Wonders of Science 2024, November
Autonomous cars have helped people increase their physical activity with guiding questions. Scientists from the University of Plymouth (UK) taught the NAO humanoid robot the technique of motivational interview
Scientists from the UK have found a way to raise people from the dead. The results of a new study on this issue published in The Daily Telegraph
Scientists from around the world are still trying to unravel the secrets of the human brain in vain attempts
Gene experts suggest our worst fears about gene editing won't come true because they're too hard to fulfill
This conclusion can be made by reading the message about the plans of Denis Rebrikov, a molecular biologist at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University. In his opinion, a small mutation leading to incurable deafness is a good reason to try modern methods on humans
Genes that have been altered to make children immune to HIV can improve their intellectual ability. How can we not recall the already forgotten theories about the creation of “ supermen & rdquo
With the help of multispectral imaging, it was possible to visualize the portrait of the tsar made on the binding of the first dated printed book in Russia Employees of the Historical Museum and the Institute of Space Research (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences using multispectral
Researchers managed to transport the so-called entangled particles under water at a distance of three meters. It was called the first step towards creating a quantum Internet across the Earth across the oceans
In the summer of 2016, Chinese scientists will conduct the world's first experiment to implement quantum teleportation over a distance of more than 1200 kilometers. Scientists plan to launch a satellite in June 2016 for the experiment
Scientists have carried out the transmission of information encoded in particles of light, using quantum teleportation at a distance of 30 kilometers. The results of the experiment are presented in two articles published in the journal Nature Photonics
Russian scientists managed to prove that teleportation in the quantum world can go not only in one, but in two directions at once. Back in 1993, quantum teleportation was described at the theoretical level
Apparently, this typewriter with the Underwood logo was (and still is) the largest ever created. Although it was made almost a hundred years ago. The exact date of production could not be found, but in the "Modern Mechanix" for December 1930 it was referred to as a finished and working mechanism
Physicists from China and Austria carried out the first intercontinental "teleportation" of particles and a conference call, secured at the quantum level, using the first quantum communication satellite Mo-Tzu, the press service of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reports
The traditional Chinese drug "kusheng", which doctors in China today use as an adjunct to cancer chemotherapy, actually helps the body fight the tumor by "turning on" the self-destruction mechanisms in cancer cells, the stat
Sergio Canavero refused Valery Spiridonov For a long time, 31-year-old Valery Spiridonov appeared as the person whose head will be the first to be transplanted onto a new body during a unique operation, which the Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero
Chinese scientists reported that they changed the genes of the human embryo in an attempt to make it immune to HIV. This is the second known human fetal editing case, reports Nature News
"What to do wrong today? .." - thinks the geneticist Let's talk about genetic engineering
1. Dmitry Mendeleev, periodic table Dmitry Mendeleev wanted to somehow organize 65 known elements. He knew that there must be a certain pattern, somehow connected with atomic weight. But the table could not be created
Warning. Reading the following text can lead to a change in your thinking patterns and bring your consciousness out of its usual balance. And this is unlikely to make you happier, because knowledge multiplies sorrow
Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced his plan to carry out the first human head transplant in 2017, New Scientist reports
Just a few months ago, in February 2015, we wrote about Sergio Canavero, a physician at Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group. He decided to become the first surgeon in the world to transplant a human head. Serious statement
The cells, tissues and genome of extinct animals of the Quaternary period will be studied by leading experts from all over the world in the joint laboratory of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) and the Korean laboratory SOAAM within the framework of the
The question of using robotics to help humans during emergencies has long been an issue for people. The problem is that such robots must be strong, agile and, at the same time, have a sufficiently high autonomy
I suggest you find out some more details about how this antenna was built, how it guarded the world and why it was known in the world as a “Russian woodpecker,” said one of the creators of the “Duga”, chief designer of the modern ZGRLS “Container”, Ph.D
A huge Titanic, giant nuclear-powered icebreakers or oil tankers … Ships were built big to amaze the public, or to save on transportation. Today it is difficult to surprise a person by citing large figures for the length of ships … however, the Russian "belyans" can still amaze. So
Some time ago I was very surprised to learn that there were, like that in history, round ships of Admiral Popov. Now look at another original triangular ship.Can you guess roughly why he needs this form? Now I will tell you more …- Salik.bi
On the Internet, you will most likely find outdated information that the largest tanker in the world in terms of deadweight is Knock Nevis. However, this is no longer quite the case and let's see why
Back in 2009, Simon Irish, an investment manager based in New York, discovered a way he believed could change the world
In March 2011, Japan was hit by a catastrophic earthquake that caused a terrible tsunami. Thousands of people died, and billions of dollars in damage made it clear that the disaster that happened - one of the scariest in modern history
The story of the Bessler-Orfireus perpetual motion machine is entertaining and somewhat instructive
Scientists from the Bistra Research Center in Ptu, Slovenia, have put forward the theory that Newton's idea of time as an absolute measure that moves by itself, and that time is the fourth existing dimension - wrong
The National Aerospace Agency of the United States of America is thinking about the energy supply for future Martian missions. Thinking - and created a nuclear reactor designed for operation in the conditions of the Red Planet
Nuclear rocket engine - a rocket engine, the principle of operation of which is based on a nuclear reaction or radioactive decay, while energy is released that heats the working fluid, which can serve as reaction products or some other
Stepan Lisovsky, PhD student at MIPT, an employee of the Department of Nanometrology and Nanomaterials, talks about the basic principles of nanometrology and the functions of various microscopes and explains why the particle size depends on the way it is measured
As soon as they began to build railways, various debris immediately began to appear around them. It was even more in places where stations, train stations, terminals, etc. were built. There was more and more garbage. And it had to be removed
Most drugs are developed based on tumor-specific antigens (TSA). And their search begins with the study of peptides derived from protein-coding exons
Just imagine, you can extract water from the air without being connected to any power grid. Sounds incredible, especially if it works where the air is very dry, such as deserts and steppe regions of the world
A little over a month ago, a stunning experiment began: for the first time in human history, scientists and doctors decided to turn back the biological clock by interfering with the genome of an adult woman
To answer the question of who Nikola Tesla was, you need to understand cause-and-effect relationships and know a little esotericism. It would be nice to understand the events that took place in those years, what happened to society and where everything was moving
As a result of the powerful earthquake in Japan, more than 10 thousand people were left homeless, thousands disappeared, more than 6 thousand were officially declared dead