Scientists have harnessed the circadian mechanism found in cyanobacteria to transplant the circadian wiring into a common species of bacteria that is naturally non-circadian. The novel work, which for the …read more Source:: Science
Day: June 12, 2015
First room-temperature magnetic skyrmion bubbles
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Researchers have just announced a new method for creating magnetic skyrmion bubbles at room temperature. The bubbles, a physics phenomenon thought to be an option for more energy-efficient and compact …read more Source:: Science
Entering a ‘golden age’ of animal tracking
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Animals wearing new tagging and tracking devices give a real-time look at their behavior and at the environmental health of the planet, say research. …read more Source:: Science
Stone tools from Jordan point to dawn of division of labor
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Charcoal samples enable remarkably accurate estimates of 40,000 to 45,000 years ago for the earliest Upper Paleolithic stone tools in the Near East. The toolmakers appear to have achieved a …read more Source:: Science
Egg or sperm? Scientists identify a gene that makes the call
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Providing insight into the sometimes mysterious biology of reproduction, researchers in Japan have identified a gene that controls whether the reproductive precursor cells known as germ cells …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
It’s alive! Microsoft to let Live Writer live on as open source
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By Gregg Keizer Microsoft will breathe life into Windows Live Writer by open sourcing the eight-year-old blog-publishing tool, a company manager said earlier this week. “We are going to open-source Live Writer, so don’t …read more Source:: OpenSource
Stretchy spinal implant presents new paralysis treatment
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A thin and flexible implant that can be applied directly to the surface of the spinal cord to administer electrical and chemical stimulation has been developed by scientists in Switzerland. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews