Defining fire as a plasma is a challenging subject that experts in physics and chemistry have to deal with, therefore, the most popular expressions for it is “almost plasma” or “partial plasma.” Something common that we all agree on is that the fire heats and burns… but what if it were possible to create a cold fire/cold plasma? Under… Read more »
Hot temperatures arrive and with them the dreaded mosquitoes. Almost everyone wants summer to come, but it has its drawbacks. If you are lucky, you may detect the insect and kill it, although there is a good chance that the bite or buzz sound will be enough to wake you up. Why do they sting so much? “As part of the feeding process, all blood-feeding organisms introduce… Read more »
Differences between siblings are quite common in most families, however, they often appear years after children are born and grow up. This was not the case of Chinese twins, who ended up becoming the protagonists of a clip that went viral on YouTube. The scene was recorded by Tao, father of the girls, who told the local… Read more »
Engineers from NASA are finalizing the design of a small helicopter that is estimated to be sent to Mars during the Mars 2020 mission. The apparatus will have to Fly in the thin atmosphere of the red planet, survive extremely cold nights and operate alone because it will be millions of miles from the nearest… Read more »
An international team of scientists published a study that seems to contradict the basic laws of physics: to demontrates in a quantum computer a “time reversal procedure.” With the use of electrons and under the laws of quantum mechanics, researchers from the Institute of Physics and Technology of Moscow (MIPT) with the help of colleagues in Switzerland… Read more »
Allie, Cannan, and Jesse set out to see if the humble Slinky toy actually hovered when dropped from a height. Using a series of weights and elastic mediums, their testing reaches a crescendo when they try to levitate a full-weight…
If the ancient supercontinents formed and separated in alternating cycles over hundreds of millions of years, in the future, probably, the Pacific will expand to become the only super-ocean of the new supercontinent, suggest scientists from the University of Curtin (Australia). The supercontinents were connected and separated through two alternate processes called “introversion” and “extroversion,”… Read more »
The true north is not where it used to be. According to a report issued by the National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI), the magnetic north pole of the Earth has been moving so fast in recent decades that the old calculations are no longer accurate enough for navigation, scientists say. On Monday scientists issued an update on… Read more »
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reacted on Monday against “rumors” that call into question the vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, and insisted that it is effective and safe. IARC, dependent on the World Health Organization (WHO), stressed that the vaccine is also essential to end the possible… Read more »
We are now less than three months away from the great premiere of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, the HBO phenomenon that returns with new episodes after almost two years of nothing. After the release of the promotional trailer a few days ago, now a scientific study has just predicted which characters would die… Read more »
