Every day many events are happening in the world of science. The world is moving every moment, many things are changing. New research papers are being published, new research is being reported. Some issues are so far-reaching that their impact will be understood much later. Take a look at such things and events at a glance, know briefly.

Maya civilization

Find the largest prime number
A member of the great Internet Marsan Prime Search, or GIMPS, has discovered a new prime number after a long six-year wait. On October 12, former Nvidia employee Luke Durant discovered the prime number. This new basic number has 4 crore 10 lakh 24 thousand 320 digits.

If one were to write down this huge prime number in notebook, it would take months. The new prime number is And the number is named 'M136279841'. It would take about 237 days to read the number completely, even if two digits were read per second.

36-year-old Luke Durant joined the search in October last year. To find this number, he used thousands of graphics processing units in 24 data centers in 17 countries around the world.

Luke Durant is being awarded 3 lakh US dollars, i.e. about 36 million taka, for discovering a new prime number. He will donate the money of this award to the Department of Mathematics at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science in the United States.

Searching for a lost city in the jungles of Mexico
An incredible city of the centuries-old Maya civilization has been discovered in the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with modern lasers. This city had about 6,674 structures, which were about 1500 years ago. Structures include pyramids such as Chichen Itza and Tikal. The research paper was published in the academic journal Antiquity on October 29 .

The researchers used Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) maps from a previous study to map the area. In this method, a laser beam is directed onto an object. The distance of the object is determined by measuring the time it takes for the reflected light to return. Many ancient cities have been discovered in the last few years using this method.

The research was done by Northern Arizona University archaeologist Luke Old-Thomas and his team. Maya structures have never been explored before in east-central Campeche, Mexico. Luke Old-Thomas and his team discovered this hidden Maya city by analyzing the carbon of an area of ​​129 square kilometers.