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_{10 Dec 2015 12:00:12}

Scientists have solved the mystery of the origin of the bright spots on Ceres (video)

Scientists from the max Planck Institute in Germany found the explanation of the bright spots on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres. About their origin there are disputes, since the publication of the images in the summer of 2015. They voiced different hypothesis: it was assumed that the probe Dawn recorded traces cryovolcanism activity, the spots were also called salt stains and ufologists saw the alien buildings.

_{09 Dec 2015 14:30:16}

The Ministry of health of the USA has approved the use of "plugs" for bullet wounds

the American Control for sanitary supervision of food and drug administration (FDA) approved the civilian use of a special applicator to stop bleeding for a gunshot wound. Last year, the use of XSTAT 30 began military, now the device will be available everywhere.

_{08 Dec 2015 14:00:18}

Scientist have found a hidden portrait of "Mona Lisa"

French researcher Pascal Cotte announced that he had found under the portrait of the "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo Da Vinci another portrait. This is the conclusion the Frenchman came after 10 years of studying paintings using the technology of intense flashes of light: the camera captures reflections of light, measurement of which enables to recover between layers, says BBC.

_{08 Dec 2015 09:30:14}

Invulnerable to antibiotics, the microbe began global expansion

the Bacteria with a gene that provides resistance to "antibiotics of last resort", found in China and Denmark. Scientists urgently looking for these microorganisms in other countries. The new discovery indicates that gram-negative bacteria can become immune to antibiotics: all the necessary genes already available.

_{07 Dec 2015 16:00:20}

In the US developed the first "live" silicon microchip

researchers from Columbia University in new York combined in a single chip, the elements of biological systems and silicon microelectronics. In the future this will allow to implant the nanoelectronics into living cells and actively "borrow" elements of biological systems to their integration into electronic gadgets, writes "RIA Novosti".

_{07 Dec 2015 13:00:12}

Scientists have printed living vessels of the circulatory system

Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore national laboratory in the USA was able to print on a 3D printer live the circulatory system. They can be used to create artificial tissue, is almost indistinguishable from the real thing. However, this is a fairly remote scenario, as the vessels now resemble a plate of spaghetti.

_{04 Dec 2015 17:30:19}

"Roskosmos" were asked to choose a name for a space ship: "Astra", "Russian Federation", "Leader"

the Russian state Corporation "Roskosmos" has identified the top 10 possible names for future spacecraft from nearly 6,000 submitted to the contest. In their group in a social network "Vkontakte" the Corporation invited users to vote for the best, in their opinion, the name. It can be "Astra", "Galaxy", "Vector" or "Gagarin".