Wonders of Science 2024, November

Dear readers, have you ever bought chicken flavored tomatoes? And to plant potatoes that the Colorado potato beetle basically does not eat? And to see a birch with such soft wood that its trunk cannot support its own weight and lies on the ground

"I saw a pale scholar, a follower of the occult sciences, bending over the creature he was putting together

The world of tests for strength and survival - it is a world where people and iron rule. Testing laboratory at the Ohio Transportation Research Center - echoing hall the size of a good hangar

There is no doubt that science has made many incredible breakthroughs over the past 100 years. This is especially true for medicine and bioengineering

Modern biotechnology is advancing at such a rapid pace that its results would amaze Stanley Kubrick himself

The recent report by Chinese scientists about the birth of cloned monkeys did not surprise specialists, but caused concern in the community. After all, this means that science is very close to the genetic copying of humans

The talented Austrian engineer and inventor V. Schauberger invented an air turbine even before 1936, the principle of operation of which was significantly different from all existing devices at that time. At the very beginning of 1936, he received a patent for this unique device

Electricity replaces gunpowder in a silent, smokeless automatic cannon that was recently developed to defend against enemy aircraft.The electric cannon, invented and patented by Virgil Rigsby of San Augustine, Texas, is like an electric motor with reversed poles

The very idea of a head transplant, as they say, was in the air. For example, a lot of films were shot where the human soul was moved to another body or the miracles of surgery were demonstrated (the same "Heart of a Dog")

One of the leading experts in the study of genetically modified organisms, a popular science blogger, explains how they can affect our health, the future of humanity and the environment

The history of technological development knows many good ideas, which, having everything for commercial success, did not achieve it. The Eveready Autoped is one such device - it was the world's first scooter manufactured in New York from 1915 to 1921

Cognition of the surrounding world is impossible without understanding the age of historical antiquities and how long the world itself has existed - our universe

They are not afraid to go to these dentists to treat their teeth, because they do not use a drill or other instruments that frighten patients in their practice

Currently, the nuclear icebreaker fleet includes 9 operating vessels: 4 nuclear icebreakers, 4 maintenance vessels and 1 container ship

In February, the analytical resource "MarketForecast" (MarketForecast.com) published the announcement of its research on the global market for artificial intelligence and robotics in the defense sector

According to historians, the current situation resembles the time of the creation of the atomic bomb. Then the rulers of the world powers believed that the owner of nuclear technology could become the most invincible state on the planet

Sound weapons have been known since Biblical times, even the warriors of Ancient India used wind pipes in battles, the loud and unpleasant sound of which put the enemy to flight

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in cooling a sound wave in a silicon tube. And infrared radiation helped them in this

One of the topics regularly discussed by the US conspiracy community is various kinds of scientific discoveries with which scientists from time to time shock the public

This phenomenon is called sonoluminescence. Sonoluminescence - it is the physical phenomenon of the transformation of sound into light. Scientists have been trying to explain it for 70 years, but no one has succeeded yet

Employees of the University of Tokyo and the Nagoya Institute of Technology managed to set in motion small objects using a complex acoustic levitation system: sound waves moved polystyrene particles with a diameter of 0.6 to 2 mm in a three-dimensional space

In a sense, historical events are divided into two stages: before Edison and after him, since his invention of the phonograph made it possible to hear and preserve the voices of people who lived "after"

The drop is no longer in trend - the technology has gone further … Only recently we analyzed in detail how the "gods" could do it, and now

This is also levitation, albeit unscientific, but very beautiful According to some hypotheses, it was acoustic levitation that the ancient "gods" used to move huge megaliths and other super-heavy objects

The fact that sound can both heal and cripple, people understood for a long time, but until recently this knowledge had almost no practical application. Today, acoustic weapons are successfully used to disperse rallies and protect against pirates

In the name of science, obsessed scientists often carry out experiments that could cost them their lives, however, this does not stop them. Some take this risk deliberately, others do not even know about the danger

In the laboratory, sounds become mysterious and beautiful. What is often taken for granted in the outside world, transforming into sound waves and frequencies, changes scientific ideas

Until today, people with sound impairments using special hearing aids and special implants placed in the ear could not listen to music because of their problem. Scientists from Colombia approached the solution of this issue

The technology could help soldiers on the battlefield or people with skin conditions. American researchers from the University of Minnesota first applied three-dimensional printed electronics to human skin

Exactly 65 years ago, British scientists James Watson and Francis Crick published an article on deciphering the structure of DNA, laying the foundations for a new science - molecular biology. This discovery changed a lot in the life of mankind

Scientists at University College London said they have found a way to get the immune system to fight cancer. Researchers have discovered unique biological markers in the tumor, which they called the "Achilles heel" of the disease

At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, scientists presented preliminary results of a new cancer treatment method as an oral presentation

Modern technologies of "reading" brain waves are already used almost everywhere, from control of helicopters by the "power of thought" to computer games

American scientists have identified a genetic variation that affects the biological clock so strongly that it can indicate at what time of day a person is most likely to die

The fight against the human immunodeficiency virus has been carried out for many years by the efforts of many teams of scientists from different countries. Over 60 million people have been infected with this retrovirus that causes HIV infection

Many specialists around the world are looking for drugs for dangerous diseases. But disease is known to be easier to prevent than to cure

Scientists cure living animals of HIV with CRISPR genome editing system

The LCLS X-ray laser has allowed physicists to "catapult" almost all the electrons of a single atom in a molecule and temporarily transform it into a miniature analogue of a black hole that attracts electrons to itself with the power of its cosmic counterpart, the article says

A simple clock shows the time. Exact, not really - it depends on the mechanism and the master-manufacturer (or the company - today it will be more correct). The term "complication" has been used since about 1770, when the master of the "Vacheron" company built in the watch additional functions accompanying a simple measurement of time, and "designated" them using the same term

Even at low speeds, the 3D printer designed by Rohit Bhargava is simply mesmerizing. During movement, a trickle of a thin shiny mass, similar to plastic, suddenly appears from the sharp tip