LAUREL, Md. (Reuters) – The first close-up views of Pluto show mountains made of ice and a surprisingly young, crater-free surface, scientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission said on Wednesday.<br …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: July 15, 2015
Researchers stimulate human amygdala to gain key insight into sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
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•Researchers have identified areas of the human brain in which breathing is controlled and, in some cases, impaired. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is becoming increasingly recognized as a very …read more Source:: Science
Drug shows promise as single-dose cure and as preventive treatment for malaria
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•Researchers have shown that a drug currently in testing shows potential to cure malaria in a single dose and offers promise as a preventive treatment as well. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers bring a new hope to find ‘Tatooine’ planets
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•Sibling suns — made famous in the “Star Wars” scene where Luke Skywalker gazes toward a double sunset — and the planets around them may be more common than we’ve …read more Source:: Science
Jupiter twin discovered around solar twin
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•So far, exoplanet surveys have been most sensitive to planetary systems that are populated in their inner regions by massive planets, down to a few times the mass of the …read more Source:: Science
Gene associated with thinking skills
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•Researchers have identified a gene that underlies healthy information processing — a first step on a complicated road to understand cognitive aging and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease. …read more Source:: Science
The sleep-deprived brain can mistake friends for foes
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•A new study shows that sleep deprivation dulls our ability to accurately read facial expressions. This deficit can have serious consequences, such as not noticing that a child is sick …read more Source:: Science
SUSE to deliver SUSE Linux for ARM servers
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•SUSE is betting that the enterprise is ready to run Linux on ARM servers. …read more Source:: Linux
Solar-powered plane grounded nine months in Hawaii by battery damage
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•(Reuters) – A solar-powered plane halfway through an attempt to circle the globe will be grounded in Hawaii for at least nine months because of battery damage sustained during its …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Pluto probe survives encounter, phones home
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•LAUREL, Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. spacecraft sailed past the tiny planet Pluto in the distant reaches of the solar system on Tuesday, capping a journey of 3 billion miles …read more Source:: UKScienceNews