New Insect Species in the World Discovered by Davis Marthin Damaledo from NTT

                  New species of insect in the world discovered in NTT (Photo: X)

A new species of insect was discovered by a boy named Davis Marthin Damaledo from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). He is in the spotlight after discovering a new species of insect that has never been identified before.

His name is now immortalized in a scientific publication entitled Nesiophasma sobesonbaaii n. sp. -a new giant stick insect from the island of Timor, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea) published last March 2023. As reported by various sources, Thursday (28/12/2023), the new insect species found by Davis has a twig-like shape. The color is bright green with a fairly large size, about 20cm.

The insect was discovered by Davis in 2021. At that time, Davis, who had been collecting insects since childhood, found it perched on a guava tree in Oemasi Village, Kupang, NTT.

Davis then took the unique insect home and enlisted the help of his fellow insect hobbyist, Garda Bagus Damastra to identify it. Unfortunately, both found a dead end.

Garga only managed to find out the genus, namely Nesiophasma. Garda then enlisted the help of Canadian insect researcher Frank H. Hennemann to conduct further identification by sending the insect to Canada.

The identification results said that the twig insect found by Davis was a new species. Davis and Garda were involved in the research and named the new specification Nesiophasma Sobesonbaaii.

The name Sobesonbaaii itself is taken from the national hero from NTT, Sobe Sonbai III. With his findings, Davis and his colleague who also helped, Garda are in the ranks of world-class authors of scientific publications.

Source: education.okezone.com

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A Glance About Nikuba, The Water Gasoline Found by Aryanto Misel

Here is a glimpse of Nikuba, "water gasoline" invented by Indonesians.

            SOLOPOS.COM - Nikuba, the Niku Banyu fuel tool created by Aryanto. (Business)

Recently there has been a lot of buzz on social media about the discovery of Nikuba "water gasoline" (Niku Banyu) by Aryanto Misel, a resident of Lemahabang Wetan, Lemahabang District, Cirebon Regency, West Java. Here's a quick look at Nikuba.

Aryanto also plans to sell his findings overseas, not to develop them domestically with the government.

What is Nikuba? Launching from the TNI AD website, Nikuba is a tool that has the function of separating hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) contained in water (H2O). The separated hydrogen is then flowed into the combustion chamber of the motorized vehicle engine.

Solopos.com reported, the news about "water gasoline" was circulating on social media and went viral. Especially with the video of a group of TNI members riding motorbikes not fueled by gasoline but water.

Quoted by Solopos.com from Bisnis.com and Gridoto.com, from the video uploaded on the Instagram account @info_tetangga, the TNI motorbike uses water as fuel for the engine's combustion chamber.

Using a machine named Nikuba which stands for Niku Banyu (That's Water) the water is converted into fuel because the machine has an electrolysis generator.

With Nikuba, water (H2O) is split into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2). The hydrogen gas will enter the vehicle's combustion chamber and become fuel through the air ducts in the carburetor.

However, it must be ensured that the water to be used does not contain heavy metals to be able to run motorized vehicles or pure water.

Gasoline from water was tested on 30 motorbikes belonging to the Siliwangi Military Command III. The motorbike has also been used on the road from Cirebon to Semarang.

Throughout the journey, the Nikuba-fueled motorbike only requires 1 liter of water. The Nikuba machine is also priced at IDR 4.5 million per unit. (Business.com)

The Nikuba machine that converts water into fuel was made by Aryanto Misel, a resident of Lemahabang Wetan, Lemahabang District, Cirebon Regency, West Java.

Aryanto Misel's findings also received comments from an expert at the Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Tri Yuswidjajanto.

Even Yuswidjajanto, has done detailed calculations on the findings of the Nikuba tool. The calculation results say, it is difficult to prove that gasoline from water is able to provide energy to travel even up to tens of kilometers.

"H2O cannot replace gasoline because H2O production is limited by the electricity supply from the battery [battery]," he said.

Moreover, he continued, the maximum capacity of the battery can only produce 0.7 percent of the energy needed by the motor. If H2O production is increased, then the battery will come up short.

So that the motor will strike because there is no power supply to the spark plugs. According to him, H2O can only function as a supplement.

"But in this case I really want to invite a discussion between the inventors of Nikuba to do the calculations together, so that it can be conveyed to the public," he said.

Source: Solopos.com

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An island appeared in the Maluku Tanimbar Archipelago after the earthquake

the phenomenon of a new island in Teinaman Village, North Tanimbar sub-district, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 rocked Maluku. ANTARA/Residents Handout/aa.

"an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 resulted in a pile of material forming an island"

An island appeared on the surface of the water in Tanimbar Islands Regency, Maluku, after an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 shook the area in the early hours of Tuesday.

"The findings in Teinaman Village, North Tanimbar District, an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 resulted in a pile of material forming an island," said the Head of Teinaman Village, North Tanimbar District, Bony Kelmaskossu, when contacted from Ambon, Tuesday.

He said this phenomenon caused the entire Teinaman Village community to panic and fear so they temporarily fled.

"The policy that was adopted, we directed the community to temporarily evacuate," said Bony Kelmaskossu.

He hopes that the government and related technical agencies will follow up on the phenomenon that occurred in the village.

The Coordinator of the BMKG Class I Ambon Geophysics Station Data and Information Division, Luthfy Pary stated, regarding the island phenomenon that appeared in Teinaman Village, his party could not provide more detailed information because it needed a more in-depth study.

A term similar to this phenomenon is known as "mud volcano", but requires more in-depth study.

*The information we have is incomplete whether the phenomenon is purely caused by the after-effects of the earthquake or not, so far we have not received accurate information," he said.

A tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 occurred on Tuesday morning. The epicenter of the earthquake is located at coordinates 7.37° LS; 130.23° East Longitude, or to be precisely located in the sea at a distance of 136 Km to the Northwest of West Southeastern Maluku, Maluku at a depth of 130 km.

Taking into account the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was of a medium type due to the subduction activity of the Banda Sea.

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School of Recycled Plastic Bricks in Lombok Claimed to be Earthquake Resistant

SDN 4 Taman Sari, West Lombok, is a pilot school built using recycled plastic bricks and claims to be earthquake resistant (KOMPAS.COM/KARNIA SEPTIA KUSUMANINGRUM)

The building of SDN 4 Taman Sari, Medas Bentaur Hamlet, Gunung Sari, West Lombok, NTB, which was built using bricks made of recycled plastic is claimed to be earthquake-resistant.

"If a natural disaster such as an earthquake later occurs, it will still sway but be elastic," said the Principal of SDN 4 Taman Sari, Maksun, Wednesday (16/6/2021).

If an earthquake occurs and children are indoors, they still have a chance to save themselves.

"Later, if it's too big, it won't collapse like a normal building. That's why we are trying to use materials like this because it's a bit prone to disasters here," said Maksun.

The head of the Pelita Foundation, Satriawan Amri, said that the plastic bricks or eco blocks used are tough, so they are quite safe in the event of an earthquake.

"God willing, it is strong, because there are no points of cracking. Because it is tough. If an earthquake the cracks spread, if it is tough. God willing, it can withstand earthquakes," said Satriawan.

Apart from being earthquake-resistant, the use of recycled plastic bricks can be a solution to turning plastic waste into something useful.

Communities can also use plastic waste to be sold at processing factories.

"The work is fast, labor costs are short, and don't use sand, don't use cement," said Satriawan.

Lego-like plastic bricks can save processing time.

SDN 4 Taman Sari, West Lombok, is a pilot school built using recycled plastic bricks and claims to be earthquake resistant (KOMPAS.COM/KARNIA SEPTIA KUSUMANINGRUM)

Meanwhile, the drawback of this material, it will burn if exposed to fire. "If the sunlight is still safe," said Satriawan.

SDN 04 Taman Sari is the first plastic block school in the world, which was initiated by Classroom of Hope (Australia) in collaboration with Block Solutions (Finland), Pelita Foundation Lombok, and the Regional Government of NTB.

Currently, recycled plastic bricks for school construction are shipped directly from Finland.

The eco-block raw material used consists of recycled plastic waste and wood powder.

"All 100 percent of plastic waste, but because in Finland there is a shortage of raw materials for plastic waste, it is mixed with sawdust from sawdust," explained Satriawan.

In the future, if a plastic brick manufacturing factory is established in NTB, 100 percent of the materials used will be recycled plastic waste.

Apart from SDN 4 Taman Sari, it is planned that there will be four more schools in North Lombok Regency which will be built using recycled plastic brick raw materials.

"We plan to go to KLU, there are 4 schools to be built," said Satriawan.

Source: Kompas.com

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