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Researchers study the phase behavior of superionic water

  Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed machine learning techniques to study the phase behavior of superionic water - a phase in which hydrogen becomes liquid while oxygen remains solid-like on a crystalline lattice - with unprecedented resolving power. It is thought that superionic water can exist at depths greater than approximately one third of the radii of Uranus and Neptune, as it makes up the majority of the mantles of these ice-giant planets. Over three decades ago, superionic water was first proposed; however, it started to be measured recently and its optical properties (partly opaque) and oxygen lattices have been discovered recently. Planetary science depends heavily on understanding its properties, which are difficult to determine experimentally or theoretically. As a result of shorter simulation timeframes and small system sizes, superionic water simulations typically get a bit uncertain about the location of phase boundaries such a...

Top 4 Cloud File Storage and Backup Services

 4 Cloud File Storage and Backup Services  🔰 Google Drive  ðŸ”¹ Google’s product is installed in nearly all Androids and Chromebooks. Thus, it is an easy choice for those who already use the company’s other services.   In addition, Google Drive has significant storage space, automatically syncs photos, has quick options for sharing files, and tools to edit documents (texts, spreadsheets, and presentations).  ðŸ”°DropBox   ðŸ”¹ DropBox is one of the most successful and offers 2GB to store your files for free. Your backup is done automatically and synced across all devices.   The program is very handy and works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry. It comes up with the security of AES 256 bit encryption and file recovery options.    ðŸ”°iCloud   ðŸ”¹ The Apple service is exclusive for users of Apple products. iCloud saves nearly all of your data like contacts, calendars, pictures, or other document...

How far we have explored space and how far can we go? || The James Webb Space Telescope

  141 AU which is equal to 141 times the distance between Earth and Sun, Voyager 1 is able to travel the most in history. Even after traveling at the speed of 17 km/sec in space, which may sound a lot, it will take 1,700,000,000 years for Voyager 1 to cross the Milky Way Galaxy. Proxima Centauri, the second closest star from Earth after Sun is 4.2465 light years away and it would take 40,000 years for Voyager 1 to reach it. Parker Solar Probe recorded the highest speed in space which is 692,000 km/h and still, it would take more than 50,000 years to reach destinations like Proxima Centauri.  Now if we need to explore exoplanets, the factor we need to develop is speed. Out of many ways, the most well-known way to travel faster in space is Warp Drive where we use Antimatter to gain speed. Antiatoms are successfully built and research over Antimatter is being done. Big Bang should have produced a huge amount of Antimatter which may be lying far away in Universe The James We...

'Eye' of dying star captured by NASA's Hubble telescope

An image of a giant dying star has been uncovered by NASA's Hubble Telescope. Images have been released by Hubble showing a glowing blue variable star named AG Carinae exploding. In the galaxy, it is among the brightest and biggest stars Ag Carinae is a relatively young star with a mass between 55 and 70 times that of the Sun. The highest mass-loss rates are found in luminous blue variables (LBVs). In addition, they fluctuate quite significantly and exhibit high irregularity. Radiation pressure is pushed outward by this fluctuation. There is nothing more wild than its death throes. The eruptive variability of its eruption begins to exhibit its characteristics as it runs out of fuel to fuse into hydrogen.\ A star's core contracts as its material heats. Radiation is combating gravity in an attempt to avoid self-destruction while dust and gas surround it. Outer layers of the star were blown into space as if the lid of a boiling teapot had popped off  Different types of materials...

What is Coriolis Effect?

Coriolis Effect 👇 The Coriolis effect is the apparent curvature of global winds, ocean currents, and everything else that moves freely across the Earth’s surface. The curvature is due to the rotation of the Earth on its axis. The effect was discovered by the nineteenth century French engineer Gaspard C. Coriolis. He used mathematical formulas to explain that the path of any object set in motion above a rotating surface will curve in relation to objects on that surface.  If not for the Earth’s rotation, global winds would blow in straight north-south lines. What actually happens is that global winds blow diagonally. The Coriolis effect influences wind direction around the world in this way: in the Northern Hemisphere it curves winds to the right; in the Southern Hemisphere it curves them left. The exception is with low pressure systems. In these systems there is a balance between the Coriolis effect and the pressure gradient force and the winds flow in reverse.   Satellites ap...

Dream Home on Red planet? Scientists Develop Cosmic Concrete to Build House on Mars

  Researchers have developed a material like concrete that combines extraterrestrial dust and astronauts' sweat, blood, and tears. It is very expensive to transport even a single brick to Mars. An estimated US$2 million is required. In the future, Martian colonists will not be able to bring their building materials with them, but they will be able to obtain resources on-site for construction and shelter.   A protein found in blood plasma plays a crucial role as a binder for simulated dust from the moon, Mars, or both, and can produce emulsions similar to concrete, according to a study conducted at the University of Manchester. According to the article published in Materials Today Bio, the resulting AstroCrete material had compressive strengths of 25 MPa (Megapascals), similar to the 20-32 MPa seen in ordinary concrete. By incorporating urea, which is a biologically excreted waste product, the best performing material was capable of increasing its compressive strength by nearly...

Massive Solar Storms May Shutdown Internet Around The World, Fears Expert

Dated:-31 Aug 2021 Solar storms or coronal mass ejections are known to cause damage to electrical grids and cause blackouts, however, experts are of the belief that they could also adversely affect the internet infrastructure, causing a global internet outage.  This was revealed by the University of California, Irvine’s Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi at the SIGCOMM 2021 data communication conference last week. She revealed, in her research, that even though local and regional internet infrastructure would be at low risk of damage during extreme solar storms as they mostly use fibre optic cables and are not affected by geomagnetically induced currents. Even short cable spans that are susceptible to these storms are grounded regularly, eliminating the possibility of damage.  However, the same cannot be said for undersea cables that connect continents together. Even though most of these continents are connected via fibre optic cables, the repeaters that amplify the current at regular inte...