Chief editor of the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior withdrew it published almost five years ago a scientific article under the title “High heels increase the attractiveness of women.” The journal specified that article by the French author Nicolas Gegana was withdrawn at the request of the University of South …
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A testimony of a talented Professor LETI Lev Danilov. The Material Of Chapter 1.1. was not great engineering importance, but in the thesis was seen as heretical his attempt on the inviolability of the established theoretical foundations of electrical engineering. So kindly referred to me, workaholic and experienced schemer …
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At that time there were no televisions, computers, and other wonders of modern civilization. But there was a mass moving of games, ranging from the simplest of prevalac – shooters, to complex, sometimes lasting several days which involved dozens of boys. For example, the most common mass mobile games was …
Read More »The NASA Rover Curiosity has discovered evidence of the existence on Mars of ancient lakes
The NASA Rover Curiosity in the process of exploration of Gale crater, a vast dry bed of the ancient lake with a hill in the centre, found in the soil residues containing sulfate salt. The presence of these salts suggests that once there was salt lake. The sulfate salt …
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In Leningrad just after the War, at age six, I communicate mostly with women and is familiar with one man – Pavel Ivanovich, a colleague and friend Aunt Jenny. He’s an engineer, kind and delicate person, and for me, fellowship with him is the greatest happiness. Gave me a microscope …
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Looking at the night sky, it seems that stars and galaxies are located more or less at random. It is, however, not quite. Despite the randomness, the universe is not a random mess of objects. It may seem surprising, but the Universe has a structure, consisting of massive filaments of …
Read More »In nust “Misa” earned Russia’s first prototype of a quantum computer
The basis of the qubits therein serve superconducting materials National research technological University (nust) “MISIS” announced the launch of Russia’s first prototype of a quantum computer. The configuration of the prototype includes two qubit have been the superconducting materials. During the tests, the computer performed a quantum algorithm for solving …
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Viktor Ekimov, head of our laboratory at the Leningrad Institute for power Radiobuilding, was older than me by a couple of decades and luckily was truly my mentor of engineering in power electronics. Me, salanka, who had just finished liap were taught to see the priorities in multifactor technical …
Read More »Biologists for the first time implanted the memories into a brain
Scientists have managed to implant information about the structure of the songs directly into the brain of chorister birds. The scientists used optogenetics methods – scientific methods which may regulate nerve cells by light. About the research of biologists writes the scientific journal Science. Scientists have been trying to figure …
Read More »Clean thermonuclear: why, 35 countries are building the world’s largest fusion reactor
Meeting of the heads of the US and the USSR in 1985 gave the world one of the most ambitious technological projects: the experimental fusion reactor ITER (“way”). In Provence, in the South of France, thousands of scientists and builders are preparing the complex for scientific experiments, we are able …
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