The lastest chemical discoveries
Making the first compound of metallic hydrogen and its disappearance
About a century after theorizing, Harvard University researchers were finally able to make metallic hydrogen. To make it, researchers put hydrogen under more pressure than the core of the center of the earth. Metallic hydrogen can be used in superconductors. But about two months later, when scientists were experimenting on this compound, a simple error caused the only sample of metallic hydrogen in the world to disappear!
Making a new liquid metal
Researchers have created a new material from liquid metals and magnetic particles. This new material is called eGaln, and interestingly, the ability of the new material to create or change magnetic fields in the liquid state is five times more powerful than pure liquid metal.
Scientists have found a way to encode DNA and store information that is 100 times more efficient than previous methods and can store 215 petabytes of information on one gram of DNA. In experiments using an algorithm called DNA Fountain, scientists stored six files (a short film, an entire computer OS, and an Amazon gift card) into a DNA particle.
Solid cloud construction
MIT researchers have created a new type of material called “supersolid” that has the properties of both solid and “superliquid” materials. This substance has combined the two opposite properties of solid and superfluid. According to the researchers, this discovery will greatly help the production of superconducting magnets and energy-saving transportation systems.
The oldest sign of life was discovered
Microorganisms in the form of small red tubes have been found in the rocks of northeastern Canada, which are actually the oldest fossils on the planet. While studying 3.77 billion year old rocks, scientists noticed tubular fossils in red color.
