SEATTLE (Reuters) – A toxic algae bloom in the Pacific Ocean stretching from California north to Washington state might be the largest ever detected off the U.S. West Coast, scientists …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: June 16, 2015
FDA takes step to remove artificial trans fats in processed foods
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•Based on a thorough review of the scientific evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized its determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans …read more Source:: Science
Black holes are not ruthless killers, but instead benign hologram generators
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•New research in theoretical physics shows that black holes aren’t the ruthless killers we’ve made them out to be, but instead benign–if imperfect–hologram generators. The world could have been captured …read more Source:: Science
A third of the world’s biggest groundwater basins are in distress
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•Two new studies show that civilization is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there is little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them. …read more Source:: Science
Quantum theory: Einstein saves the quantum cat
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•Einstein’s theory of time and space will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. Even today it captures the imagination of scientists. Scientists have now discovered that this world-famous theory can …read more Source:: Science
Mozilla restarts work on multi-process Firefox
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•By Gregg Keizer After years of spinning its wheels, Mozilla recently stepped up work on separating page rendering from content in Firefox to make the browser more secure and more stable. Dubbed Electrolysis, or …read more Source:: OpenSource
Software applications have on average 24 vulnerabilities inherited from buggy components
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•By Lucian Constantin Many commercial software companies and enterprise in-house developers are churning out applications that are insecure by design due to the rapid and often uncontrolled use of open-source components. Even worse, these …read more Source:: OpenSource
Tool use is ‘innate’ in chimpanzees but not bonobos, their closest evolutionary relative
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•First evidence for a species difference in the innate predisposition for tool use in our closest evolutionary cousins could provide insight into how humans became the ultimate tool-using ape. …read more Source:: Science
Airbus to build satellites for OneWeb to beam Internet from space
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – Europe’s Airbus Group will design and build about 900 satellites for privately owned OneWeb Ltd, which plans to offer high-speed, space-based Internet access to billions …read more Source:: UKScienceNews