Technology

Between 16 and 19 million years ago, in the early Miocene, a species of bat three times larger than modern bats lived in New Zealand.

The possibility of finding life on our neighbor, the red planet, Mars, has once again jumped to the fore after the discovery of traces of methane in six volcanic rock meteorites from Mars that were recovered on Earth. The study has been carried out by a team of scientists from Yale University (USA)

A team of researchers from the Institute of Molecular Science in La Trobe (Australia) has achieved a new scientific milestone: capturing the last stages of the death of a human white blood cell using time-lapse microscopy. The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has confirmed in an interview that this restricted research zone exists.

Computers and water do not usually get along very well, however, a team of researchers from Stanford University (USA) has managed to develop a computer with a unique characteristic: bits of information are replaced by drops of water . Thus, the device, in addition to processing information, processes matter. The groundbreaking work has been published in the journal Nature Physics.

Thanks to the images offered by NASA, ESA, JAXA, etc., every day we bring you a spectacular image of the universe. We showed them to you in this photo gallery in 2015

After 7 months of absolute silence, the Philae robot has awakened from its slumber. Thanks to the fact that the comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko on which Philae rests is getting closer and closer to the Sun, it has been able to receive enough energy to recharge its batteries and contact the Earth. ESA's Rosetta probe transmitted the following message: "Incredible news. My 'lander' Philae is awake!"

Her name is Valkyrie (Very deep Autonomous Laser-powered Kilowatt-class Yo-yoing Robotic Ice Explorer). It is a cryobot (robot designed to operate on glacial ice) devised by NASA to tunnel through the ice sheets to penetrate the subterranean seas that are more difficult to access. The cryobot is already in the testing phase on Alaska's Matanuska Glacier. If the project is successful, it will be the first step in sending you to explore the underground oceans of icy moons like Jupiter or Europa or even outside our solar system - someday.