BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – Bioengineers in California have developed a system that allows human heart cells to function outside the body, a development that could potentially prove a powerful tool …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: April 14, 2015
SpaceX rocket blasts off, then lands – too hard – on ocean barge
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida on Tuesday to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, then flipped around and made a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Spitzer, OGLE spot planet deep within our galaxy
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•NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away, making it one of the most distant …read more Source:: Science
Rocket startup unveils battery-powered engine for small sat launches
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•COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – Rocket Lab, a privately-held company financed by weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp and other high-tech investors, on Tuesday said its low-cost Electron launch system for …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Robot chef serves up the future of home cooking
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•A robotic chef that can whip up professional quality meals in a matter of minutes has been developed by engineers in the UK, who call it the world’s first Automated …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Strange rituals or cannibalism? Neanderthals manipulated bodies of adults and children shortly after death
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•Neanderthals from the French region of Poitou-Charentes cut, beat and fractured the bones of their recently deceased companions, as revealed by the fossil remains of two adults and a child …read more Source:: Science
Insecticide contamination of global surface waters substantially higher than expected
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•A new study evaluated for the first time comprehensive global insecticide contamination data for agricultural surface waters using the legally-accepted regulatory threshold levels (RTLs) as defined during the official pesticide …read more Source:: Science
The five biggest changes in Ubuntu 15.04, Vivid Vervet
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•At first glance, there’s little new in the next version of Ubuntu Linux. Under the hood, it’s a different story. …read more Source:: Linux
U.S. satellite launcher gets first request for Vulcan rocket – change the name
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Hours after unveiling its next-generation “Vulcan” rocket, the company that launches most of America’s satellites, United Launch Alliance, ran into its first problem – the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Synesthesia: Why some people hear color, taste sounds
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•Researchers have shed new light on synesthesia — the effect of hearing colors, seeing sounds and other cross-sensory phenomena. …read more Source:: Science