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China accelerates global science and may surpass the United States in 2 years with increased public investment, continuous growth, and direct impact on the global technological competition.
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (824+ words) The race for global scientific leadership has entered a more intense phase. The possibility of China taking the lead in public research funding puts pressure on the United States and changes the power dynamics in crucial areas such as technology,…...
Man builds functional 5-meter submarine in his garage using gas cylinders, PVC pipes, and a refrigerator motor, and navigates with the vessel on a lake in Colombia.
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (1136+ words) Steve was 26 years old when he watched a television program about Andy Seymour, creator of a home-built submarine called The Kraken. The idea that it would be possible to build a functional submersible in one's own garage turned from curiosity…...
Scientists from an international project drill 1,800 meters of ice in Antarctica using hot water and discover details about one of the most intriguing places on planet Earth.
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (588+ words) A historic drilling beneath the West Antarctic ice has revealed surprising evidence about Earth's climatic past. Scientists managed to reach the bedrock at nearly 1,800 meters deep and extracted a geological core that records up to 23 million years of history. The…...
Expedition 501: Scientists drill into the ocean floor and discover a giant reserve of fresh water hidden beneath the sea, extracting nearly 50,000 liters and revealing an invisible system that could reshape the map of water scarcity.
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (1261+ words) Reserves of freshwater hidden beneath the seafloor have once again attracted scientific attention after an international expedition drilled the continental shelf off Cape Cod, in the United States, and retrieved thousands of samples from a subterranean system that may extend…...
Volcanic lava transforms into threads as fine as human hair that travel over 30 kilometers by wind and fall like cutting rain on roofs and backyards in Hawaii and Iceland.
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (844+ words) The process that converts lava into glass filaments begins at the exact moment of the eruption. According to a recent study published in the journal Geology, when the bubbling lava is pulled by jets of volcanic gases, the molten material…...
Scientists discover that humanity has exchanged one environmental disaster for another: the same chemicals that saved the ozone layer are now contaminating rivers, aquifers, and human blood with an eternal pollutant that is impossible to remove.
16+ hour, 59+ min ago (844+ words) Trifluoroacetic acid is a fluorinated acid molecule that belongs to the same family as PFAS'the so-called "eternal chemicals" because they resist decomposition in nature. Once formed, TFA easily dissolves in water, moves with rivers and groundwater, and is extremely difficult…...
Bill Gates revealed that the true secret behind every great achievement is not a brilliant leap but rather small improvements repeated over the years, and the data from his own career and the fight against climate change prove that he is right.
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (1087+ words) The central idea of Bill Gates is that great achievements do not happen in a dramatic moment, but accumulate over years of constant adjustments. In the climate context, this means that changing an incandescent bulb to LED, sealing a draft…...
Researchers from Embrapa have discovered how to transform the saline water found in 140,000 wells in the Brazilian Semi-Arid region into a tool for producing food in an area where agriculture has always relied solely on rainfall.
18+ hour, 7+ min ago (1036+ words) Biosaline agriculture is a production model that uses saline or brackish water to irrigate crops and raise animals in integrated systems. Instead of treating salinity as an obstacle, the approach selects plant and animal species that tolerate or even benefit…...
China launches the world's most advanced weather satellite with 6 scientific instruments, a lightning detector, and artificial intelligence capable of predicting storms, tornadoes, and hail with unprecedented accuracy.
17+ hour, 23+ min ago (767+ words) The Fengyun-4C meteorological satellite quickly detects phenomena such as storms, tornadoes, hail, and strong winds, issues alerts, and shares data with the international community. The Chinese early warning system MAZU, based on artificial intelligence, analyzes the information captured by the…...
Engineer creates reforestation method that transforms small plots into dense forests in a few years using local biomass and can reduce environmental recovery costs.
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (814+ words) The Miyawaki method was developed in Japan starting in the 1970s, based on the idea of recreating dense native forests using local species planted intensively. Alone, the producer applies 7,400 hectares with the T100 drone in an optimized structure, replaces the generator with…...