The discovery was made quite by accident. A scientist named Angelo Pitoni in Sierra Leone (Africa) has made a unique discovery: at an altitude of 1500 meters, he noticed the giant human head carved from stone is clearly not nature. Specialist decided at first that what they saw is just …
Read More »In the World ocean was found nearly 200 thousand kinds of marine viruses
Before that it was known only 15 thousand types of viruses. According to the researchers, about 60% of the biomass of the oceans has on microbes, which play a key role in oceanic ecosystems, however, they have been studied only in selected areas. On the life of these organisms affect …
Read More »Phlegraean fields named the cause of ancient catastrophes
The ash ejected in the eruption, covered an area of 150 thousand square kilometers. In the study, scientists have studied volcanic deposits that have been found in five kilometres North-East of the Phlegraean fields. The analysis showed that they correspond to the ash deposits that were found in the cores, …
Read More »Scientists have discovered an unusual star
Scientists have found a star with a very low iron contentAstronomers have announced that they managed to open the star with a very low iron content. The star designated SMSS 1605-1443 is located in the milky Way, at a distance of 36 thousand light-years from Earth. The star was found …
Read More »In the oceans discovered nearly 200 thousand kinds of viruses
Life and the species composition of microorganisms of the oceans is strongly influenced by marine viruses, a variety of which is as yet not well understood. An international team of scientists who worked on the ship Tara collected samples of seawater in different parts of the World ocean and found …
Read More »On the International space station failed
On the ISS, failed installation, remove carbon dioxide from its atmosphere.On the International space station (ISS) happened off of the pilot unit for removal of carbon dioxide from its atmosphere, according to the National Aeronautics and space administration NASA. After updating the parameters of the program of the Life Support …
Read More »Scientists have described an unusual ancient crab
Limbs in these ancient crabs was lobe. Researchers have described a new family, genus and species of crab that lived about 90 million years ago. It was a tiny arthropods with spherical eyes and lobe limbs adapted for swimming. A group of paleontologists, under the leadership of Xavier Luc (Javier …
Read More »It became known which countries can enrich themselves at the expense of global warming
Scientists have conducted an unusual study. A group of researchers from Stanford University (USA) studied the impact of climate change on the economy of individual countries in the period from 1961 to 2010. It turned out that the warming has increased inequality by 25%. If the average temperature was lower, …
Read More »Scientists have discovered a record-breaking neutron star
The sizes of the stars are approaching the maximum possible. Neutron stars are amazing objects that can not be seen directly. The density of these stars is comparable with the density of an atomic nucleus, and their sizes are measured in kilometers. Neutron they are called because much of their …
Read More »Scientists have created a transparent wood with the properties of glass
The new material becomes cloudy after allocation of the accumulated heat. Transparent wood may one day replace the glass in the Windows. The process of turning it into transparent also gives him heat storage properties that can help regulate temperature in buildings. Celine Montanari from the Royal Institute of technology …
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