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Scientists are successfully using virtual reality systems to study the brain activity of mice. This is stated in a study in the journal Neuron. A team from Northwestern University has developed a special kind of virtual reality goggles that can be placed on a mouse’s face and most of its body. This allows you to […]
American scientists from the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have confirmed the effectiveness of proton radiation therapy for cancer, in which the entire course of treatment takes less than a second. The method is described in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics. Radiation therapy is one of the types […]
Lockheed Martin reported on the results of testing Israeli Spike NLOS missiles paired with Apache V6 attack helicopters. They took place at the Yuma Test Site in Arizona. The defense manufacturer’s website states that successful live firing at the test site proved that Spike NLOS is suitable for launching from US attack helicopters. The tests […]
The British Royal Navy will hand over two of its minesweepers to Kyiv to strengthen Ukraine’s naval capabilities, the UK Defense Ministry reports. The head of the department, Grant Shapps, said that the ships would help reopen “vital export routes” that have been restricted since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Royal Navy […]
Hyundai and Kia have introduced a new technology for tire-integrated snow chains designed to improve driving safety in winter conditions. Tire technology with integrated snow chains uses shape memory alloy modules that are hidden inside the wheel and tire. These modules will protrude above the surface of the rubber to act as an “anti-slip circuit” […]
The American plane belonged to the US Air Force. The Korean army does not rule out that the crash was caused by an engine problem. A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes during training flights in South Korea. It fell into the Yellow Sea. This was reported by Younhap. The fighter belonged to the […]
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen has managed to capture a rare atmospheric phenomenon known as a red sprite. The red sprite is a rare form of upper-atmospheric lightning that was confirmed to exist about 30 years ago. Such cold plasma discharges occur over thunderstorm clouds that form at an altitude of 40 to […]
The Zhuque 2 Y-3, developed by Beijing-based private aerospace company LandSpace, took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China at 7:39 a.m., state news agency Xinhua reports. The rocket sent three satellites – Honghu, Honghu 2, and TY-33 – into their planned orbit, the report said. LandSpace said the launch “marked the […]
The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s new company xAI, has issued a humiliating text about the billionaire. CEO of Perplexity AI Aravind Srinivas asked Grok to “vulgarize” Elon Musk based on his posts on X (Twitter) and showed the results in a post on the platform. The chatbot responded by not only […]
The need for and proliferation of electronic warfare equipment, as one of the elements of countering drones, actually raises another level of problem: how to manage them. Because the approximated situation, when each armored vehicle and each position has a “trench electronic warfare system” and the battalion and brigade systems are working “above them” at […]