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.

Scientists approach quantum gravity with the help of a cold mirror

News Science and space 06-02-2025 at 16:30 comment
Researchers from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States conducted an unusual experiment to confirm the quantum nature of gravity.

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