[ad_1] Venus of Willendorf. Credit: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 One of the world’s earliest examples of art, the enigmatic “Venus” figurines sculpted some 30,000 years ago, have intrigued and puzzled scientists for nearly two centuries. Today, a University of Colorado researcher Anschutz Medical Campus believes he has gathered enough evidence to solve the mystery … Read more
[ad_1] Anywhere you have fluid you can also find vortex rings. Now scientists have found vortex rings somewhere fascinating – inside a tiny pillar made of a magnetic material, the gadolinium-cobalt intermetallic compound GdCo.2. If you’ve seen smoke rings or bubble rings underwater, you’ve seen vortex rings: donut-shaped vortices that form when fluid returns on … Read more
[ad_1] November 30, 2020Updated: November 30, 2020 12:31 p.m. This is what the moon looked like in July 2019 during a partial eclipse. Aamir Queshi / AFP / Getty Images You can catch a partial lunar eclipse on Monday night, but you’ll have to lose sleep for it. The eclipse begins around 1:30 a.m. and … Read more
[ad_1] Anywhere you have fluid you can also find vortex rings. Now scientists have found vortex rings somewhere fascinating – inside a tiny pillar made of a magnetic material, the gadolinium-cobalt intermetallic compound GdCo.2. If you’ve seen smoke rings or bubble rings underwater, you’ve seen vortex rings: donut-shaped vortices that form when fluid returns on … Read more
[ad_1] The game-changing telescope is taking panoramic images of deep space at record speed and paving the way for new discoveries. A powerful new telescope in the Australian hinterland has mapped large areas of the universe in record time, revealing a million new galaxies and paving the way for new discoveries, the country’s national science … Read more
[ad_1] A new form of cyberattack has been developed that highlights the potential future ramifications of digital assaults on the biological research industry. On Monday, academics from Ben-Gurion University in the Negev described how “unwitting” biologists and scientists could fall victim to cyber attacks designed to take biological warfare to another level. At a time … Read more
[ad_1] Artist’s reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous enantiornithine bird Falcatakely forsterae. (Mark Witton) When we think of the age of reptiles – between 250 million and 65 million years ago – large dinosaurs come to mind. However, the period, officially known as the Mesozoic Era, also hosted hundreds of varieties of birds – some more … Read more
[ad_1] Technology 22:55 GMT 30.11.2020Get a short url https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202011301081321047-israeli-scientists-discover-new-malware-that-tricks-researchers-into-creating-toxins-viruses/ According to recently published research, malware that can hack a bioengineer’s computer and replace a substring in DNA structure could lead to the unintentional creation of dangerous toxins. A group of cyber researchers from Ben-Gurion University of Israel … Read more
[ad_1] The game-changing telescope is taking panoramic images of deep space at record speed and paving the way for new discoveries. A powerful new telescope in the Australian hinterland has mapped large areas of the universe in record time, revealing a million new galaxies and paving the way for new discoveries, the country’s national science … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: Public domain Pixabay / CC0 An international study conducted by the University of Turku, Finland, found phosphorus and fluorine in solid dust particles collected from a comet. The discovery indicates that all of the most important elements necessary for life may have been delivered to Earth by comets. Researchers found phosphorus and fluorine … Read more