The 10 least known scientific stories of the year.

European astronaut's dinner.

In addition to the outstanding progress of key sciences, there are also published works but very few people are interested. Of the 330 stories about scientists, the following 10 stories are the most fun, but least well known in 2005.

1. If you are lucky to be a member of the crew of the upcoming European space station, on a long-term mission, you will be able to choose one of 11 dishes for dinner , like " Bread (Mars style) and green tomato jam "," sweet potato and tomato pastries "(June 15)

Honey bees can find mines

2. Bees looking for mines: in the world, every year, more than 15,000 people die from mines buried in the ground (the consequences of war). With the current removal rate, at least 450 years from now, we will be able to remove all the hidden mines in the land from known lands, not to mention unknown areas. Therefore, scientists at US universities are looking for ways to train bees to locate landmines in the soil by identifying odors. (17-8)

Robo square cake

3. Robot with square wheels: In the history of development, people have gone from square wheels to round wheels. And today, so does Robot. From an idea that a system consists of a square wheel, a company has produced robots with square wheels to keep the robot balanced by gravity. (5-12)

4. Flying Princess Butterfly: The Monarch Butterfly (Monarch) is known for its long journeys between Canada and Mexico every year without getting lost over 3000 km. The secret is: in their eyes there is a device to receive ultraviolet rays, which gives them the ability to orient themselves. (August 22)

5. Control the speed of light: Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) announce that light can travel faster than light. They announced that, thanks to a special type of glass,

Spaghetti noodles dry when about to break

they can make light slow at only 71,000 km / s, or they can bring light beyond 300,000 km / s thanks to an extremely special environment. The idea of ​​this will shock the scientific world, any doubt . (20-8)

6. Why can't spaghetti strands break in two?: French scientists have discovered that why un-cooked spaghetti fibers can only break 3, 5, 7 or even 10 segments. small, but very rarely broken into two parts. The reason is due to the typical wavy steps of the tube at the bends. They said that this finding is not trivial because it can be applied to improve the stability of the works. (11-9)

7. Carbonic gas storage in the ocean: one of the methods to reduce air pollution is to liquefy it and store it in another environment such as the ocean. But it is difficult to pump this Carbonic liquid into the sea at a depth of 800 - 3000 m to prevent Carbonic gas from returning to the atmosphere. It is a very crazy idea, to assume that fish does not need to breathe like a human. (4-11)

Trains run on Biogas

8. Trains run by Biogas: The first train powered by Biogas from the first cow dung in the world was introduced in Sweden. It can carry up to 60 passengers per car and can run 600 km of road with a maximum speed of 130 km / h. Anyway, it is farther away from Vietnamese trains in terms of speed and price. (October 27)

9. The pillow is a harmful thing to our health: No wonder, knowing that the pillow is an extremely good growth environment for mushrooms. According to a study of 70 years of a team of University of Manchester-UK scientists, fungal cells in the pillow are capable of causing disease, including death for you. (October 15)

10. Mathematical equations for processes of life: It can be known under the name, the law of proportion in 1/4 power, can explain the metabolism of animals. For example, the animal's metabolic rate is proportional to their mass by 3/4 power. And this 3/4 rule is right for every creature from microorganism to whale. (21-2)

Sometimes, scientific studies seem to be crazy, so much to be missed has a huge impact on our lives.