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Researchers at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) have studied people’s faces and their perception in society. It turned out that the shape of the face and facial expressions can influence the way people see and consider a person: they may seem either rich or poor. A new study has shown that a typical millionaire looks […]
“The first person to receive a Neuralink implant. Recovery is going well,” Musk wrote. The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Initial results show promising neuron spike detection. – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2024 The first test should help the company perfect the design and functionality of the […]
Live muscle tissue grown in the laboratory from rat cells by engineers helped the bipedal robot walk underwater without the use of motors. The muscles are driven by electrical signals that cause it to contract. In the future, the engineers plan to improve the design of the muscles so that they do not dry out […]
In a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists studied huge holes in Antarctic ice shelves called ice holes. Scientists believe that these city-sized holes may be related to the formation of giant icebergs that break away from the cold continent, Live Science reports. Huge ice sheets cover Antarctica’s landmass and carry ice […]
A group of chemists at the University of Amsterdam has developed an autonomous chemical synthesis robot called RoboChem that can outperform human chemists in terms of speed, accuracy, and ingenuity. The robot is equipped with an AI-based machine learning unit that enables it to optimize reaction conditions, identify new molecules, and even reproduce previously published […]
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a photo of a 250 thousand meter long star bridge. light years, stretching between two galaxies from the Arp 295 group, NASA reports. When galaxies are so close that they gravitationally affect each other’s shape, they are called interacting galaxies. The process of interaction takes place over billions […]
Scientists from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), together with colleagues from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, have discovered an amazing phenomenon. A short-term exposure to tellurite glass with a femtosecond laser turned it into a light-sensitive semiconductor. This makes it possible to produce photosensitive glass without any additional materials or effort, which scientists […]
Ukrainian polar explorers took photos of rare snow rolls or “donuts” in the Antarctic. This was reported by the National Antarctic Research Center. Snow rolls are multi-layered bundles of snow ranging in size from a few centimeters to more than 1 meter, usually with a void inside. This phenomenon is considered quite rare, as specific […]
Modern astronomers are getting closer to solving the mystery of the origin of the most massive and ancient black holes in the Universe. Thanks to the data obtained during observations using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have gathered irrefutable evidence that black holes of extremely large size existed in the young Universe. Although […]
The Jezero crater in the northern part of Mars, formed by a meteorite, once contained a huge lake and a river delta, which gives hope for finding remnants of life in the past. According to Science Daily, this was confirmed by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover using a special radar. Over the centuries, sedimentation and erosion […]