Compact disks may return: scientists have developed a new type of optical memory
The discovery may usher in an era of «ultra-high density» recording optical media, but there is still much research to be done.
Scientists uncover hidden history of the Moon in new analysis of soil samples brought back by «Apollo 16» half a century ago
A new study of the lunar soil collected by the astronauts «Apollo 16» in 1972 has allowed scientists to reconstruct billions of years of the Moon’s history.
Scientists invent soft touch panel without electricity — recognizes multi-touch and handwriting
Researchers from the University of Tampere in Finland have developed the world’s first soft touch panel that can detect the force of pressure and works without electricity.
Electroshocker for bacteria: scientists have developed a medical patch that destroys dangerous microbes with electricity
American scientists have created an electronic patch that uses delicate electrical impulses to fight dangerous bacteria on the skin.
MIT accidentally invented 3D printing of simple electronics without semiconductors
Researchers at MIT have unexpectedly found a way to make transistors and other electronics components without using semiconductors.
Space fashion: Axiom Space and Prada created a spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III lunar mission
Space company Axiom Space and fashion house Prada presented the design of the new AxEMU spacesuit at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan. This equipment was developed for NASA’s Artemis III mission, which aims to return humans to the moon in 2026.
SpaceX Starship from a rocket caught by Mechazilla exploded after being driven
On Sunday, the world witnessed an amazing landing of the first stage of the rocket SpaceX to automated «hands» Mechazilla towers. However, the Starship itself exploded after being powered up.
NASA launches Europa Clipper probe to Jupiter’s icy moon — it will search for signs of life
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for signs of life.
Comet ATLAS approaches Earth to a minimum distance – how and when it can be observed in the sky
Yesterday, Ukrainians had the opportunity to see a rare astronomical phenomenon in the evening sky – Comet ATLAS (also known as C/2023 A3 or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). The space object approached the Earth at a minimum distance of about 70 million kilometers. Scientists call it the brightest in the last 13 years, which made it possible to follow the…
The first stage of the SpaceX Super Heavy rocket successfully landed «in the hands of» the Mechazilla tower
Today, SpaceX’s Mechazilla service tower «caught the first stage of the Starship’s Super Heavy Flight 5 rocket on its way back.
Astronomers find a galaxy that «mirrors» our Milky Way
One of the most distant spiral galaxies ever observed by astronomers has puzzled researchers somewhat, as it resembles our Milky Way in structure.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 awarded for research in neural networks
The Nobel Committee recognized the contribution of two scientists to the development of artificial intelligence, having awarded They were awarded the 2024 Prize in Physics. John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton developed the methods that formed the basis of modern machine learning.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has ordered pipes for a rocket from the Ukrainian manufacturer — Centravis from Nikopol
Nikopol «Centravis» (Centravis) specializes in the production of seamless stainless steel pipes — one of which will be used to supply fuel to one of the rockets of the American aerospace company SpaceX.
Irish scientists discover that Martian sand can be used for construction in space
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) developed a method of turning Martian and lunar sand into durable bricks for future space settlements.
League of Legends players turned out to be the smartest among gamers, — research
A recent survey of more than 1,000 gamers found that League of Legends players have the highest level of intelligence among video game fans.
Light instead of electricity: scientists have created a compact and energy-efficient optical computer
According to researchers from the University of Tokyo, an optical computer that is much more powerful than the existing ones may appear in only ten years.
NASA wants to create Morrowind on Mars — housing will be built from mushrooms
NASA is considering the possibility of growing housing from mushrooms on the Moon and Mars. The agency has signed a $2 million contract with researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center to study «mycotecture».
Triple spectacle: Webb telescope detects supernova in three different explosion periods
The Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) of the James Webb Space Telescope has captured an interesting sight at a distance of 3.6 billion light-years from Earth – a supernova that appears three times, at three different times during its explosion, in one image. Importantly, this image can help scientists better understand how fast the Universe is…
As in «Tenet» movie: scientists have discovered the reversal of time at the level of photons
Quantum physics demonstrates many strange things and is often counterintuitive. This time, scientists made us remember the movie «Tenet» by discovering what can be called negative time.
Autonomous underwater drones have found a «ghost ship» of the Pacific Ocean that sank more than 80 years ago
The remains of the 100-meter-long ship were found off the coast of California at a depth of more than 1 km — the ship had been considered lost forever for the past 80 years.
Astronomers find a planet that shows the fate of the Earth in 8 billion years — if it is not absorbed by the Sun
The rocky planet, called KMT-2020-BLG-0414, is located 4,000 light-years from Earth and orbits a smoldering white dwarf — an object that was once a large star like our Sun.
Scientists have created a «weightless» battery — the battery will become part of the device frame
Swedish researchers developed a composite carbon fiber battery that can be used to create the bodies and frames of devices. The battery will actually have no separate weight.
OLED-based night vision device 1/10th of a hair thick developed by the University of Michigan
Researchers at the University of Michigan have invented a night vision device based on OLEDs that is thinner than paper. The technology does not require drastic changes in existing production
Digital fatigue: half of the zoomers regret the existence of TikTok, — research
A new survey has found that a significant number of zoomers wish popular social networks had never appeared, despite the fact that young people spend a lot of time on them every day.
A primary black hole can «peer» into the solar system once every 10 years
Primordial black holes — are a hypothetical type of black hole that formed during the inhomogeneous, high-density phase of the Big Bang. And if they really exist, then, according to a new study, they can «peer» into our solar system with a frequency of once every 10 years.
James Webb telescope shows how a hungry black hole «devours» its own galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a supermassive black hole in the early Universe that was so «hungry» that it began to devour its galaxy.
Ig Nobel Prize 2024: mammals that breathe through their anuses, drunken worms lining up, and pigeons guiding missiles
Ig Nobel Prize — is a parody of the Nobel Prize, which is being held for the 34th time and is traditionally «not without fun».
SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts made the first private spacewalk in orbit
Billionaire Jared Isaacson and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis have made the first-ever spacewalk as part of a commercial mission.
Toxic gaming: two-thirds of women face misogyny in online games, — study
A new study has found that two-thirds of female players experience misogyny during online gaming, despite a slight improvement in the situation over the past year.
WHO busts the myth: mobile phones do not cause brain cancer — new large-scale study
A large-scale study supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) has disproved the widespread belief that mobile phone radio waves are carcinogenic.
Archaeological evidence of the legend of the wizard Merlin’s tomb found in Scotland
Archaeologists have discovered ancient burials and remains of fortifications in the Tweeddale region of southern Scotland that may confirm local folklore about the tomb of the legendary wizard Merlin.
Ganymede under attack: an asteroid 20 times larger than «dinosaur killer» has turned Jupiter’s moon around
The asteroid that collided with Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, was 20 times larger than the one that caused the extinction of dinosaurs on Earth.
The mystery of the «Pinnacle Man», who was found frozen in a Pennsylvania cave 50 years ago, has been solved by fingerprints
The body of the deceased was found by tourists in 1977 — near the Appalachian mountain peak (hence the name of the mysterious «find»). At the time, the authorities stated that there were no signs of foul play, and the cause of death was a drug overdose.
Astronomers discover the oldest mention of a solar eclipse in Hindu texts «Rigveda»
The texts refer to the «darkness-ridden Sun», whose magic is destroyed by unknown «dark creatures».
NASA has discovered the third global energy field of the Earth — in addition to gravitational and electromagnetic
NASA scientists have discovered a third global energy field around the Earth. Ambipolar electric field drives charged particles into space above the poles
The Boeing spacecraft stuck on the ISS began to make «creepy» sounds
Over the weekend, astronaut Butch Wilmore heard that the Boeing Starliner spacecraft began to make strange noises.
Geophysicists discover donut-shaped structure in the Earth’s interior
Geophysicists from Australia have discovered an unusual structure in the Earth’s liquid core that could improve understanding of the dynamics of the planet’s magnetic field.
The first video of the Moon and Earth flyby made by JUICE on the way to Jupiter
The Jupiter-bound JUICE probe «has shared footage of its flyby of the Moon and Earth with scientists European Space Agency (ESA) I made a minute and a half video out of them.
Touching history: boy accidentally breaks 3500-year-old amphora in Israeli museum
We wanted to show the child the story, but she decided to rewrite it.
Neuralink is lagging behind: the Swiss have created a tiny chip that converts thoughts into text with 91% accuracy
This chip is superior to its counterparts in terms of size and efficiency.
Scientists discover more than 1700 ancient viruses in Tibetan glacier
An international team of researchers has discovered a record number of frozen viral genomes in an ice sample from the Tibetan Plateau, which could help better understand past and future climate and ecosystem changes.
Simple «brain» hydrogel «learned» playing Pong — new possibilities for adaptive materials
Researchers from the University of Reading have successfully demonstrated the bounded «learning» behavior of a simple electroactive polymer (EAP) hydrogel in conjunction with an array of electrodes. This was demonstrated using an EAP gel control system that played an adapted version of the classic video game Pong. Furthermore, it seemed that the…
Replacing a bar counter: a precious Roman sarcophagus was accidentally found on a beach in Bulgaria
The sarcophagus is estimated to be 1700 years old, but this did not faze the owner of a Bulgarian beach bar, who used the ancient Roman coffin as a table.
Stellar secrets of the pharaohs: a giant observatory 2600 years old found in Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered the first and largest astronomical observatory of the 6th century BC in the temple of Buto at the archaeological site of Tel el-Fara’in in the Egyptian province of Kafr el-Sheikh.
The Moon was once covered by an ocean of magma: new data confirm the theory
New data obtained by the Indian mission «Chandrayaan-3» confirms the theory of the Moon’s turbulent past.
Astrophysicists find possible source of «alien» signal «Wow!» 1977
An extremely intense «alien» radio signal «Wow!» detected by the Big Ear Observatory in Ohio, USA, on August 15, 1977, may have a natural explanation, albeit an exotic one.
Dangerous beauty: Victorian books may contain poisonous dyes
Brightly colored cloth covers of Victorian books can hide health hazards for readers, collectors, and librarians.
It wasn’t a comet: scientists discover the true origin of the dinosaur killer
A new study indicates that the object that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a rare type of asteroid from the far reaches of the solar system.
Chinese analog of Hyperloop successfully passes tests: the goal is — 1000 km/h
China has carried out another successful test of its Hyperloop analog, a superfast magnetic cushion train that is planned to accelerate to 1000 kilometers per hour.
The Martian interior hides an ocean of water — new discovery of the NASA InSight mission
Researchers have found evidence of liquid water beneath the surface of Mars by analyzing data from NASA’s InSight rover.
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