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Assembly of the largest ever thermonuclear fusion reactor ITER begins
In France, the assembly of the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), which will be the world’s largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment, has started on July 28, 2020. The largest nuclear fusion reactor to date begins construction next to the … Continue reading
The mysterious echo from the Sun: the IBEX Ribbon | Unsolved Mystery in Physics
Go to http://brilliant.org/DrBecky and sign up for free. The first 200 people that go to that link will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. In 2009 the IBEX satellite detected an excess of atoms reflected back from a particular … Continue reading
Earth’s atmosphere rings like a giant bell, say researchers – Physics World
Study confirms 200-year-old prediction by Pierre-Simon Laplace The Earth’s entire atmosphere vibrates like a giant bell, with various large-scale resonant waves travelling in both directions around the globe. That is the conclusion of scientists in Japan and the US, who … Continue reading
WHO World Hepatitis Day
World Hepatitis Day is observed on July 28 to increase awareness of hepatitis. Source: Pin on International Days
COVID-19 & Mask Myths DEBUNKED!
Bottom line: Masks work. They are safe for almost everyone to wear, and the more people that wear them along with adhering to physical distancing and other strategies, then that’s more lives we’ll save. But there’s still a lot of … Continue reading
Einstein’s divorce letters
Tibees This time we look at Einstein’s messy divorce from Mileva in order to pursue his cousin Elsa. My previous video on Einstein’s love letters: https://youtu.be/YDOWMgnWppA All letters shown in this video have been transcribed and translated (from German). Timestamps: … Continue reading
Astrophysicists Construct Most Complete 3D Map of the Universe, Fill Gaps in Cosmological History
An international consortium of scientists has analyzed, as part of a vast program of cosmological surveys, several million galaxies and quasars, thus retracing a more continuous history of the Universe and offering a better understanding of the mechanisms of its … Continue reading
Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed | BBC News
A major DNA study has shed new light on the fate of millions of Africans who were traded as slaves to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. More than 50,000 people took part in the study, which was … Continue reading
A taste for humans: How disease-carrying mosquitoes evolved to specialize in biting us – ScienceBlog.com
There are two paths. One leads to the arm of Noah Rose, a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University. The other leads to a guinea pig. For some species of mosquitoes, their preference for humans reveals something about their evolution … Continue reading
What happens when biology becomes technology?
“We’ve been promised a future of chrome — but what if the future is fleshy?” asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk, Agapakis details her work in synthetic biology — a multidisciplinary area of research that pokes holes … Continue reading
MIT engineers develop “blackest black” material to date
Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materials. Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office September 12, 2019 With apologies to “Spinal Tap,” it appears that black can, indeed, get more black. MIT … Continue reading
Artist Amy Karle: Philosophy and Selected Works
Amy Karle is an internationally award winning bioartist whose work can be seen as artifacts of a speculative future where digital, physical and biological systems merge. amykarle.com She leverages body-based investigation, science and technology to create art that catalytically examines … Continue reading
