BlogHide Resteemsmauromar (73)in science • 13 hours agoJust one month in space is enough for human heart tissue to age noticeably/Solo un mes en el espacio basta para que el tejido cardiaco humano envejezca notablementeSource At first glance, it seems that all the major powers, as well as some private companies, are committed to turning human beings into a multi-planetary species. But this is not a trivial…mauromar (73)in hive-175254 • yesterdayEntrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan wants to found a new country financed by crowdfunding/EL empresario Balaji Srinivasan quiere fundar un nuevo país financiado por crowdfundingSource Blockchain will undoubtedly be one of the most talked about new technologies, despite not being as media-friendly as artificial intelligence or virtual reality. While people continue to…mauromar (73)in science • 2 days agoThe world's largest indoor vertical farm will produce 1.8 million kg of strawberries per year/La mayor granja vertical de interior del mundo producirá 1,8 millones de kg de fresas al añoSource Two hundred years ago, Thomas Robert Malthus predicted a geometric or exponential increase in population, together with an arithmetic increase in agricultural food production, which could…mauromar (73)in science • 3 days agoNew graphene technology can help fight antibiotic resistance/Nueva tecnología del grafeno puede ayudar en la lucha contra la resistencia a los antibióticosSource In 2004, two Russian physicists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, successfully isolated a single layer of carbon atoms from graphite thus creating graphene, and this discovery earned…mauromar (73)in hive-175254 • 4 days agoA perovskite film so thin it turns any object into a solar panel/Una película de perovskita tan fina que convierte cualquier objeto en un panel solarSource At this point, no one doubts that solar energy is one of the most promising sources of energy for the immediate future, not only because it is a clean, free and inexhaustible source of…mauromar (73)in science • 6 days agoElon Musk's new achievement: a chip that will eliminate blindness/Nuevo logro de Elon Musk, un chip que eliminará la cegueraSource Depending on the pathology suffered by the blind patient, there are already devices and implants that can cure or alleviate certain types of blindness, retinal implants that convert light…mauromar (73)in science • 7 days ago5D memory crystal stores large amounts of information for millions of years/Cristal de memoria 5D almacena grandes cantidades de información durante millones de añosSource Preserving the data that humanity generates for posterity is a very difficult task, not only because of the huge amount of information to be stored but also because of its variety and…mauromar (73)in hive-175254 • 8 days agoA hidden ocean lurks deep beneath the crust of Mars/Un océano oculto se esconde en las profundidades de la corteza de MarteSource The idea that Mars once had oceans and rivers is gaining increasing acceptance among scientists. Scientists believe that Mars experienced a warm, wet period between 3.8 and 3 billion years…mauromar (73)in science • 8 days agoChan Zuckerberg (CZI), a virtual reality to see cells in 3D/Chan Zuckerberg (CZI), una realidad virtual para ver células en 3DSource Of all the super-millionaire geniuses of the last decades, Mark Zuckerberg is perhaps the one I trust the least and the one who, in my opinion, contributes the least to humanity. But it…mauromar (73)in science • 9 days agoWallace's Line: Why don't animals dare to cross this invisible border?/La línea de Wallace, ¿por qué los animales no se atreven a cruzar esta frontera invisible?Source The Wallace Line is a biogeographic boundary separating plant and animal species in Asia from those in Australasia, first proposed in 1859 by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who…mauromar (73)in hive-175254 • 10 days agoDNA computer can play chess and solve Sudoku puzzles/Ordenador de ADN puede jugar al ajedrez y resolver sudokusSource A DNA computer is a computer that, instead of using transistors and electronic circuits to process information, uses the molecules of life itself. Instead of bits that are either 1 or 0, DNA…mauromar (73)in science • 11 days agoA wobble on Mars could be a sign of dark matter/Un bamboleo de Marte puede ser señal de materia oscuraSource Dark matter is a mysterious substance that neither emits nor absorbs light, making it invisible to our telescopes even though experts say it comprises eighty percent of all the matter in the…mauromar (73)in science • 13 days agoGoogle will have a network of satellites to detect forest fires in time/Google tendrá una red de satélites para detectar incendios forestales a tiempoSource Wildfires cause devastating damage globally, both environmentally and economically and socially, destroying habitats, leading to the loss of plant and animal species, some of which are…mauromar (73)in hive-175254 • 13 days agoSynthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful and cheaper than natural ones/Los diamantes sintéticos ya son más puros, bonitos y baratos que los naturalesSource Diamonds, like gold or platinum, have always been highly valued in society, curiously more for their ornamental and ritual value than for their intrinsic utility. Beyond their shine and…mauromar (73)in science • 14 days agoHiiTCHECK, the digital thermometer that works with your smartphone/HiiTCHECK, el termómetro digital que funciona con tu smartphoneSource The older of my readers will remember that cylindrical device, with a printed scale of numbers and one of the edges with a small silver deposit containing mercury. This cylinder was…mauromar (73)in science • 16 days agoGerman scientists have just discovered hydrogen powder/Científicos alemanes acaban de descubrir el hidrógeno en polvoSource Hydrogen is emerging as a key piece in the puzzle of the energy transition towards a more sustainable future for several reasons: when hydrogen is burned, it produces only water as a…mauromar (73)in hive-175254 • 16 days agoNew device that uses body heat to generate its own energy/Nuevo dispositivo que aprovecha el calor corporal para generar su propia energíaSource A wearable is an electronic device worn on the body, usually in the form of accessories such as watches, bracelets, glasses or clothing, which are usually connected to the Internet and…mauromar (73)in science • 18 days agoMembrane created by MIT scientists to decontaminate water/Membrana creada por científicos del MIT para descontaminar el aguaSource We have commented hundreds of times on how scarce drinking water is on our planet and how dirty we humans are, not only filling everything with plastic bags to the point of forming real…mauromar (73)in science • 19 days agoFloating solar panels designed to operate in extreme marine environments/Paneles solares flotantes diseñados para operar en entornos marinos extremosSource Certainly, on a planet whose surface is three-quarters covered by water, it seems logical to think that the best place to place solar panels would be the stormy ocean and this seems to be…mauromar (73)in hive-175254 • 19 days agoResearchers manage to create logic gates without electricity/Investigadores consiguen crear puertas lógicas sin electricidadSource A logic gate is like a very special switch that works with electrical signals, each logic gate has one or more inputs, where it receives electrical signals. Depending on the type of gate, it…
