The skin of the California two-spot octopus can sense light even without input from the central nervous system. The animal does so by using the same family of light-sensitive proteins …read more Source:: Science
Day: May 20, 2015
Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed
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•Astronomers have caught a greedy galaxy gobbling on its neighbors and leaving crumbs of evidence about its dietary past. …read more Source:: Science
International study reveals that cold weather kills far more people than hot weather
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•Cold weather kills 20 times as many people as hot weather, according to an international study analyzing over 74 million deaths in 384 locations across 13 countries. The findings also …read more Source:: Science
Washington state finds first dinosaur fossil, T. rex relative bone
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•SEATTLE (Reuters) – Scientists digging among coastal rocks in Washington state have found the partial left femur of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur, a fossil believed to be about 80 million …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Human ancestors made stone tools earlier than previously known
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Our ancient ancestors made stone tools, a milestone achievement along the path of human progress, much earlier than previously thought and far before the appearance of the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Red Hat brings Gluster to OpenStack shared file service
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•Red Hat Gluster Storage with OpenStack Manila technology preview gives enterprises software-defined file storage for OpenStack clouds. …read more Source:: Linux
Toward ‘green’ paper-thin, flexible electronics
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•The rapid evolution of gadgets has brought us an impressive array of ‘smart’ products from phones to tablets, and now watches and glasses. But they still haven’t broken free from …read more Source:: Science
Controlling light: Scientists tune light waves by pairing exotic 2-D materials
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•Researchers take control of light emission using paired 2-D materials. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomy: The dreadful beauty of Medusa
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•Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. As the star at the heart of this nebula made …read more Source:: Science
Amputees control bionic legs with their thoughts
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•Amputees can control their bionic prosthetic limbs with their minds, thanks to tiny implanted myoelectric sensors (IMES) developed by Icelandic orthopedics company Ossur and surgically placed in a patient’s residual …read more Source:: UKScienceNews