British scientists find out that coffee reduces the risk of developing chronic liver diseases. Specialists also proved the ability of the drink to reduce the likelihood of death in such cases, reports The Guardian. Researchers analyzed data 494,585 participants in the British Bobank – a project aimed at finding genetic factors and environmental factors. The experiment participated volunteers from 40...
In November 2020, Alphabet-owned AI firm DeepMind announced that it had cracked one of biology’s trickiest problems. For years the company had been working on an AI called AlphaFold that could predict the structure of proteins – a challenge that could prove pivotal for developing drugs and vaccines, and understanding diseases. When the results of the biennial protein-predicting challenge...
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have come up with a way to use carpets to monitor humans without using privacy-invading cameras. The so-called intelligent carpet could have applications in personalized healthcare, smart homes, and gaming. It also might offer a more privacy-friendly way of delivering healthcare to people who need to be remotely monitored by...
A 10-storey residential building in China’s Changsha city was just built in 28 hours and 45 minutes. Broad Group, the developer of the building, shared a nearly five-minute-long video on its YouTube channel on June 13, where it showed how the entire structure was erected. We have often come across stories of the least time taken to construct a building...
New Curtin research has shown how a readily available, cheap and safe-to-use product found in the medicine cabinet of most homes could be the key to better ecological restoration practices with major benefits for the environment and agriculture. The study revealed that aspirin, which naturally occurs in the bark of the willow tree and other plants, can improve the survival...
Academician Vagif Farzaliyev was appointed the Director General of Academician A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives. On June 18, a regular meeting of the Presidium of ANAS was held. Personnel issues were also discussed at the meeting. By the corresponding decisions of the Presidium, directors general were appointed: Academician Murtuza Nagiyev Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry - Academician Dilgam...
The defense of master's theses in the specialties "Chemistry of Nanomaterials", "Environmental Chemistry", "Petrochemistry" and "Organic Chemistry" of the 2nd year undergraduates of Academician Y.Mammadaliyev Institute of Petrochemical Processes and Academician A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS was held. Undergraduates of the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS in the specialty "Organic Chemistry" - Gulgun Abdullayeva and...
The Azerbaijan Institute for Standardization has established the "Technical Committee for Standardization (AZSTAND / TK-34) of Additives, Lubricating Oils, Greases and Special Fluids" at the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS. According to the director of the institute, academician Vagif Farzaliyev, the purpose of creating the Technical Committee is to develop and improve the necessary standards for additives, lubricating oils,...
A transparent metallic film allowing a viewer to see in the dark could one day turn regular spectacles into night vision googles. The ultra-thin film, made of a semiconductor called gallium arsenide, could also be used to develop compact and flexible infrared sensors, scientists say. Though still a proof of concept, the researchers believe it could eventually be turned into a cheap and...
On June 11, 2021, at the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS, with the participation of the Primary Territorial Organization of the New Azerbaijan Party (NAP), the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists and the Trade Union of the Institute, an event was held on the theme "The reasons for the victory in the Patriotic War and lessons learned",...