Wonders of Science 2024, November

Biologists from the US National Institute of Environmental Health conducted a study on laboratory mice and rats

Ball lightning - not an electrical phenomenon at all, but a banal hallucination. More precisely - the result of exposure to the brain of a magnetic field from conventional lightning

Physicists from Finland and the United States have created and photographed an unusual quantum object, a kind of magnetic vortex, which is similar in appearance and properties to an ordinary ball lightning, according to an article published in the journal Science Advances

Researchers managed to prove the fundamental possibility of removing memories, reports The Independent

Valery Konstantinovich Larin, one of the world's leading experts in thorium energy, member of the expert council of the Rare Lands magazine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, ex-General Director of several of the largest enterprises of Sredmash - on the code of confidence, new opportunities in the development of the Arctic, on evolution and the bright future of nuclear power, which cannot be imagined without the use of a unique element - thorium

A mysterious Italian with a Russian soul, who devoted his whole life to the development and improvement of aircraft, Robert Ludwigovich Bartini did a lot as an inventor-aircraft designer for Soviet aviation

On December 22, Russia celebrates the Day of the Hydrometeorological Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was on this day in 1915 that a decision was made to form the Main Military Meteorological Directorate (GVMU), headed by B.B. Golitsyn

In 1921, the German physicist O. Gann discovered a hitherto unknown isotope of uranium, which he immediately named uranium-Z. In terms of atomic mass and chemical properties, it did not differ from those already known. Science was interested in its half-life - it was slightly longer than that of other uranium isotopes

The authorities of the Indian capital New Delhi intend to solve the problem of air pollution with artificial rain. The technology consists in dispersing special substances in the clouds that cause precipitation, and has not been used before

In 1921, the German physicist Otto Hahn was quite surprised by his studies of the beta decay of uranium-X1 (as thorium-234 was then called). He received a new radioactive substance, which he gave the name uranium-Z. The atomic weight and chemical properties of the new substance coincided with the previously discovered uranium-X2 (the now familiar name of protactinium-234)

The proposed method is based on the following: The electronic bond between hydrogen and oxygen atoms weakens in proportion to the increase in water temperature. This is confirmed by practice when burning dry coal

Leading specialist of the Phobos Weather Center, Yevgeny Tishkovets, told the Russian News Service that the Russian army has climatic weapons, but they have never been used

The new development allows you to control lightning, cause rain and stop it, according to rt.com. Researchers sponsored by the Pentagon have created a very intense laser beam, which is an order of magnitude different from existing developments

Scientists from Okayama University have modeled a porous and lightweight "aero ice" with a low density, which will allow you to understand what happens to water in extreme conditions

British and Japanese engineers have created a volumetric display based on acoustic levitation. A small ball is responsible for displaying the image in it, which is moved along the working area by ultrasonic emitters and illuminated by a high-speed projector

It will soon be possible to defeat any country without any army and without a single soldier

CERN's new project is to build a mechanism that will be almost four times larger than the largest device in existence. But what exactly is it for?

The water car exists hypothetically, and nothing else! But, this is not true, in its essence a similar invention already exists. As soon as new and advanced technologies appear that affect the interests of monopolists, enterprises that dare to start producing revolutionary technologies are ruined

Some time ago the whole world was talking about the LHC - Large Hadron Collider, an accelerator of charged particles on colliding beams. This huge device is used by scientists from all over the world

China is building a particle accelerator that will be twice the size and seven times more powerful than CERN's Large Hadron Collider

It is not that difficult to create forbidden technology. It is enough to come up with something that will reduce the incomes of the largest empires in the world. Engines, innovations and any novelties that threaten the hydrocarbon market very quickly become forgotten and prohibited

Today, we know many ways to obtain various types of fuel, without resorting to the use of hydrocarbons extracted from the earth's interior. And, despite the fact that developments in the field of providing mankind with the same alternative energy through solar panels are already being successfully introduced into world practice, scientists do not abandon their attempts to find other equally effective ways

Russian engineers are increasingly taking up the development of cars with electric motors and artificial intelligence. Recently, the Bakulin Motors Group concern shared its plans to create a hybrid all-terrain vehicle with an automatic driving system, and now the New Technologies of Siberia company has shared its plans - it assures that the electric car it is developing has no analogues

According to some estimates, about 0.2 to 0.5 percent of the world's land surface is covered with roads. And that ratio should increase by 60% by 2050. There is an astonishing amount of space reserved for roads, which are mostly used for transportation

The head of Tesla Motors is going to talk about his new project. Elon Musk announced this to his Twitter account subscribers on July 11. The company is working on a "top secret" second part of Tesla's plan, he says, whatever that means

The concept of the Kalashnikov electric car was shown at the Army-2018 forum. According to the head of the press service of the enterprise, Sofia Ivanova, this model will become a competitor for Tesla. The new Kalashnikov car is based on the Izh Combi body

But that's not all: the unusual supplement will also help "extinguish" allergies.The new food additive is being developed by ITMO University specialists. In butter, milk and sausages they propose to "mix" chitin powder obtained from locust shells

As the amount of waste on the planet grows, scenes from everyday life increasingly resemble the plot of the post-apocalypse. We produce so much garbage that some craftsmen have already started using it to make cars - just like the characters in the movie Mad Max

Systems based on artificial intelligence and neural networks can be adapted to perform a variety of tasks from complex mathematical calculations to object recognition and even video editing

The device that prolongs youth was created by a skilled self-taught from the Churapchinsky region of Yakutia. According to the inventor, he has been developing the rejuvenating machine for more than 10 years, the operation of the device is based on electric waves, the prototype of which is lightning

It seems to be a common thing, a quarry for the extraction of raw materials. But it is these careers that sometimes look like old computer games with pseudo-3D. Personally, I immediately had such an association. Here are some more interesting types of similar quarries

I have lived in Stary Oskol for over 30 years, but only a few days ago I had the opportunity to visit a quarry, which is located very close to the city

The technology can be applied not only in ophthalmology, but also in virtual reality glasses

There are many conceptual and creative restaurants in the world. Like places where food is served in complete darkness, or places where only molecular cuisine is on the menu

Only three containers, plus a pair of metal rings, several wires - that's the whole "mechanism". There are no moving parts and no fuel required

The Japanese company NEC, one of the largest manufacturers of electronic, computer equipment, telecommunications equipment in the world, announced that its developed facial recognition system will be massively used during the summer Oli

Panasonic's Hospi (R) robot assistants will soon be assisting passengers at Tokyo's Narita International Airport

At the heart of some neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system are violations of the activity of brain receptors and if these changes can be corrected - it will turn out and overcome the diseases associated with them

Modern science has advanced quite far in the creation of various artificial organs, and this is far from news

Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger was the first to try to explain the phenomenon of life using quantum mechanics in the middle of the last century