• Supersonic passenger aircraft XB-1 made its first experimental flight

    Supersonic passenger air travel ceased more than 20 years ago. The last French supersonic aircraft, Concorde, flew for the last time on November 26, 2003. It was decided to abandon them for various reasons, the main of which is discomfort during flights, and it is felt by both airplane passengers and people on the ground…

  • Why you can’t re-fry in vegetable oil

    Surely everyone has heard that vegetable oil cannot be reused for frying foods, since at temperatures of 200 degrees and above carcinogens are formed in it. More precisely, as a result of thermal exposure, glycidyl ethers are formed from mono- and diglycerides, which are presumably carcinogens; in any case, they cause cancer in rodents. However,…

  • Ants have found “nannies”, or why their queens stop watching over their children

    Social Environment Shapes the Behavior of Queen AntsFor decades, the image of the queen ant has been one of unyielding specialization: a tireless egg-laying machine in the very heart of the colony. However, new research conducted at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) makes interesting adjustments to this long-standing view. Discuss© Ferra Research published in the…

  • Complete thermal pastes of coolers were compared with MX5, GD900, Alsil and KPT-8

    Here's what the experiment showed: Complete thermal pastes for coolers were compared with MX5, GD900, Alsil and KPT-8. On the YouTube channel Voiaka found out which thermal pastes make sense to take and which ones are better to refuse. Seven models participated in the experiment. Discuss© Voiaka The host of the YouTube channel Voiaka compared…

  • Game developers call the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro “pointless”

    And quite justifiably, according to insider Christopher Dring from GamesIndustry.biz, some game studios were skeptical about the idea of ​​releasing an intermediate PlayStation 5 Pro console. Discuss© Ferra.ru The developers consider the appearance of such a model to be premature and pointless at this stage. In their opinion, the capabilities of the basic PlayStation 5…

  • Mir Pay has been removed from the Google app store

    There is RuStore The Mir Pay application, developed by the National Payment Card System (NSCP), has just been removed from the Play Store. Discuss © Mir Pay Most likely, the reason for removing the application from the application store was the sanctions that Google had to comply with. Mir Pay is a mobile application that…

  • Steam may be coming to Xbox consoles

    And along with him, EGS, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, Phil Spencer, spoke about plans to make the Xbox ecosystem more open. Discuss© Ferra.ru In the future, third-party digital platforms for selling games, such as Epic Games, may appear on consoles of this line Store or Steam. According to Spencer, historically, console manufacturers have…

  • De vill bygga järnvägar på månen för resor mellan månstationer

    Det enda rymdobjekt som någonsin har besökts av människor är månen. Mänskligheten har mycket stora planer för det: för det första vill astronauter återvända dit under de närmaste åren. Sedan planerar flera länder att bygga månstationer på dess yta så att forskare i framtiden ska ha en plats att bo. Därefter kan laboratorier och till…

  • Hur hasslurar flyger i 10 månader utan att landa och inte dör

    I dag vet forskare om existensen av 11 tusen fågelarter. Många av dem tillbringar enormt mycket tid i luften eftersom det är livsviktigt för dem. Först och främst, under flygningen, letar fåglar efter mat – från stor höjd är det bäst synligt. Dessutom hjälper förmågan att flyga dem att fly från rovdjur och även täcka…

  • Supersonic passagerarflygplan XB-1 gjorde sin första experimentflygning

    Överljudsflyget för passagerare upphörde för mer än 20 år sedan. Det sista franska överljudsflygplanet, Concorde, flög för sista gången den 26 november 2003. Det beslutades att överge dem av olika anledningar, varav den främsta är obehag under flygningar, och det känns av både flygplanspassagerare och människor på marken på grund av den karakteristiska bomullen. NASA…