Wonders of Science 2024, November

In 1877, the Louvre, the Opera House and the central street of Paris were lit up with extraordinary light. At first, Parisians gathered at the lanterns to admire their brightness. And a year earlier, the publications of European countries were full of headlines: "Russia is the homeland of electricity", "Light comes to us from the North - from Russia

We know very well that all substances are composed of atoms - this is the smallest possible amount of any chemical element. The word "atom" comes from the Greek word "ἄτομος", which literally translates from ancient Greek as "indivisible" - something that can no longer be divided. Later

Antibiotics continue to lose the "arms race" in the war on bacteria, and this year a number of microbes, including the causative agent of pneumonia, have begun to develop resistance to "antibiotics of last resort," said scientists interviewed by European Prices

Scientists now know that over time, our cells accumulate damage in their DNA. Some cells successfully repair the damage caused, while others self-destruct. And still others - retire - stop growing or dividing and enter the state we call aging

Last year, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which funds a range of research in military technology, launched a five-year $ 1.5 billion program

This week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a surprisingly transparent and honest press release, highlighting the new PREPARE program

The American Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a transforming wheel for light armored vehicles, which can serve as both a wheel and a caterpillar propeller, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports

A robot is man's best friend. Do you want such a friend? Then go for it! You take a human-made artificial intelligence and put it into a robot. Done

Will we be able to find natural food in the near future in the context of the application of new technologies of genetic engineering in food production? Constantinople acquaints readers with a new topic, using the data of the report “Synthetic biology. G

According to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua, He Jiankui, the researcher responsible for creating the world's first genetically edited babies, was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of illegal medical practice. In November 2018, Jiankui announced to the general public that he had edited the genomes of two twin girls during the embryo stage

It's no secret that the future of biology, medicine, agriculture and a whole range of other sciences and industries is associated with the development of genetic engineering. One of the most promising technologies in this area is considered gene editing - CRISPR

EGenesis, which specializes in the production of genetically modified pigs for human organ transplantation, has announced the birth of multiple edited animals. They lost three genes, acquired nine, and also lost 25 viruses multiplying in the genome

Israeli geneticists have calculated how accurately it is possible to predict the growth and IQ value for an unborn child, based on genome sequencing before implantation. They tested their data on a theoretical model and on the genetic data of real families

An international team of scientists has discovered a way to extend the life of a nematode fivefold. It only requires a few genetic changes. This is reported by Science Alert.The researchers influenced two signaling pathways in the Caenorhabditis elegans worms, one of which is associated with insulin and the other with the target of rapamycin (TOR)

This month, Denis Rebrikov went to the old Moscow mansion, which today houses the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, to meet with critics and dot the i's.Rebrikov was a respected but little-known geneticist at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University when an article appeared in Nature in June about his controversial plan to alter the DNA of a human embryo using powerful CRISPR editing technology (short polyyndromic repetitions, regularly ar

The latest advances in science have opened access to the holy of holies for man - to the "code of life", or DNA, providing almost limitless opportunities for restructuring any living organism. Are we ready to accept such a gift from scientists?

It is a biodegradable substance that is likely to be cheaper to produce with the help of microorganisms than synthesizing analogs from petroleum. Raw materials are obtained from wood as waste paper production

World sensation: the Russian cryologist Anatoly Brushkov risked his life and tried a new recipe for youth - the scientist planted on himself the oldest bacteria found in permafrost, the age of the microorganism is several million years

Scientists have conducted a study in which they noticed unusual energy values, likely indicating that bacteria may become entangled with photons

One of the main problems of using radioactive fuel is the disposal of its spent production waste. Moreover, the danger to the environment is not so much the material itself as the migration of radionuclides into the soil and air

Researchers have discovered a unique sponge in the Atlantic Ocean that grows at a depth of 2 kilometers. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that this sponge contains an extremely powerful antibiotic

It would seem that the creation of artificial life - the lot of fantastic works. But developments in this area have been going on for several years already. And now we are not talking about artificial intelligence or robotic mechanisms

Humanity can avoid the further emergence of new "super-bacteria" that are not affected by drugs if the use of antibiotics on farms is reduced by 60-80%, scientists say in an article published in the journal Sc

Russian scientist, professor at Moscow State University Anatoly Brushkov went on a bold scientific experiment associated with the risk to life, writes The Telegraph

Scientists have created a bacterium that makes a potential fuel source from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. The so-called "cyborgs" generate acetic acid, - chemical that can be recycled into fuel and plastic

A Russian scientist tests on himself an ancient bacterium preserved in permafrost. She - about several million years, but the amazing viability of microorganisms has not yet been explained

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of bacteria in the permafrost of Mammoth Mountain in Yakutia. Laboratory mice injected with these organisms were healthier and lived longer than their relatives

Despite the fact that this weapon looks like a joke, I checked in the US patent database, and it turned out that it was not a prank - the shooting helmet was patented on May 16, 1916, the patent documents were filed on July 14, 1915.Page from Pratt's patent

A mutation in the CCR5 gene, which makes a person almost invulnerable to the effects of HIV, turned out to be dangerous for its carriers - in the old years of life, it increases the likelihood of a person's premature death by 21%. Geneticists write about this in the journal Nature Medicine

The Chinese authorities announced the preliminary results of the investigation into the work of Jiankui He, who in November announced the birth of the world's first CRISPR children: in particular, they confirmed not only the existence of the twins Lulu and Nana, but also another pregnancy

For the fourth decade in a row, the "Perimeter" defensive system has been guarding Russia, without shutting down for a second

Remember how many were "excited" in the world and in our country when Putin spoke about the Russian development of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered rocket. How many statements were made that all this is "cartoons" and is impossible in reality

The entire Cold War era is strongly associated with the arms race, which culminated in the 1960s. Indeed, at that time, the opposing superpowers were actively looking for ways to "reach" the opponent over a distance of thousands of kilometers

On the evening of September 8, 1944, a powerful rumble was heard over the capital of Great Britain, which reminded many of a clap of thunder: it was in the London Cheswick area that the first German V-2 rocket fell

13. CONCLUSION (FORMULA) AND CALCULATION OF THE AVOGADRO CONSTANTAll thermodynamic quantities are time dependent. Take Avogadro's constant Na.- Salik.bizAvogadro's constant Na.then we get a value the same as that obtained experimentally

It is now generally accepted that Russia is the outsider of world leaders in the field of microelectronics and software, and in many respects this, unfortunately, is true. During the time of thoughtless worship of the West, Russia has largely lost its scientific and technological potential and is now forced, literally, by leaps and bounds to catch up with the leaders

Immortality has been the dream of humanity since ancient times. And the higher the level of technological development rises, the more real such a difficult desire seems. But the approach of the required leap in scientific progress does not mean that the issue has been resolved

The ruins of the Alamut castle, which are located in the Qazvin province of modern Iran, have long been of interest to archaeologists, but, as it seemed to the researchers, nothing interesting can be found in this building

Electronic microchips that can be implanted into the human body are no longer fiction, but reality. What seemed unthinkable yesterday is already gaining its place in the world today

An Australian named Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow implanted an electronic Opal card under his skin a year ago. And all would be nothing - but one caustic controller fined him. The biohacker could not convince the controller to count the money from his hand