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The age of human footprints found in the United States exceeds 20 thousand years
2021-09-25 17:57
In the White Sands National Park in New Mexico, archaeologists have discovered ancient human footprints, the age of which ranges from 21,000 to 23,000 years. Thus, the footprints became the earliest evidence of human presence in America.
61 human footprints were found in ancient lake sediments. There were also traces of dogs and proboscis mammals. The researchers determined that the human footprints belong...
New optical ‘transistor’ to speed up computation up to 1,000 times, at lowest switching energy possible
2021-09-24 10:59
An international research team led by Skoltech and IBM has created an extremely energy-efficient optical switch that could replace electronic transistors in a new generation of computers manipulating photons rather than electrons. In addition to direct power saving, the switch requires no cooling and is really fast: At 1 trillion operations per second, it is between 100 and 1,000 times faster than today’s t...
An international competition of scientific research works
2021-09-23 13:49
We invite you to take part in the international competition of research works dedicated to 310th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, "Science creating the future".
The competition is organized and conducted by the scientific and educational center "Science Idea".
The competition is open to pupils of schools and organizations of additional education, students of organizations of secon...
Scientists have learned about the abnormal conformational states of DNA molecules
2021-09-22 16:17
An unexpected conclusion about the abnormal conformational states of DNA molecules on the surface of charged monomolecular films and their fundamental differences from the strictly periodic conformation of the double helix in the volume of the solution was made in a work carried out jointly by scientists from the Russian Federation and the United States, five of whom are graduates of MIPT. The obtained resu...
European leaders intend to transfer their citizens to bicycles
2021-09-21 11:59
The number of cyclists and bike rides in Europe is set to double by 2030. This is the opinion of representatives of 56 countries that have signed the Pan-European Plan to Promote Cycling. A two-day high-level meeting on transport, health and the environment ends in Vienna on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important mobility is in our lives. However, the dependence on cars, the limited open pu...
The microbial molecule that turns plants into zombies
2021-09-20 11:21
A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops.
Parasites manipulate the organisms they live off to suit their needs, sometimes in drastic ways. When under the spell of a parasite, some plants undergo such extensive changes that they are described as “zombies”. They stop reproducing and serve only as...
Ground-breaking bacteria-killing viruses unite with antibiotics to fight devastating antibiotic-resistant bacteria
2021-09-19 11:35
Mycobacterium abscessus, a relative of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, is responsible for particularly severe damage to human lungs and can be resistant to many standard antibiotics, making infections extremely challenging to treat. However, there is hope. Bacteria are vulnerable to naturally occurring viruses, called bacteriophages; for every species of bacteria, there is a unique bacteri...
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