Новости за 16.01.2019

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Geneva (AFP) Jan 15, 2019
Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to be the star attraction at this year's Davos Forum, taking place next week at a time of "profound global instability", according to organisers. The World Economic Forum on Tuesday unveiled its lineup for the annual meeting at the luxury Swiss ski resort town, where this year's focus is on "Shaping the Global Architecture in the Ag

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 16, 2019
For young Hong Kongers like Wilson Leung getting a foothold on the city's property ladder has long been a near impossible task but with the notoriously overpriced housing market facing a downturn, they now have a chance of realising their dream. The crammed financial hub regularly tops the list of cities with the least affordable housing in the world, with even cheap apartments out of the re

Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
Even without a brain or a nervous system, the Venus flytrap appears to make sophisticated decisions about when to snap shut on potential prey, as well as to open when it has accidentally caught something it can't eat. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken inspiration from these sorts of systems. Using stimuli-responsive materia

New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
Keeping road pavement in good shape saves money and energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, more than offsetting pollution generated during road construction, according to a Rutgers-led study. The researchers found that extending the life of pavement through preventive maintenance can reduce greenhouse gases by up to 2 percent; transportation agencies can cut spending by 10 percent to

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
In 1915, Albert Einstein and Wander de Haas reported that changing the magnetization of a suspended iron rod by applying an external magnetic field leads to mechanical rotation of the rod. This intriguing observation still serves as the textbook example of the association between magnetism and angular momentum. New questions concerning that link arose, however, when a phenomenon known as '

Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
LED lights and monitors, and quality solar panels were born of a revolution in semiconductors that efficiently convert energy to light or vice versa. Now, next-generation semiconducting materials are on the horizon, and in a new study, researchers have uncovered eccentric physics behind their potential to transform lighting technology and photovoltaics yet again. Comparing the quantum prop

San Francisco (AFP) Jan 16, 2019
Intel vet Aicha Evans will lead self-driving car startup Zoox from next month, becoming a rare high-profile black chief executive in a Silicon Valley. The Senegal native will become head of Zoox, and a member of the startup's board starting on February 26. "I'm thrilled to join Zoox and challenge the status quo with an autonomous mobility system built from the ground up," Evans said in a

Lincoln NE (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense has turned to the University of Nebraska to jumpstart the development of drug therapies to protect military service members from the effects of radiation exposure. In an environment where for-profit pharmaceutical companies are often reluctant to embark upon financially risky drug discovery efforts, the unique four-pronged partnership established by the unive

Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
Plasmas - hot gases consisting of chaotically-moving electrons, ions, atoms and molecules - can be found inside of stars, but they are also artificially created using special equipment in the laboratory. If a plasma comes in contact with a solid, such as the wall of the lab equipment, under certain circumstances the wall is changed fundamentally and permanently: atoms and molecules from th

Washington DC (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
Researchers at the George Washington University have taken a major step toward reaching one of the most sought-after goals in physics: room temperature superconductivity. Superconductivity is the lack of electrical resistance and is observed in many materials when they are cooled below a critical temperature. Until now, superconducting materials were thought to have to cool to very low tem

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
For the first time, researchers performed logic operations - the basis of computation - with a chemical device using electric fields and ultraviolet light. The device and the pioneering methods used open up research possibilities including low-power, high-performance computer chips. Computers need an upgrade. From smartwatches to data centers, all computers feature similar kinds of compone

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Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll (F231) joined the US Navy’s Arleigh-Burke guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) for joint operations in the South China Sea between January 11 and 16. At sea, McCampbell and Argyll conducted communication drills, division tactics, and a personnel exchange designed to address common maritime security priorities, enhance […]

Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
About three years ago the National Transportation Safety Board announced its finding regarding the Virgin Galactic crash that occurred on October 31, 2014. The simple explanation was that the co-pilot unlocked a critical vehicle mechanism too early. After a nine-month investigation the NTSB further concluded that human error and inadequate safety procedures caused the violent crash. The ve

Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019
Scientists at Britain's National Physical Laboratory in London have developed new techniques for manipulating light. The research, detailed in the journal Physical Review Letters, could pave the way for new quantum technologies and telecommunication systems. While experimenting with an optical ring resonator, a small device capable of storing large amounts of high-intensity light

Oslo (XNA) Jan 16, 2019
Having successfully harvested fresh lettuce in space in 2015, astronauts are expected to see beans on their menu by 2021 thanks to high-tech planters developed by Norwegian researchers. A technical workshop at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) developed the model of the planter box for producing food in space, said Silje Wolff, a plant physiologist at the Center for

Beijing (XNA) Jan 16, 2019
One of the cotton seeds carried to the moon by China's Chang'e-4 probe is the first ever to sprout on the moon, according to scientists of a mini biosphere experiment Tuesday. After making the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, China's Chang'e-4 mission pioneered the first mini biosphere experiment on the moon. Professor Xie Gengxin, of Chongqing University and chie

Houston TX (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
A new investigation heading to the International Space Station will provide space-flown samples to scientists from academia, industry and government agencies, who have agreed to share their data and results in an online database that is open to the public. Rodent Research-8 (RR-8) examines the physiology of aging and the effect of age on disease progression using groups of young and old mice flo

Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
Frank Bunger, MBA 18, dreamed of space as a child. Today, he's pursuing that dream as co-founder and CEO of Orion Span, a startup that plans to build the Aurora Space Station to launch travelers into space 200 miles above the earth's surface by 2021. Bunger, who started Orion Span as a Haas student, has a goal to raise $2 million by Feb. 5 on SeedInvest, an online investment service, so th

Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
Budding space industry professionals from around the world are gathering in Adelaide for the first Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program since the South Australian capital was announced as home of the national industry. From today (January 14), a record 54 participants from 11 countries will take part in the program conducted by the University of South Australia in partnership with the

Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 15, 2019
NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who, together with Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, did not reach the International Space Station (ISS) in October due to the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle accident, may go for a year-long flight on the station in March, a Russian space industry source told Sputnik on Sunday. "An option for US astronaut Nick Hague to carry out a year-long flight to the ISS in 2019-20

Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019
Magnetic North is shifting rapidly, throwing off the World Magnetic Model that powers a variety of global navigational systems. Scientists were originally scheduled to release an updated model this week - a fix for the accumulating anomalies - but due to the government shutdown, the update's release has been delayed until the end of the month. Scientists with the British Geolog

Bethlehem PA (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
The leading theory about how the universe began is the Big Bang, which says that 14 billion years ago the universe existed as a singularity, a one-dimensional point, with a vast array of fundamental particles contained within it. Extremely high heat and energy caused it to inflate and then expand into the cosmos as we know it?and, the expansion continues to this day. The initial result of

Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 16, 2019
The largest piece of structural test hardware for America's new deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, was loaded into Test Stand 4693 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama Jan. 14, 2019. The liquid hydrogen tank is part of the rocket's core stage that is more than 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet, and stores cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxyge