Astronomers have made the first-ever direct detection of the spectrum of visible light reflected off an exoplanet. These observations also revealed new properties of this famous object, the first exoplanet …read more Source:: Science
Month: April 2015
As bright as a hundred million Suns: The clusters of monster stars that lit up the early universe
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•The first stars in the Universe were born several hundred million years after the Big Bang, ending a period known as the cosmological ‘dark ages’ – when atoms of hydrogen …read more Source:: Science
Calculating how the Pacific was settled: Sailing against prevailing winds, spotting big islands
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•Using statistics that describe how an infectious disease spreads, an anthropologist analyzed different theories of how people first settled islands of the vast Pacific between 3,500 and 900 years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Bullet-proof Bloodhound car aims for 1,000mph record
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•Described as “part Formula 1 car, part space rocket and part supersonic jet”, the Bloodhound Supersonic Car is aiming to be the world’s first 1,000mph car when it attempts to …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Oklahoma scientists say earthquakes linked to oil and gas work
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•(Reuters) – Oklahoma geologists have documented strong links between increased seismic activity in the state and the injection into the ground of wastewater from oil and gas production, a state …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Ubuntu 15.04 container-friendly Linux for cloud and servers arrives soon
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•Canonical, which has become a quiet cloud power, is releasing its next container-friendly Linux on April 23rd. …read more Source:: Linux
Likely cause of 2013-14 earthquakes: Combination of gas field fluid injection and removal
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•A seismology team finds that high volumes of wastewater injection combined with saltwater (brine) extraction from natural gas wells is the most likely cause of earthquakes near Azle, Texas, from …read more Source:: Science
Strontium atomic clock accurate to the second — over 15 billion years
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•In another advance at the far frontiers of timekeeping , the latest modification of a record-setting strontium atomic clock has achieved precision and stability levels that now mean the clock …read more Source:: Science
VMware buys into Linux containers with Lightwave and Photon
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•VMware is now a Linux distributor and invested more than ever in containers. …read more Source:: Linux
Babies feel pain ‘like adults’: Most babies not given pain meds for surgery
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•The brains of babies ‘light up’ in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering brain scanning study has discovered. It suggests that …read more Source:: Science