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Magnetars were caught in flashes of “death rays” – the brightest phenomena in the Universe

Science is still in the dark as it searches for the source of fast radio bursts (FRBs), first discovered in…

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The United States has created the most highly efficient segment of superconducting wire in the world

Scientists from the State University of New York at Buffalo (The University of Buffalo) reported the creation of the most…

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Mayonnaise helped scientists study thermonuclear fusion

A group of scientists from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania has been using ordinary mayonnaise for the last few years to…

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The technology for mass production of solar sails for flights to other stars has been presented.

In shipping, one of the most difficult and expensive things was the production of a ship's sail. It must be…

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Artificial intelligence installed on the ISS

The US company Booz Allen Hamilton, whose specialization is related to intelligence and counterintelligence in the field of electronic services,…

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Scientists refused to recognize the new comet as an interstellar wanderer – Saturn made it that way

Scientists have just discovered a comet in the solar system, the second in the history of observations to be sent…

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The second life of the NASA WISE orbital telescope will end on August 8, and in December it will burn up in the atmosphere

On the last day of July 2024, NASA's Orbiting Infrared Telescope WISE (NEOWISE) officially ended its advanced science operations. The…

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Without electricity and liquid nitrogen: scientists have proposed creating a bank of terrestrial biomaterials on the Moon

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), together with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and other…

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Scientists from the USA have increased the plasma density in a thermonuclear reactor by an order of magnitude, but have not fully understood how

Physicists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison reported a landmark achievement - they were able to increase the plasma…

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Scientists use a microwave to speed up the extraction of lithium from used batteries 100 times

The demand for lithium on Earth is so great that it could soon become a global problem. Its resources on…

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