Entries from September 2007
An effective converter of light is created
Group of experts from Institute of lasers at university of Osaka and the Japanese space agency (JAXA) have developed the effective converter of light, thus, having made an important step on a way towards creation of space solar power station.
It is necessary to note, that the idea of the light converter is not new, however […]
Categories: Inventions
Spaniards have developed the biochip which observes health of sportsmen
Experts from the Spanish company Sabiobbi have managed to create the biochip which allows to observe state of health of sportsmen and to determine influence of trainings on their organism, informs Spanish newspaper El Periodico.
El Periodico marks that the tiny device is DNA biochip which can analyze the most significant changes in an organism […]
Categories: Inventions
British scientist will be allowed to create hybrid embryos
Representatives of the British committee on fertilization and embryology have basically agreed to permit creation of embryos-hybrids for scientific researches.
However they have warned that the scientists, wishing to use such hybrids, should submit independent applications.
The committee has organized public consultations on this question. They have shown that public does not object to this idea when […]
Categories: General
British take responsibility to rescue the Earth from an asteroid
British company Astrium has created the project of the device, capable to analyze the trajectory of an asteroid 2004 MN4, known as Apofis, and to estimate risk of its collision with the Earth in 2029 and 2036.
On April, 13, 2029 this asteroid will pass in approximately 40 thousand kilometers from the Earth, closer, than artificial […]
Categories: Space
New technology for creation of the most precise pictures of the space
The group of scientists from British Cambridge University and Californian institute of technology (Caltech) has developed the technology which has allowed ground-based telescopes to overtake orbital Hubble on quality of the image.
They have managed to obtain the most precise pictures of space objects in a history of a science, informs Cambridge University in its press […]
Categories: Inventions
“Flying saucer” for struggle with traffic jams
Americans have presented the new device - a “flying saucer” named M200G. It vertically flies up and sits down as the helicopter, however is designed for flight only at height up to 3 meters above the ground.
This vehicle of the future was created by the engineer of aeronautics Paul Moller from Moller International Company. In […]
Categories: Inventions
The brightest supernew star can appear a quarko-star
The group of astronomers from the Canadian university of Calgary assumes that discovered in September, 2006 the brightest supernew 2006gy can be quarko-star.
Supernew 2006gy is removed from the Earth on 238 million light years. Experts inform, that this one is the brightest supernew of ever found stars - energy of its radiation surpasses an average […]
Categories: Space
Nitric pollution of biosphere leads to growth of woods
Group of the international scientists, having studied carbon balance on several forest areas in the Western Europe, has come to a conclusion that the more nitrogen gets in a wood with precipitations, the higher is pure primary production of the given ecosystem and trees grow better.
As is known, nitrogen compounds which are evolved in an […]
Categories: Chemistry