Moon? Mars? 4 reasons to focus on asteroids
The world awaits new landings on the moon and then on Mars, but I say: remember the asteroids, here are at least 4 good reasons to do it.
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A ferroelectric battery improves with use
The 96-year-old inventor of lithium batteries challenges thermodynamics by announcing the development of a glass battery that increases its capacity with use rather than deteriorates.
Micromobility Decree: a small revolution for urban transport
With the signing of the Minister of Transport Danilo Toninelli, a phase of experimentation for micro mobility solutions begins: a small universe of light, economic and non-polluting vehicles is ready to invade the market and our cities.
3D Shot projects holograms into the brain to reproduce sensations (and restore sight to the blind)
Fake experiences and memories, new sight for the blind, increased senses: a device being tested on mice can open the doors to the holographic universe.
UK develops Americium engines for space missions lasting hundreds of years
The gigantic energy of americium and plutonium allows a range of otherwise unreachable space missions: the UK advances rapidly in this direction.
Here are the three Earth-like planets
Latest news from space: three 'twin' (or almost, let's say similar) planets of Earth potentially capable of hosting life have just been identified. These are planets that revolve around a dwarf star cooler than the Sun, called Trappist-1, which is located just 40 light years from us, in the constellation Aquarius. The discovery is sensational, and was announced in Nature by an international group of astronomers led by the Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics of the Belgian University of Liège. “Thanks to telescopes… Read more
The largest giant black hole in the sun
In science fiction films there is never a lack of a black hole, a singularity, something that can resolve the plot perhaps by making our heroes go back in time. But black holes really exist, and just yesterday one of gigantic, frightening dimensions was discovered: 17 billion times the size of our Sun. The discovery was made by Chung-Pei Ma, of the University of California-Berkeley, astronomer and head of the Survey study that examines galaxies and supermassive black holes… Read more
From 24 frames per second to one thousand billion: femtophotography
Femtophotography is a field of research that deals with capturing images at very high speed. What is it for? And who knows. To many things. First of all to 'photograph' the light, to study its behaviour. But it can also be used to do amazing things, currently out of reach, such as photographing an image of an object hidden around a corner by reflecting photons off an intermediate surface, onto the object itself, and then back onto the intermediate surface. 'photographic lens. Three years … Read more
What is life? Venter promises a new human evolution
“What is life?” asks Craig Venter, the man who first mapped the human genome and created the first cell with a synthetic genome. “Just 3 letters are enough to compose a universe of questions still unanswered. What separates the animate from the inanimate? What are the basic ingredients of life? Who lit the first spark? How did the first organism evolve? How extensive is life in the universe? If other types of creatures exist on other planets, they are intelligent… Read more
Connectomics – Building a map of the mind
There are approximately 100 billion neurons in the brain of an adult human, and each of these neurons is connected to hundreds of others for a total of approximately 150 billion connections in total. Neuroscience is discovering that it is the pattern of these connections, the structure of this immense neural network, that is largely responsible for the functionality of the brain, in other words for our mental life: everything we feel, think, experience or do. Our … Read more
4 predictions about the future of the web
One thing is certain: the Internet will never be the same again. If the forecasts for upcoming web developments seem obvious and inevitable, it is true that they will lead to marked changes in our experience of using the Net.
ATLAST, Hubble 3.0 will put its nose everywhere
ATLAST (The Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope) is the acronym that distinguishes the project of the next Hubble space telescope: a little gem capable of studying and mapping the atmosphere and surface of habitable exoplanets within a radius of 200 light years. The ability to capture light in all its spectrum and the very advanced technologies are two particularities that can easily be summarized in a feature that will make ATLAST the largest human eye on the universe: the size of the optics. The 'old' Hubble 2.0 has the lens … Read more
Extraterrestrial life: the radio bubble hypothesis
The question was referring to the fact that it seemed strange to him that we were not receiving any extraterrestrial transmissions from space. If it is true that there are millions of planets similar to ours out there and if at least a small percentage of them have developed intelligent life, why don't we receive any radio transmissions? This inconsistency was later called the “Fermi Paradox”. It is clear that if intelligent life develops on a remote planet, once technological development has been reached, it will necessarily have to... Read more
