Wonders of Science 2024, November
The emergence of dark matter Sometimes it seems that this very dark matter takes revenge on scientists for the inattention with which it was greeted more than 80 years ago
Numerous fitness trackers and fitness apps let you track your progress and find the best running and walking routes in your city. But sometimes such programs can pose a threat to national security
We could live in a completely different country, according to the level of comfort, prosperity and freedom. With a developed economy and scientific and technical sphere. And there would be much more reasons for pride in their homeland.Just a few projects, if they were completed and scaled to the whole country, could completely change the USSR
A team of scientists led by Sergio Canavero has published images showing fused neurons in the "halves" of the spinal cord of laboratory mice
Perhaps these cars are the most amazing steam powered cars. Why? Let's try to consider these miraculous mechanisms in our material. And let "Doble Model E" be the most famous model of American engineer and inventor Abner Doble. But this is not the very beginning …The Doble brothers' commitment to using steam in cars borders on bigotry. A
I would very much like to know what fuel was used in these trams to generate steam?It would seem that the answer is simple! Coal of course !!! True, it is not entirely clear if all factories, factories (and for the construction of this tram it is necessary to melt and forge and press and make glass and cut leather for seats and sawed wood on benches) consumed coal, and steamers and trains were also heated with coal
This thing looks like a big tennis ball, but in Japan this invention is positioned as a wonderful capsule for survival in case of natural disasters
There have been many strange aircraft in the history of aircraft construction, but perhaps the most unusual were the experimental jet aircraft developed by French engineer Rene Leduc, namely the Leduc 0.10, Leduc 0.21 and Leduc 0.22.All three aircraft, designed by Rene Leduc, were made to test a new propulsion system - the ramjet (ramjet)
Back in the First World War, the British tried to create an extraordinary, composite, aircraft to fight German airships in the North Sea. The fighter did not have enough fuel for the round trip. And then the British designers decided to reinforce the fighter on top of a flying boat in order to deliver it to the battlefield in this way
The Russian company StartRocket has found the first client for an ambitious orbital billboard project: the American corporation Pepsi. A giant advertisement in the night sky is planned to be broadcast via satellites.Annoyed by glowing billboards along the roads hitting your eyes at night?
In 2018, experiments on growing organs in artificial conditions may begin in Russia. This conclusion was made by experts after the adoption of a law called "On biomedical cell products"
The developments of the biologist from Syktyvkar Alexey Moskalev and his colleagues from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), which can significantly increase the life expectancy of a person and find new methods of treating cancer, came out
Tired of poking at the keyboard or touch screen of phones and tablets to browse the Internet? It is worth thinking about the near future, as a new project called Brainternet was recently launched
John Worrell Keely, an American natural scientist who many call the pioneer and discoverer of free energy
The rising price of bitcoin - this virtual currency is currently worth over $ 250 billion - has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks. But the real value of bitcoin is not its growing value
We humans may be even more of the universe than we imagined. Neutron stars and cell cytoplasm have something in common, according to a study published in the journal Physical Review C: structures that resemble multi-story garages
Advances in 3D printing technology could enable patients to create prescription drugs at home. This was announced at the Dubai Health Forum on the treatment of chronic diseases
Scientists call this the "ghost particle." Has almost no mass, develops a speed close to the speed of light and has been hiding from researchers around the world for three decades in a row
When we say "anthrax", we first of all recall the fever of "postal terrorism", which swept many countries of the world in 2001-2002
This tank may well be considered a symbol of a nuclear war that never began
The United States has the technology to transport a person anywhere on earth in less than an hour, retired Lieutenant General Stephen Quast said in November at the Hillsdale College Washington campus. The Drive drew attention to the statements of the former commander of the US Air Force Training Aviation Command
Scientists at Northwestern University in the United States have found that terminally ill people suffering from Huntington's chorea have an 80 percent lower risk of cancer
Researchers at the University of Bergen have published a report according to which a drug intended for the treatment of kidney cancer can help in other areas
Scientists at the University of Swansea (UK) have used tea (Camellia sinensis) extract to create quantum dots - semiconductor nanoparticles that absorb and emit radiation depending on their size
American scientists announced the creation of a universal cure for cancer. Oncologists have noticed that the drug palbociclib, which is prescribed for patients with breast cancer, is successfully treating other types of cancer
Creating a cure for cancer will be a huge breakthrough for all of humanity, but disease is known to be much better prevented than cured
Pictured: Before and after thioridazine (left) and after (right) A team of experts found that thioridazine (a treatment for mental illness) can kill cancer stem cells without producing a toxic effect on healthy cells
Scientists from Novosibirsk have created a cure for cancer based on breast milk. The main difference between the new drug and the drugs used in chemotherapy is that it is non-toxic
The use of viruses as a means of therapy - the technology is far from new, but it can help treat a range of serious diseases
After the mysterious disappearance of more than 20 ships off the coast of Novorossiysk and no less mysterious discovery of them on land (
The researchers were able to make the subjects run, freeze in place, or even completely lose control of their limbs, reports bgr.com
In recent years, more and more information has appeared about the so-called "chemtrails" or "chemtrails". But scientists categorically reject the veracity of this theory
Medical textbooks say that clinical death is determined by the interval of time that the cerebral cortex can survive without blood circulation and respiration. According to doctors' calculations, this is no more than 5-7 minutes
Physicists Improve Technology That Was Previously Fantastic It looks like researchers have finally uncovered the secret of a trick that aliens are using according to UFO eyewitnesses
Mobius strip, also called a loop, surface or sheet, - it is the object of study of such a mathematical discipline as topology, which investigates the general properties of figures that are preserved under such continuous transformations as twisting, stretching
American destroyers with guided missile weapons (URO) of the Arleigh Burke type pose a real threat to Russian missiles and ships, Zvezda cites a statement by a leading expert at the Center for Military-Political Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations Vladimir
Many VO readers liked the story about mortars from different times and peoples, but they felt that they should have told in more detail about such a miracle of 19th century technology as the 920-mm Mallet mortar. Well, we fulfill their request
Most of the screens we use are of two types: LCD and OLED. LCD, or liquid crystal displays, as the name suggests, are composed of liquid crystals. Under the action of a voltage that is applied between the upper and lower electrodes, the transparency of the crystals changes, small pixels are formed
The emergence and development of nuclear energy could not fail to interest the military, and in a variety of areas
"Tu-144" was called the main "miracle of the Soviet aircraft industry" and "Russian Concorde". It was intended to become the main world flagship of passenger aviation, but a series of accidents nullified all hopes