Gleb Smorodinov, a 9th grade student at the Kazan IT Lyceum, presented his invention at a meeting with the head of Rospatent Yuri Zubov. A student has created a device for treating strabismus in children, which automates the therapy process. The device has already been patented and is ready for production.
Simar Khurana, a six-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest video game developer in the world. This is reported by the website of the Guinness Book of Records.
Scientists from China have developed a prototype device that can deflect or move space debris, as well as attract spacecraft at a distance of up to 1 km. The device operates on the basis of a magnetized coaxial cannon that fires high-speed plasma rings. The study was published in the journal Systems Engineering and Electronics, according to the South China Morning Post.
Turkmen swimmers will take part in the international tournament, which will be held from September 12 to 16 in Dushanbe (Tajikistan).
Pirates and ordinary sailors of the 18th century were afraid of bananas and called this fruit cursed. And taking him on board, according to maritime superstitions, was forbidden as well as the presence of a woman on the ship. Therefore, in the old days, navigators considered it a bad omen to carry boxes of bananas with them, and among them there was an opinion that these tropical fruits bring bad luck and terrible catastrophes.
Cotton harvesting began in Turkmenistan on Saturday, September 9. The campaign unfolded in the Ahal, Balkan, Lebap and Mary regions simultaneously, and the northernmost region – Dashoguz – will join it on September 15.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has sent deep condolences to King Mohammed VI of Morocco in connection with the strong earthquake that occurred in the country, which caused numerous human casualties and large-scale destruction.
NASA published a satellite image of the Amu Derya in the gallery on its website on September 9. The description of the image states that "on September 4, 2023, the medium-resolution spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua satellite received a full-color image of the green stripe surrounding the Amu Derya River in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan."
For the first time, the evolutionary history of ancient tigers has been fully studied - an international team of scientists has traced the genetic history of the origin of these large predators in continental Asia. They examined the DNA code of more than 60 modern and fossil specimens and officially confirmed the existence of nine modern subspecies. The results of their work are published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Kingdom of Belgium (Brussels) Sapar Palvanov presented his credentials to the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg as the head of the mission of Turkmenistan to NATO.
The new law, which came into force in Kazakhstan on Saturday, September 9, establishes the rights and responsibilities of online platforms and bloggers. In particular, along with existing criminal liability, administrative liability is being introduced for the dissemination of false information online.
The sixth International Cultural Exhibition-Fair “Silk Road” took place in the Celestial Empire. More than 1,200 Chinese and foreign guests - politicians, heads of international organizations, cultural experts, historians and scientists - gathered in the city of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, bigasia reports.
The canvases of two painters from Turkmenistan will be exhibited at the exhibition of works by artists of the Turkic world in the city of Shusha. The vernissage will be held in Azerbaijan as part of the International Creative Meeting of Brush Masters from the Turkic world from September 10 to 20. TURKSOY is the organizer of the forum, the Azerbaijani press reports.
A literary evening dedicated to the life, poetic creativity and the upcoming celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great Turkmen thinker and classic poet of the East, Magtymguly Pyragy, was held in Islamabad. The initiator of the cultural action was the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Representatives of the Institute of Seismology and Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan took part in the international conference "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development 2023", which was held on September 7-8 in Tokyo. The forum was organized by the Scientific Council of Japan and brought together experts from various countries of the world.
