December 31, 2015

Named the best way to long-term storage of information

Psychologists from the UK and Germany have called the best way to long-term storage of information that does not require much effort from the people using it. The results of their research published authors in the journal Hippokampus, and brief them can be found at New Scientist.
According to experts, long-term memory recently received enough information to make a break of about ten minutes. During this period of time can not be distracted by other sources of information, such as watching TV or communicate in social networks.

December 30, 2015

The 113th element of the periodic table called Japan

The official announcement of the authorship of the 113th element of the periodic table will be held in late January, most likely, the authors call scientists from the Japanese Institute of RIKEN, and not the Russian-American group, said the Japanese media.According to the newspaper "Sankei" joint working group of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) in the IUPAC presented the outcome of the question of authorship and the conclusions that the author element should be recognized scientists RIKEN.

December 28, 2015

The military reported the establishment of a unique launch for the "Buk-M3"

For the future of air defense of ground forces of medium-range "Buk-M3" created a unique new missile, said on Saturday, December 26, at the radio station, "Russian news service" Head of the Air Defense Forces Lieutenant-General Alexander Leonov. His words led TASS.
"In launching transporting containers [complex] there are six missiles on each self-propelled fire installation. Missiles have become more compact, but nevertheless, they fly faster, farther, and more accurately. That has created a unique new missile, which will be more likely to destroy air targets ", - he said. According to him, each installation is now not four, but six channels, which is 1.5 times increased productivity.

December 27, 2015

Japan will be the 113th element of the periodic table

The new 113th chemical element in the periodic table, Dmitry will be called Japan. For the name of the new element now fighting teams of scientists from Russia, the US and Japan. It is reported by news agency Sputnik.
During the opening of the authorship of the 113th chemical element fighting two teams of Russian-American and Japanese. The first synthesis of element declared in 2003 after experiments conducted at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna.

In Russia, created an unmanned vertolet- "Bomber" for fighting fires

In Russia, created an unmanned helicopter complex, allowing quickly to put out spot fire hazards. This was announced by chief designer of KB "Seeker" Moscow Aviation Institute Dmitry Dyakonov, "Interfax".
"Tests spot fire suppression systems. The unmanned helicopter "Raven 700" dumped on the seat of the fire, "fire bomb" with the flame arrested substance (powder), "- said the deacon.
According to him, during the test, "Raven 700" hung over the fire burning and dumped him "bomb" (a parachute or not), which undermines the electronic detonator at the surface, whereby the flame arrested powder sprayed over a wide area.