Wonders of Science 2024, April

One of the most fundamental problems of modern physics is the search for the so-called "theory of everything" - a unified physical and mathematical model that describes all known fundamental interactions. Initially, this term was used in an ironic way to refer to a variety of generalized theories

It is possible that the entire Universe is an infinitely divisible virtual reality. Where molecules are pixels, and our life is just a computer game.Rumor has it that some respected scientists are increasingly inclined to believe that our reality is an artificial simulation

People have learned to build very powerful internal combustion engines, but have not learned the main thing - to significantly increase their efficiency. The limit on this path is set by the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of a system inevitably increases

American scientists have created a wheelchair, controlled by the power of thought. Employees of Duke University conducted laboratory research using monkeys

The American company Microsoft has demonstrated at a conference in Las Vegas an interpreter hologram developed specifically for the HoloLens mixed reality glasses.The hologram technology developed by Microsoft suggests its use in devices that support augmented reality - for example, HoloLens glasses or smartphones with corresponding applications

Understanding God as a creator is wrong, say academics, who believe that an unfortunate mistake in translating the Bible has been reaped by humans for thousands of years

The Most Incredible Theories of the Spread of Life There has long been a debate about how life, and indeed the entire universe, originated. Those who believe in God have their own categorical answer

If automotive futurists are right, we will soon be living in a world where self-driving cars from Tesla and other automakers transport us from one destination to another while we sit around in the cabin. As we get closer to the idea, remember that engineers have actually been trying to create autonomous cars since the beginning of the 20th century

Physicists from Griffith University (Australia) and the National University of Singapore have developed a photonic quantum processor capable of simultaneously considering several scenarios for the development of a system in the future. The article of scientists was published in the journal Nature Communications

Massive cyber invasions can inflict no less damage to the enemy than an exchange of missile strikes.After the defeat of Nazi Germany, the so-called Big World was established in the world. Wars, of course, happen regularly, but they are local in nature

The US Army adopted a plan to fund priority military projects, which included the development of energy weapons. This, as reported by Jane's, said Deputy Secretary of the US Army Ryan McCarthy. According to him, by increasing funding for projects, the military plans to accelerate their development

The term "energy superpower" has a traditional definition - this category includes states that have two characteristics. First, there are large proven reserves of at least one energy resource on their territory, that is, oil, natural gas, coal, uranium

The cosmetic line of products under the Deoco brand has become a real hit in Japan and its main clients are older women.And the secret of this cosmetics is that it contains the "aroma of young women" and 30-40-year-old ladies buy these products to "smell like in their youth

The Energy Observer is a vessel powered by energy it produces on its own, whether it's onboard solar panels, wind turbines or hydrogen fuel cells.There are 126 kW of batteries on board: 100 kW for the engines and another 26 kW for the comfort of the crew

A project to create a quantum computer has begun in Russia. The project is aimed at developing practical technologies for collecting databases and creating ultra-secure communication networks. The author of the article considers this an attempt to catch up with other countries in the development of practical quantum technologies

Since childhood, we are accustomed to the fact that when you add one apple to another, you get two apples. The same thing happens with pencils, typewriters, and balloons. And in physics this is not necessarily the case

Colleagues in the shop accused the scientist of quackery when they learned that he was working on creating a time machine. Kozyrev is known to the general public, first of all, as the author of the theory "Causal Mechanics", which is not accepted by the scientific community

The famous astronomer Nikolai Kozyrev was one of the first to publish his works with the so-called "time mirrors". And until now, no one has explained the principle of their operation (however, not only these developments by Kozyrev left mysteries for science)

One of the earliest examples of a propeller driven vehicle, the auger, was developed by Jacob Morath, a Swiss native who moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1868. Morat's machine was developed for agricultural work, mainly for plowing. The augers were designed with cutting edges that would cut the ground when moving

Specialists of the Ural Scientific and Educational Center (REC) will develop a neurosmart platform that will collect data about a person, fixing his digital footprint, on the basis of which it will be possible to create a person's neuroprofile, Director of the Ural Humanitarian Institute of the Ural Federal University (UGI UrFU) Elvira told TASS Symaniuk

Iceland, which has already presented the whole world with a surprise in the form of the awakened Eyjafjallajokull volcano, may become the place where a catastrophe of a planetary scale will arise

In 2019, the periodic table turned 150 years old. The first version contained only 63 elements. But the process of adding elements there has not stopped to this day.How many open chemical elements exist now.- Salik.bizAs of the beginning of 2020, scientists officially discovered 118 chemical elements, which have the corresponding serial numbers from 1 to 118

ESA, the European Space Agency (ESA), has announced that no later than 20 years from now, astronauts going on space travel will be in hibernation chambers, making travel to other, very distant worlds a reality.The theoretical idea of hibernation first appeared at the beginning of the last century, when the creators of science fiction, in books and on the screen, sending their heroes on distant missions, immersed them in cryosleep.- S

Outer space is increasingly viewed as a full-fledged theater of military operations. After the unification of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces, the Aerospace Forces (VKS) were formed in Russia. A new type of Armed Forces appeared in the United States

Once we considered the Longest car in the world, and this did not concern trailers, but the length of the car. True, it was not a truck.But Australia is known not only for the desert plains, but also for the huge road trains crossing these plains

While this is preliminary data, scientists believe that repeated measurements will confirm their initial findings.Physicists from the ALPHA project, which is based at CERN, presented the first data on measurements of the fine structure of the spectrum of antimatter particles, from which one can draw conclusions about the structure of its quantum energy levels

Recently, another putative mutation that leads to early aging was discovered - in the nsd1 gene. Several dozen such genes are already known. Hypothetically, blocking these regions of the genome could slow aging and prolong life. But interference with the genome can lead to other - unpleasant consequences

On January 15, 1965, an unusual thermonuclear bomb test took place at the Semipalatinsk test site. It was blown up not for the military, but for economic needs - to create a reservoir in an arid area. This was the first of more than 120 industrial nuclear explosions carried out in the USSR

On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Russian atomic industry, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom has published a secret order to create a Soviet atomic bomb, which the USSR government gave to Design Bureau No. 11 (KB-11) in June 1946

If we consider each joke in detail, then under the drift of a funny moment there will be a completely rational grain. The report of the National Archives of Great Britain, dated April 1, 2004, at first could not be appreciated otherwise than a funny joke by April 1

Constantly in motion without the expenditure of energy For several months there has been talk that researchers have managed to create time crystals - strange crystals, the atomic structure of which is repeated not only in space, but also in time, which

Scientists from Princeton have created a unique microchip capable of simulating the structure of space-time inside a black hole or miniature two-dimensional universe. The first results of experiments with this device were presented in the journal Nature

Sometimes the flight of engineering thought never ceases to amaze. We've already seen holograms of long-dead singers performing their hits, virtual reality helmets showing incredibly realistic worlds

Recently, there have been rumors of Russian weapons that cause nausea and may temporarily render them blind. Today these rumors have been confirmed. Last month, the media wrote about a non-lethal Russian weapon called the 5P-42 "Filin"

CERN has given publicity to its next idea - construction of a successor to the Large Hadron Collider, tentatively named the Future Circular Collider (FCC)

Today, it is difficult to predict which weapon will determine hostilities, say, at the end of this century. Many promising developments may prove ineffective in asymmetric scenarios. For example, fifth-generation Israeli fighter jets, created with stealth technology, are unlikely to be effective against urban guerrillas in Palestine or in the areas of Beirut controlled by Lebanese Hezbollah

The Japanese company Toyota is known to many as one of the world's largest automakers, but in fact, the corporation's sphere of interests includes not only the production of cars

Shanghai, China. The pedestrian overpass above the Mingzhu loop allows people to cross traffic and move between distant office buildings and shopping centers. This decision is especially relevant when you consider that about a quarter of a million Chinese die on the roads every year, and more than half of all victims are pedestrians and cyclists

The problem of traumatology, orthopedics and prosthetics is not of interest to full-fledged people, in whose life, fortunately, no irreparable misfortunes have occurred. However, no one can renounce this, and even more so we cannot leave those with whom these misfortunes happened in trouble

The phenomenal results of a recent study show that in the very near future, scientists will be able to reverse the process of biological aging.According to the experiment, a small group of volunteers was given a cocktail with a certain set of drugs for a year