Nature has a way of embarrassing our best technology. For decades, scientists have been trying to create the ultimate sound absorber – a carefully engineered material that can handle sound waves for stealth movement or smooth peace and quiet. It turns out, however, that the beloved ‘metastructure’ may already exist …
Read More »Scientists have discovered unfamiliar signs of new physics in the background radiation of the universe.
In all known space, between the stars and the galaxies, an extremely circular glow is eclipsed, a remnant left over from the beginning of the universe. This is the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the first light that it could travel through the universe when it cooled about 380,000 years after …
Read More »Fossils reveal strange, toothed ‘t cancans’ that live with dinosaurs
The discovery of a so-called “buck-tooth-toothed” animal that lived about 68 million years ago has raised speculations about the diversity of birds that live with dinosaurs. In less than nine centimeters (3.5 inches), the fragile skull of ornithologists has been dubbed. Falkatkeli Forster Will be easily ignored. In fact, it …
Read More »An X-ray scan of an ancient Egyptian mummy led to a surprising discovery
The Egyptian mummy that was adorned with the portrait of the woman was a surprise – the body of a child who died when he was only 5 years old. Now, scientists have learned more about the mysterious girl and her burial, thanks to high-resolution scans and X-ray “microbeams” that …
Read More »Da Vinci’s drawings contain a surprising combination of bacteria, fungi and human DNA
Leonardo da Vinci is famous for his elaborate, nuanced artwork and advanced technical ideas. But new research has revealed another level of complexity in his drawings: the hidden world of small life-forms on his artwork. These findings could help create a microbiome “catalog” for artwork, the researchers said. Each piece …
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