Wonders of Science 2024, November

Russian scientists have created a promising composition that protects food from dangerous bacteria. The correspondent of "Lenta

Quite by chance, I was interested in the topic - where did the trolleybus come from? Are you interested too? Let's figure it out together. Such a vehicle, apparently the "great-great-grandfather" of the trolleybus, was first presented to the public on April 29, 1882

Everyone knows about nuclear icebreakers or submarines, but how about injecting a nuclear reactor into a car? In 1957, FORD unveiled the concept art of the Ford Nucleon, which was the most famous atomic car. He became the first such development, as well as one of two such cars, created at least in the form of a layout and shown at the auto show

The basis of not only prosperity, but also the existence of modern civilization - affordable energy that never stops flowing into our homes, offices, factories, gadgets and vehicles

The outstanding Russian electrical inventor Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov was born in 1847 in the very center of Russia - in the Serdobsky district of the Saratov province

Like most of Nikola Tesla's inventions, this one is also shrouded in “veils of mystery”. There is very little accurate information about him, there are more rumors, legends and guesses

Western biologists conducted experiments, as a result of which they found that embryonic stem cells, if you create a certain external environment for them, can live an unlimited amount of time

A father's experience, good or bad, will be inherited by his children and even grandchildren. For example, if dad was drowning, then his son will be terrified of water. And so was his son's son. If it burned, it will be afraid of fire

Lothar Sieber appears to have become the first person to take off in a rocket vertically from the ground. This happened about 16 years before Yuri Gagarin's pioneering flight, during World War II, as part of the tests of the new German weapon Bachem Ba 349 Natter ("grass snake", "Viper" or "Uzh")

Various media are vying with each other to repeat the name of Jackson Oswalt - A 13-year-old teenager from the American state of Tennessee. This guy claims the laurels of the youngest creator of a working thermonuclear reactor

Reusable launch vehicles, spacecraft, payment systems, unmanned electric vehicles, machines for drilling tunnels under densely populated cities, high-speed vacuum railways

Over the past 10 years, thanks to the so-called deep learning method, we have received the best artificial intelligence systems - for example, speech recognizers on smartphones or the latest automatic Google translator

There was a time. I remember as a child, walking with the guys in the yard, we somehow began to tell each other our assumptions about the structure of the universe and the Universe

The idea that all substances in the world are composed of atoms was born in the 5th century BC, when the ancient Greek thinker Democritus suggested that everything that exists consists of the smallest movable particles. Then there was no technical means to test the truth of this hypothesis

Today the BTG effect is expressed by people's interest in perfect machines capable of solving energy and economic problems, thanks to some kind of interaction with energy, directly, without intermediaries. And another point with BTG is the complete lack of understanding of the principles of interaction of such a machine

Microwaves are a must and essential part of every modern kitchen. This device makes life much easier, allows you to quickly reheat food and even cook some dishes. All users know the general rules of operation, for example, that you cannot put gilded dishes in the microwave, but in fact, this is far from all that you should know about this miracle oven

A group of scientists from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany discovered that humans can be susceptible to emotional manipulation by a robot

There are quite a few attractions in New York that may surprise even the most seasoned traveler, but for some reason it was this object that impressed me the most

While individually technologies have not developed as quickly as we would like, now we are at a crossroads when we have to explore the points of contact of technologies

A hydrogen fuel cell train has begun transporting passengers in Germany. It is more environmentally friendly, quieter and more expensive than a diesel train. Coradia iLint - developed by French engineers from Alstom

According to some studies (with which part of the scientific community does not agree), some diseases such as allergies, type 1 diabetes and a number of autoimmune processes can arise from the fact that the human body is “good

In the German city of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, a robot priest appeared, blessing believers and reading the Bible. On Monday, May 29, the Daily Mirror reports

German scientists have created "the world's largest artificial sun" - a source of intense light with which it is planned to produce environmentally friendly fuel. Reported by The Guardian

Employees of one of the laboratories of the Russian Foundation for Advanced Study are developing liquid breathing technology that could make a breakthrough in deep-sea research

Since the construction of the pyramids, people have implemented brilliant, insane, grandiose architectural and engineering projects. Sometimes for this you have to work in the most unexpected and inhospitable places. Including under water. Fortunately, modern technologies provide the broadest opportunities in the field of construction and repair

Popular horror storyThe neutron bomb was one of the most popular horror stories in the 80s of the last century. Often supernatural properties were attributed to the neutron bomb, it was believed that all people would die within the radius of the neutron bomb, and material values would remain intact. The

According to the brilliant Austrian engineer and author of many inventions V. Schauberger, the technologies used by modern science are extremely destructive for all life on Earth, since they only generate the forces of chaos and destruction

The hydrogen-oxygen mixture, as the most energetically capacious, was proposed to be used in engines by K.E. Tsiolkovsky back in 1903. Hydrogen is already used as fuel: for cars (from one and a half to Toyota Mirai), jet aircraft (from Heinkel to Tu-155), torpedoes (from GT 1200A to Shkval), rockets (from Saturn to Burana ")

American scientists strongly disagree with the opinion of their foreign colleagues about the harm that genetically modified foods bring. They believe that all statements are purely economic or political

What people of science are ready to go to in order to prove their theories, and not always correct ones.- Salik.bizYou can't even imagine what scientists are ready to go to in order to confirm their theory! "Laba" tells about dangerous (and sometimes ridiculous) experiments that doctors carried out on themselves in search of ways to combat various diseases

The biological potential of a person allows you to reach the age of 500 years. This was stated by the president of the venture investment arm of Google corporation - Google Ventures Bill Maris in an interview published on Monday by Bloomberg

When itinerant pigeon Martha died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, the end of a beautiful era began

South Korean team volunteered to clone cave lion from skin and muscle tissue obtained from frozen cubs

The XX century and the XXI century that followed it brought a lot of innovations to medicine in the field of treatment of various diseases. But, despite all the successes, many diseases still remain extremely resistant to various types of therapy

Having learned about the presence of hypersonic weapons in Russia, against which the United States has no protection, some begin to look for the nearest bomb shelters. But what is this weapon, and how does it work?

People are so excited by the word "eternity" that they are ready to devote their entire short life to the search for endless wealth, constant youth, unquenchable fire … Why do you think? Why does a person need something incorruptible? To make history?

Many years ago, people already knew how to write down spoken words on papyrus, parchment or paper

Scientists from the Russian Federation and the United States of America plan to join forces to carry out an experiment that will create "the coldest place in the Universe" on board the International Space Station

Imagine that you can disappear from your kitchen and the next moment materialize in the African savannah, the Amazon rainforest, or on Titan, the moon of Saturn (in a space suit, of course). This idea is so seductive that it is at the heart of many science fiction films and TV series, including the cult Star Trek and Doctor Who

Hangover-free alcohol will be on sale in the next five years. David Nutt, a product developer at Imperial College London and a researcher at Hammersmith Hospital, told the Guardian about this