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.
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.
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.
Scientists have found «secret» UFO galaxies — almost do not emit light
Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder with the help of of the James Webb telescope discovered large, dust-soaked, ultraviolet galaxies.
Blue Ghost shows lunar eclipse from the Moon — Earth blocks the Sun
The lander of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar vehicle showed the lunar eclipse in all its glory. Although on the Moon, it is a solar eclipse.
Ancient galaxies hint that the Universe originated in a black hole — by repeating the same motion
The latest analysis of deep space images «taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows that the vast majority of ancient galaxies rotate in the same direction, and one explanation for this phenomenon — is that the Universe may have already been born rotating, and may be an internal part of a black hole in a larger «parent universe.
Scarce lithium for batteries has been extracted directly from lakes
Lithium has become an extremely necessary and rather scarce metal amid the rapid development of mass production of electronic devices and batteries.
Petabytes on a crystal of a few millimeters: scientists have invented a new way to store data
American researchers have developed a way to store and read data from individual atoms embedded in tiny crystals several millimeters in size.
One minute before the end of the world: scientists link the Doomsday Clock to rising mortality in the US
In a new study, American scientists have linked the approach of the Doomsday Clock to midnight to an unprecedentedly high mortality rate in the United States.
NASA launches SPHEREx space telescope for $488 million — it will show what was hidden from Webb and Hubble’s «eyes»
The SPHEREx Space Observatory will offer additional «panoramic» views to the infrared images of the James Webb Space Telescope and help unravel some of the greatest mysteries of the Universe.
A Canadian woman will have a tooth inserted into her eye to restore her vision
Gail Lane will become one of the first patients in Canada to have a tooth with a special lens inserted into her eye to restore her vision.
A breakthrough in the creation of perovskite solar cells — applied to complex surfaces and working 10 times longer
Scientists improved perovskite solar cells, increasing their service life by 10 times compared to their previous counterparts.
128 new satellites discovered at Saturn
Astronomers have discovered 128 new satellites that orbit Saturn.
Neutrinos — former black holes? Scientists find traces of Hawking radiation for the first time
In February 2025, the European project KM3NeT discovered an incredibly powerful neutrinos, which could have arisen from a black hole explosion.
Water was formed almost immediately after the Universe began — the oldest stars «told» scientists about it
The results of new research indicate that water could be formed in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
Curiosity has found a rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — this changes the idea of water on the planet
The Curiosity rover accidentally split one of the rocks on Mars, releasing yellow crystals of pure sulfur.
Traces of a leukemia-causing carcinogen found in La Roche-Posay creams — the entire batch is recalled
Cosmetics company L’Oreal is recalling a batch of Effaclar Duo rash creams sold under the La Roche-Posay brand due to concerns of benzene contamination.
Scientists create super-strong material inspired by sea sponge
Engineers from the Royal Melbourne University of Technology have managed to develop a new surprisingly strong material.
Tibet’s lakes are growing and threatening to flood — no one knows why
Scientists are trying to understand the reasons for the rapid rise in water levels in Tibetan lakes, which threatens the region with large-scale flooding.
Strange events are happening in the center of the Milky Way — and this is a hint of a new kind of dark matter
Scientists have probably found a new kind of dark matter — and it is hiding in the very center of the Milky Way. Compared to other candidates, this phenomenon is not only lighter, but also has the ability to self-destruct.
Huge amount of helium found in the Earth’s core — scientists are forced to revise the history of the planet
Japanese and Taiwanese researchers have concluded that in the earth’s core may contain large amounts of primary helium.
At what age does the brain start to age and how to prevent it, — research
American scientists from Stony Brook University have identified a critical age at which brain aging begins.
Psychedelic mushrooms restore the brain after concussion — cautious, the study is not yet peer-reviewed
Researchers at Northeastern University in the United States have tested the psychedelic psilocybin in studies to treat mild head injuries.
Starlink Network as a Climate Monitor — Scientists have figured out how to use signals from Musk’s satellites
Austrian scientists from the Institute of Geodesy at the Graz University of Technology used satellite signals Starlink for climate change monitoring.
Scientists solve a fundamental mystery of the evolution of the Universe — why gas in galaxies does not cool over time
An international team of researchers has used the X-ray spectrograph XRISM to answer the question of why gas in galaxy clusters never cools.
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