A collection of fossilized owl pellets in Utah suggests that when the Earth went through a period of rapid warming about 13,000 years ago, the small mammal community was stable, …read more Source:: Science
Day: July 13, 2015
NASA’s New Horizons probe finds Pluto is bigger than predicted
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•LAUREL, Md. (Reuters) – Mysterious Pluto looms large and turns out to be larger than expected as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft wraps up a nearly decade-long journey, with a close …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Transistor built from a molecule and a few atoms
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•Physicists have used a scanning tunneling microscope to create a minute transistor consisting of a single molecule and a small number of atoms. The observed transistor action is markedly different …read more Source:: Science
India investigating breach of space agency unit’s website
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•NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) commercial arm is investigating a suspected breach of its website on Sunday, an official said. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Tiny genetic tweak unlocked corn kernels during domestication
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•If not for a single genetic mutation, each kernel on a juicy corn cob would be trapped inside a inedible casing as tough as a walnut shell. The mutation switches …read more Source:: Science
Male black widow spiders destroy female’s web to deter rivals
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•Male black widow spiders destroy large sections of the female’s web during courtship and wrap it up in their own silk. New research shows that this home-wrecking behavior deters rival …read more Source:: Science
Submerged volcano cluster discovered off coast of Sydney
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•Australia’s new ocean-going research vessel Investigator has discovered extinct volcanoes likely to be 50 million years old about 250 kilometers off the coast of Sydney. They were discovered in 4,900 …read more Source:: Science
IBM Pushes Chip Technology with Stunning 7 nm Chip Demonstration
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•By editor@techworld.com (Forrester Analysts) In the world of CMOS semiconductor process, the fundamental heartbeat that drives the continuing evolution of all the devices and computers we use and governs at a fundamental level the …read more Source:: Open Source
Worms hitch rides on slugs when traveling to far flung places
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•Slugs and other invertebrates provide essential public transport for small worms in the search for food, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
What happens when cosmic giants meet galactic dwarfs?
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•According to a new study of more than 20,000 merging galaxies, when two different sized galaxies smash together, the larger galaxy stops the smaller one making new stars. …read more Source:: Science