Schlagwort: science news
-
Noch 7 Tage bis zur YPD Online-Challenge 2014
Reading Time: 3 minutesLetzte Chance zur Anmeldung bei der YPD-Challenge 2014 – Noch sieben Tage bis zur Online-Challenge! Der Anmeldecountdown läuft! In sieben Tagen, am 25.2.2014, startet die Online-Challenge, in der sich die YPD-Kandidaten den ersten herausfordernden Fragen stellen müssen. Im Zeitraum von 14 Tagen werden die jungen Erwachsenen in 3er-Teams zu fünf Online-Events geladen, wo…
-
Researchers Develop Star Trek-Like Skin Gun That Heals Wounds Instantly
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou read that right, NASA has partnered with GRoK Technologies to build a device called BioReplicates, which creates 3D human tissues in a manner similar to how the dermal regenerator works in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In other words, this device can be used to almost instantly heal minor injuries…
-
Mind-Blowing Photo Shows What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like from the ISS
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost of us know that when viewed from Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. Now here’s what the phenomenon looks like from the International Space Station.
-
Fruit flies have been genetically modified to GLOW when they detect cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesUsing bioluminescence as a marker in genetic modification is routine for good reason: it provides a very clear visual confirmation that the desired gene has been target correctly. A new application involves modifying the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster so that their antennae light up in the presence of cancerous cells. The report comes from…
-
Startschuss für die „YPD-Challenge 2014 – Der Karrierestart Deines Lebens“
Reading Time: 2 minutesErstmals auch im Fernsehen – bei ServusTV ab 20. März 2014 Wien, am 14.1.2014 – Unter dem Motto „Du musst niemanden kennen, nur etwas können“ startet heute die Anmeldephase zur 6. Auflage der von Hannes Jagerhofer erfolgreich etablierten YPD-Challenge. Gesucht werden junge, dynamische und motivierte Schüler, Studenten oder Berufseinsteiger aus Österreich und Deutschland, die sich…
-
The true Nature , Science photos by Jimmy Kong
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazing!
-
7 Hand Gestures That Make You Look Like a Real Intellectual
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou’ve definitely seen it at some point. Maybe it was in a lecture in college. Maybe it was in a TED talk you watched recently. Someone is trying to explain some important historical connection, drawing up a grand theory of art or science or human progress, and there it is, as if…
-
12 Amazing Pictures of Things Cut in Half
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDo you ever wonder what common (and not so common) things would look like on the inside if they were cut in half? Take a look at this odd collection of cutaway shots of random objects, giving you an inside view. Source: http://www.oddee.com/item_98842.aspx?utm_source=Oddee&utm_campaign=35b59cfed1-RSS_ARTICLE_OF_THE_DAY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a52606686c-35b59cfed1-63493265
-
Virgin Galactic space ship blasts to record height of 71,000 Feet , New World Record
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVirgin Galactic set a new altitude record with the SpaceShipTwo by reaching an altitude of 71,000 feet, reports NBC. The flight prior to this test reached 69,000 feet. Everything was captured by cameras mounted on SpaceShipTwo, including one on a tail boom, which showed a different view of the rocket soaring…
-
Mind-Bending Video Shows Objects Being Levitated with Soundwaves
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis isn’t a computer-generated scenario, but rather a team of Japanese scientists has actually managed to levitate small particles, moving them around mid-air, using ultrasound. According to the research paper: „In the present study, we considered extended acoustic manipulation whereby millimetre-sized particles were levitated and moved three-dimensionally by localised ultrasonic…
-
AMAZON announces: Amazon ‚Prime Air‘
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re excited to share Prime Air — something the team has been working on in our next generation R&D lab. The goal of this new delivery system is to get packages into customers‘ hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. Putting Prime Air into commercial use will take some…
-
Hypersonic Plane Set to Carry Passengers from NY to London in Under 1-Hour at Mach 6
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSo, you’re a businessman in London with a crucial dinner in Tokyo just hours away. Even allowing for the nine-hour time difference, you won’t be needing to reset your morning alarm as you’ll be on the ground and knocking back the sake just two hours after take-off, thanks to hypersonic flight.…
-
You Won’t Believe What Scientists Say Blue Light Can Do For Humans
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStill have a morning ritual of drinking a few cups of Joe? Well, researchers at Mid Sweden University compared the effects of caffeine and blue light on the brain and found them both to have a positive effect. Here’s the kicker, people who were exposed to blue light performed better on…
-
You’ll Soon Be Able to Virtually Taste Things Online with This Technology
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou read that right, researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a ‚digital lollipop‘ that utilizes electric currents to transmit virtual tastes straight to your tastebuds. The machine is similar to the fictional Everlasting Gobstopper in which it never runs out, and also the Chewing Gum Meal, which had…
-
Scientists Discover Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever, Gamma Ray Bursts 3.7-Billion Light Years Into Space
Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists have observed the largest and brightest cosmic explosion ever. Astronomers have called the gamma ray burst ‚the monster‘ because it created five times more energy than the largest, captured 3.7 billion light years away. This single burst created five times more energy than the largest previously-known blast and if it…
-
5 Amazing Inventions Created by Geeky Kids and Teens
Reading Time: 2 minutesMost teens are worrying about prom and making new friends, these five spent all of their free time inventing things, such as a super fast gadget charger, self-driving care, and lots more. We’ve rounded up five amazing inventions created by geeky kids and teens from around the world. 5. Banana Bioplastic Sixteen-year-old…
-
Mind-Blowing Picture of Comet ISON Captured by Amateur Astronomer
Reading Time: < 1 minutePablo Santos Sanz of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia says that „ISON has experienced an impressive fifteen-fold increase on the sublimation of hydrocyanic acid and water in the last 48 hours. Scientists don’t know exactly why this explosive reaction has occurred.“ For those who want to view Comet ISON in-person,…
-
Andrew Basiago Claims to be Time Traveler
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Basiago Claims to be Time Traveler, Shows Photo of Gettysburg as Proof According to the Huffington Post, since 2004, Seattle attorney Andrew Basiago has been publicly claiming that from the ages of 7-12, he participated in the top secret US Government program called „Project Pegasus,“ under the Defense Advanced Research…
-
Doctor Says Humans Do Not Come from Earth, This is Why
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr. Ellis Silver claims that supremely intelligent extraterrestrials put humans on Earth as recently as tens of thousands of years ago. Here are just some of the reasons: „[humans are] surprisingly unsuited and ill-equipped for Earth’s environment [because they’re] harmed by sunlight, [have] a strong dislike for naturally occurring foods, ridiculously…
-
24 Amazing Historical Photos That You Probably Haven’t Seen Before
Reading Time: < 1 minuteProsthetics have been mentioned throughout history. The earliest recorded mention is the warrior queen Vishpala in the Rigveda. The Egyptians were early pioneers of the idea, as shown by the wooden toe found on a body from the New Kingdom. Roman bronze crowns have also been found, but their use could…
-
Scientist Claims Quantum Physics Proves There Really is an Afterlife
Reading Time: < 1 minuteProfessor and scientist Robert Lanza claims the theory of biocentrism teaches that death as we know it is an illusion created by our consciousness. That’s right, he says that life creates the universe, and not the other way round, meaning that space and time don’t exist in the linear fashion we…
-
Mind-Blowing Video Shows How Mars Looked 4-Billion Years Ago
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMars may currently be a desolate planet, but it definitely sustained life at one point of its existence. In addition to Curiosity discovering water on the Red Planet’s surface, scientists have also found large amounts of phosphates on meteorites originating from there. These two elements – water and phosphates – are…
