Space science
The Hubble Space Telescope hits the one billion second mark
The Hubble telescope with the mission to explore the vast universe has been operating for 31.7 years, bringing a lot of valuable scientific information.
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2021 is the shortest year in history
The faster Earth's rotation makes 2021 about 65 milliseconds shorter on average.
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Making the world's brightest X-ray laser machine
10 meters underground and not far from Stanford University, scientists are perfecting a laser machine that could change the way the building blocks of the universe are s…
New technology
World's most stable atomic clock with 'zero downtime'
If you were to ask which type of clock runs most accurately, making an important contribution to the development of mankind, it must be the atomic clock.
Discover science
If the sun was replaced by a Rigel for 1 second, what would happen on Earth?
Everything on sunny ground will burn up, houses, roads, forests, rivers, oceans will instantly evaporate, and the atmosphere will be swept away.
New technology
Stunned with technology that can help us get from New York to Los Angeles in just... 1 second
There is still a long way to go, but surely this technology could one day allow us to get from New York to Los Angeles in under a second.
New technology
Korea's 'artificial sun' sets a new record
Scientists at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy set a new record when maintaining a superheated plasma stream for 30 seconds in a tokamak reactor.
Health
Discovered the second person in the world to cure himself of HIV
An Argentinian woman has become the second person in the world to have an immune system that may have helped her to cure herself of HIV.
Flu epidemic
British company tests skin patch vaccine with longer immunity
UK company Emergex will soon start clinical trials of a second-generation Covid-19 vaccine in the form of a paste that is applied to the skin and uses T cells to destroy…
1001 mystery
Seismologists are helpless before the strange event: Every 26 seconds, the Earth 'beats' a beat
Since the early 60s, scientists have discovered strange beats. The mystery still exists until now without a satisfactory answer.
Conquer Mars
Artificial intelligence only takes 5 seconds to detect a new crater on Mars
While NASA scientists need up to 40 minutes, artificial intelligence can analyze a picture of the Martian surface in just 5 seconds.
Conquer Mars
'Mysterious force' turns a planet into a second Earth
New research from the US shows that ancient Mars - the world thought to have been wetter than Earth - quickly and spectacularly possessed river valleys similar to ours.
History
Little-known history of tea - The world's second most popular beverage after water
Today, tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world, with the global market outpacing all of its closest competitors combined.
Animal world
Getting into the water pipe to pair, poisonous snakes were caught alive
Two oriental brown snakes, the second most venomous snake in the world, were caught when they crawled into people's homes during the breeding season.
Scientific application
China's 22 seconds animal feed making process
Experts develop new process to make protein for animal feed, benefit agriculture and reduce harmful emissions.