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For the first time in a century, scientists have officially described a new species of wild cat. The miniature predator, named the tilcayo, had been hiding from science in Bolivia’s misty cloud forests.

Scientists have discovered a dinosaur fossil buried hundreds of meters underground, not at a traditional excavation site but inside a drill core from a copper mineral resources survey in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Belarusian scientists have identified new habitats and growing sites of rare animal and plant species, Pavel Geshtovt, Deputy General Director for Scientific and Innovative Work of the Applied Science Center for Bioresources at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said at a press conference on 26 August, BelTA has learned.

Experts at Innopolis University have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based software solution that automatically identifies cracks, faults, veins, breccias (sedimentary rocks), and other geological structures in photographs of core samples. Core samples are rock specimens extracted during exploratory drilling. The new method will increase the accuracy of core analysis tenfold and speed up the creation of geological models of mineral deposits. This is reported on the website of the university, a partner of TV BRICS.

Researchers at South Ural State University, a partner of TV BRICS, have developed an innovative thermal barrier coating by combining glass with an aluminium alloy, offering a new solution for protecting engine components operating under extreme conditions.