New Scientific Discoveries, Part Vier

[Gfted1]

New "Iontronic Memristor" Could Revolutionize Brain-Like Computing Using Only Salt and Water - The Debrief

[Lexx]

Crazy stuff https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/full-scan-of-1-cubic-millimeter-of-brain-tissue-took-14-petabytes-of-data-equivalent-to-14000-full-length-4k-movies

 

[InsaneCommander]

Are we close to discovering alien life?

Astronomers are on the Hunt for Dyson Spheres

Webb studies planet K2-18 b again to confirm presence of gas ‘only produced by life’

[Gorth]

Congratulations... I suppose

 

 

[Gfted1]

Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now | Ars Technica

Soon.

[rjshae]

https://www.universetoday.com/167049/did-earths-multicellular-life-depend-on-plate-tectonics/

[Gorth]

2 hours ago, rjshae said:

https://www.universetoday.com/167049/did-earths-multicellular-life-depend-on-plate-tectonics/

Sort of, give Earth a good shake and mix things up a bit. Voila! Watch all those little life forms scatter and adapt

[Gfted1]

We know Starship can fly—now it’s time to see if it can come back to Earth | Ars Technica

[Lexx]

Damn, earlier than I thought. Let's hope it'll work out.

[Gfted1]

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 4 launch test on June 6? | Space

[Gfted1]

- SpaceX - Launches

Be there or be square.

EDIT: The booster landing in the water and slowly tipping over made the hair on my arm stand up!  Now just to stick the reentry.

[Lexx]

Looks like it all worked out fine this time. Hope we'll see an actual secure landing next time.

[rjshae]

The Starship launch video was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I can't wait to see it go through a full launch/recovery cycle.

[rjshae]

The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes

An intriguing finding. It turns out we are all being brainwashed.

[Gorth]

1 hour ago, rjshae said:

The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes

An intriguing finding. It turns out we are all being brainwashed.

Interesting observation in the animals... the process increases when they're sleeping. Maybe there is something about the importance of getting enough sleep?

[Lexx]

From now on I won't be sleeping anymore. I'll be "cleaning my brain."

[kanisatha]

7 hours ago, Gorth said:

Interesting observation in the animals... the process increases when they're sleeping. Maybe there is something about the importance of getting enough sleep?

But this has been known for a long while, that sleeping is how we get rid of the gunk that builds-up in our brain/neurons while awake.

[Gfted1]

SpaceX Tests Super Heavy Engines Ahead of Fifth Starship Test Flight | Extremetech

[rjshae]

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock

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Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals.

Sulfur is useful in a number of processes, including the production of sulfuric acid.

[Gorth]

32 minutes ago, rjshae said:

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock

Sulfur is useful in a number of processes, including the production of sulfuric acid.

Also an important part of a number of amino acids. It may smell rotten, but life as we know it wouldn’t be around without those proteins relying on it

[Gfted1]

Scientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface | CNN

[rjshae]

On 7/22/2024 at 8:44 AM, Gfted1 said:

Scientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface | CNN

Yeah, that one is weird. How do they function like a battery without running out of juice? They must be some sort of catalyst, I would think.

[rjshae]

Dark Matter Solves The Mystery of How Supermassive Black Holes Exist

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According to new mathematical modeling, a conundrum known as the final parsec problem can be resolved by the presence of particles of self-interacting dark matter that remain clustered around the black holes, allowing them to cross the final distance between them.

It's a finding that suggests that the mysterious matter that gives the Universe its extra gravity must, therefore, be able to interact with itself, since the problem cannot be resolved with non-interacting dark matter models.

 

An intriguing clue as to the nature of dark matter.

[Gfted1]

This 'Holy Grail' Protein Repairs DNA And Could Lead to a Cancer Vaccine : ScienceAlert

[ShadySands]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-discovered-mammals-breathe-anuses-121105434.html

 

Edited September 16, 2024 by ShadySands