mauromar (73)in Project HOPE • 14 hours agoMIT researchers develop silk microneedles to fertilize plants/Investigadores del MIT desarrollan microagujas de seda para fertilizar las plantasSource Current fertilization techniques, especially the use of chemical fertilizers, have a significant environmental…mauromar (73)in #science • yesterdayNew way to measure time without counting cycles/Nueva manera de medir el tiempo sin necesidad de contar ciclosSource Measuring time is one of humanity's oldest practices, with a history dating back thousands of years. The first…mauromar (73)in #science • 2 days ago"Starline," the gigantic European high-speed metro project/"Starline", el gigantesco proyecto europeo de metro de alta velocidadSource Personally, I think the train is the best mode of transportation used; it has the most beautiful views, is…mauromar (73)in Project HOPE • 3 days agoSound could help us produce trillions of watts/El sonido podría ayudarnos a producir billones de vatiosSource Our civilization increasingly relies on energy for survival, and we must obtain this energy from sustainable…mauromar (73)in #science • 4 days agoAn unprecedented missile shield called "Golden Dome" and powered by SpaceX/Un escudo antimisiles sin precedentes llamado "Golden Dome" y con tecnología de SpaceXSource On March 23, 1983, then-US President Ronald Reagan announced the deployment of an initiative called the…mauromar (73)in #science • 5 days agoScientists restore sight to blind mice using gold nanoparticles and infrared light/Científicos devuelven la vista a ratones ciegos usando nanopartículas de oro y luz infrarrojaSource For better or worse, humans depend heavily on their sight for survival, as we lack the sense of smell of dogs…mauromar (73)in Project HOPE • 6 days agoChina and Russia will build a nuclear power plant on the Moon/China y Rusia construirán una central nuclear en la LunaSource As my older readers will recall, during the second half of the last century, in the midst of the Cold War…mauromar (73)in #science • 7 days agoNew antimicrobial paint that kills bacteria on contact/Nueva pintura antimicrobiana que elimina bacterias al contactoSource Another disruptive technology being developed, without the popularity or media impact of artificial…mauromar (73)in #science • 8 days agoGreen light for construction of the helicopter that will fly on Titan/Luz verde a la construcción del helicóptero que volará en TitánSource Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the second largest in the Solar System, surpassed only by Ganymede…mauromar (73)in Project HOPE • 9 days agoCATL launches a battery with 1500 km of autonomy and 520 km in 5 minutes of ultra-fast charging/CATL lanza una batería de 1500 km de autonomía y 520 km en 5 minutos de carga ultrarrápidaSource Until very recently, the range of electric vehicles and the ability to recharge their batteries was a major…mauromar (73)in #science • 10 days agoA new study reveals that sound waves can activate genes/Un nuevo estudio revela que las ondas sonoras pueden activar genesSource I remember when I was substantially younger and a heavy metal enthusiast, every time we attended a concert we…mauromar (73)in #science • 11 days agoDolphin Gemma, the Google AI that helps decode dolphin communication/Dolphin Gemma, la IA de Google que ayuda a decodificar la comunicación de los delfinesSource Artificial intelligence never ceases to amaze us with its revolutionary uses: vast language models practically…mauromar (73)in Project HOPE • 12 days agoThree teenagers invent a refrigerator that runs on salt and doesn't need electricity./Tres adolescentes inventan un frigorífico que funciona con sal y no necesita electricidadSource Normally, on this blog, I comment on news of major innovations by large companies, governments, or…mauromar (73)in #science • 13 days agoThe new sodium-iron battery wants to eat the conventional ones/La nueva batería de sodio-hierro quiere comerse a las convencionalesSource Personally, I believe that batteries are in their infancy and that, as time goes on, demand for batteries…mauromar (73)in #science • 14 days agoMineralization of CO2 to convert it into construction materials/Mineralización de CO2 para convertirlo en materiales de construcciónSource We've already mentioned hundreds of times on this blog how terrible our arch-enemy carbon dioxide is when it…mauromar (73)in Project HOPE • 15 days agoThe world's smallest flying robot looks like a bumblebee/El robot volador más pequeño del mundo, parece un abejorroSource When we talk about robots, we usually think of the humanoid robots we first saw in movies and now it seems…mauromar (73)in #science • 16 days agoA cement-hydrogel capable of generating and storing electricity/Un cemento-hidrogel capaz de generar y almacenar electricidadSource According to some experts, the next crisis will not be due to a lack of water or food, but rather a lack of…mauromar (73)in #science • 17 days agoNew laser system that cools chips with microscopic precision/Nuevo sistema láser que enfría los chips con precisión microscópicaSource One of the largest expenses, both in energy and water, for data centers is cooling. According to experts, the…mauromar (73)in Project HOPE • 18 days agoThree large pieces of space junk re-enter every day. How safe are we down here?/Cada día reingresan tres grandes piezas de basura espacial, ¿que tan seguros estamos aquí abajo?Source In the last five years, we have witnessed the fall to Earth of various space objects that, due to their size…mauromar (73)in #science • 19 days agoFungi capable of metabolizing gold may be the key to space mining/Hongos capaces de metabolizar el oro puede ser la clave de la minería espacialSource About six years ago, a group of Australian researchers from the CSIRO (Australia's national science agency)…