Groundbreaking new reproductive research has identified key molecular events that could be playing a critical role as sperm and egg fuse to create new life. The findings might one day …read more Source:: Science
Day: June 23, 2015
Birds of a feather: Pigeon head crest findings extend to domesticated doves
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•A few years ago biologists found that a prominent change in pigeon plumage, head crests, could be traced to a mutation in a single gene. Now the research team has …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat enters mobile software market with Samsung
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•Red Hat has long been a power in Linux servers. Now, with a new software stack and a partnership with Samsung, the Linux giant is going for mobile business users.<br …read more Source:: Linux
Neutron star’s echoes give astronomers a new measuring stick
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•In late 2013, when the neutron star at the heart of one of our galaxy’s oddest supernovae gave off a massive burst of X-rays, the resulting echoes — created when …read more Source:: Science
Nonphotosynthetic pigments could be biosignatures of life on other worlds
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•To find life in the universe, it helps to know what it might look like. If there are organisms on other planets that do not rely wholly on photosynthesis — …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers explain why a star is so hot right now
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•Astronomers have solved a mystery over small, unusually hot blue stars, 10 times hotter than our Sun, that are found in the middle of dense star clusters. …read more Source:: Science
Cockroach robot uses shell to overcome obstacles
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•Berkeley, California – US-based researchers have created a robot that can use its body shape to move through a densely cluttered environment. The team from the University of California, Berkeley …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Forrester’s Security & Risk Spotlight — Don’t Let Cloud Go Over Your Head
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•By editor@techworld.com (Forrester Analysts) Underestimating or neglecting the necessary security practices that a cloud requires can lead to hacks, breaches, and horrendous data leaks. …read more Source:: Open Source
Climate change threatens to undermine the last half century of health gains
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•The threat to human health from climate change is so great that it could undermine the last fifty years of gains in development and global health, according to a major …read more Source:: Science