Science and technology, explained simply
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 […]
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 […]
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new rapid 3D printing technology that uses liquid metal to produce large aluminum components extremely quickly. This is stated on the Institute’s website. This process is called LMP. It uses molten aluminum that is guided through a layer of tiny glass beads and quickly […]
The random nature of genetic mutations means that evolution is largely unpredictable. But recent research shows that this is not entirely true. If this is true, we will have to change our understanding of nature. This is reported by PNAS. Details of the opening A new study suggests that interactions between genes play a greater […]
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have conducted aerial photography of the uninhabited volcanic island of the Zavadov Archipelago in the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. The goal was to study the largest penguin colony, numbering more than a million individuals. A group of six scientists arrived on the remote 25-square-kilometer […]
More than a quarter of a century has passed since Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal, and now scientists are announcing a new breakthrough: they have finally managed to successfully clone a species known for its closeness to humans, the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), the Daily Mail reports. Chinese researchers claim to have […]
First discovered in the permafrost of Siberia in 2012, the huge craters are more than 50 meters deep and more than 20 meters wide. These craters continue to appear in this region of the Earth and have puzzled scientists for many years. The authors of the study, published on the EarthArXiv preprint server, propose a […]
Scientists from Saitama University in Japan have filmed a video showing how plants perceive and respond to danger signals from their neighbors. Plants use a fine mist of airborne compounds to communicate and protect themselves from each other. The researchers installed a pump to transfer compounds released by insect-damaged plants to their undamaged neighbors. Using […]
Spanish and Argentine scientists have developed a battery that uses hemoglobin as a conductor of electrochemical reactions. This battery lasts for several weeks and can be used in implanted devices. Hemoglobin is a protein found in blood cells (red blood cells) that performs an important function in the body: it delivers oxygen from the lungs […]
Scientists have created a prototype of a robot snail that can help clean up the waters of the world’s oceans and any other bodies of water from harmful microplastics in the future. RBC-Ukraine (Styler project) reports on the new invention, citing the Cornell Chronicle. Why microplastics are dangerous Microgranules are considered to be primary microplastics, […]