Alien-like metal may one day power your electronics
A little future science in the news. Bismuth is a heavy, brittle metal that forms colorful geometric crystals when melted and then slowly cooled…Bismuth has unique electronic properties that not only make it a good candidate for solar cells, but make it great for indoor use — a place where traditional photovoltaics don’t perform too…
New Theory On Time Indicates Present And Future Exist Simultaneously
Want to exercise your brain? trying wrapping your head around this… The box Universe theory describes “now” as an arbitrary place in time and states that the past, the future and the present all exist simultaneously. For more, check out this Scientific Mindset story.
Unknown Liquid Phase Discovered in Glass
According to scientists, an unknown liquid phase discovered in glass is ‘A New Type of Material’. the newly discovered liquid phase promises thin glass that’s more stable and denser than the materials that have come before – a progression that could open up different ways of using the glass, and even completely new types of…
What is Bitcoin mining and how does it work?
Well, I’m a little closer to understanding this stuff… Bitcoin mining is the process of creating new bitcoins by solving extremely complicated math problems that verify transactions in the currency. When a bitcoin is successfully mined, the miner receives a predetermined amount of bitcoin. For more, check out this Bankrate/MSN story.
Astronaut reports back on Earth’s climate disaster
He called it a “sad sight”. Thomas Pesquet, on his second tour at the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the planet, told Macron by video link that the destructive impact of human activity was becoming more and more visible, even from 400 kilometres (250 miles) away. From more, check out this AFP/MSN story.
Something keeps exploding in space…
…and astronomers have no idea what it is. After watching a bizarre space object repeatedly explode over 1,600 times in fairly short order, astronomers are still at a loss as to what it actually is…There are some patterns to them though. Most seem to release their energy in one go while a few have been…
New theory puts dark matter on the chopping block
What if dark matter didn’t exist? Sure, scientists have never observed it, but they believe it exists because of apparent gravitational effects. But what if our current understanding of gravity was just plain wrong? The question has been raised over the last several decades, but typically when a proposed modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) theory is…
Intel Unveils 12th Gen Intel Core
Intel launched the first products in the 12th Gen Intel Core family, including Intel Core i9-12900K; preorders start today with availability starting Nov. 4. New performance hybrid architecture delivers leaps in multi-threaded performance, enabling up to 2 times faster content creation compared to prior generation2. Six desktop processors launched today lead the industry with the…
Matrox Celebrates 45 Years
Kind of lost in today’s world of NVIDIA and AMD, was one of the pioneers of 3D add-in video cards. While they aren’t a household name anymore, Matrox is still around and celebrating 45 years in business. Since its founding in 1976, Matrox has borne witness to, and helped propel, major technological shifts. Matrox explored…
Level 5 atmospheric river to aid California
A Level 5 atmospheric river is set to unleash flooding across drought-stricken California. After nearly a year without rain, a series of potent Pacific storms are directed at Northern California this week, potentially bringing as much as a foot of rainfall and up to three feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada. For more, check…