SCIENCE

Scientists from the U.S. and Canada reported that they were able to detect signs of permanent gravitational radiation, which passes through the universe and distorts the fabric of space-time. The findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. In 2017, scientists conducting an experiment called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), won the Nobel Prize in physics for the first-ever ...

People of science often make discoveries simply by looking more closely at the natural world. It seems that nature harbors many discoveries that can bring fame and success to inquiring minds and new achievements and opportunities to humankind. Researchers from American Rutgers University have noticed what allows marine animals (cuttlefish, octopus, and squid) to change their skin color depending on ...

Researchers believe that the galaxy GN-z11 formed just 420 million years after the Big Bang, at a time when light first began to fill the cosmos. Scientists say further research of the galaxy could shed light on the early days of the universe. Scientists at the University of Tokyo have determined the age and location of the most distant known ...

Alexander Ginsburg, the head of Russia’s Gamaleya research institute, expressed the belief on Monday that there is a unique strain of coronavirus in the country, just like in the United Kingdom, but it has not been detected yet. “We are looking forward to a unique Russian strain to be detected, as the UK, South Africa, and Brazil have their own ...

Researchers from Vanderbilt Research University, together with Spanish medics, found that COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit suffered from brain dysfunction more often than patients with other respiratory diseases. This was reported by EurekAlert! Brain dysfunction affects thousands of patients around the world who are treated in hospitals. It can manifest itself in different ways, from disorientation and inability ...

January 9 the oldest member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the last of the participants in the development of the first Soviet atomic bomb, theoretical physicist Isaak Khalatnikov died at 102nd year of life. This is reported by the portal “Scientific Russia”. It is known that the academician passed away in Chernogolovka near Moscow, where the Landau Institute ...

A device that detects coronavirus in ten seconds has been created. For its operation, it is enough to take a person’s saliva sample. The accuracy of diagnosis is 99%. Turkey has created a device for rapid diagnosis COVID-19. The device is capable of determining the presence of the disease in the body within ten seconds, reports the website of Bilkent ...

It used to be thought that the hormone oxytocin was produced mainly in the female body. But it turns out that it plays an important role in male sexuality as well. RIA Novosti investigated how this protein controls sexual behavior and why the hormone of calm, empathy, and trust sometimes causes anxiety and suspicion. The love hormone Oxytocin is a ...

Some supermassive black holes in the center of galaxies may be “portals” to distant regions of the universe. This conclusion was reached by Russian scientists, whose study was published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Society. According to experts, the spacecraft theoretically may pass through such “portals” or “wormholes,” but the high radiation level in them will not ...

The ozone hole over Antarctica, which reached enormous proportions in autumn 2020, closed at the end of December, said Claire Nullis, spokesman for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Nullis explained that this ozone hole was one of the largest and deepest, and also closed later than usual. It grew rapidly from mid-August 2020 and reached a peak size of 24.8 ...