Surgeons recently to complete the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child. Earlier this month, the surgical team successfully transplanted donor hands and forearms onto 8-year-old Zion Harvey who, …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2015
Chimpanzees binge on clay to detox and boost the minerals in their diet
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•Wild chimpanzees in the forests of Uganda are increasingly eating clay to supplement the minerals in their diet, according to a long-term international study . The article describes how the …read more Source:: Science
Scientists identify men who died at Virginia’s Jamestown 400 years ago
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. scientists have used high-tech detective work to identify the remains of four leaders of Jamestown, the New World’s first successful English colony, more than 400 years …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
U.S. investigators blame Virgin Galactic crash on lax pilot training
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Federal investigators cited inadequate training of test pilots by a Northrup Grumman Corp subsidiary on Tuesday as a leading factor behind last year’s fatal crash …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Arrow of time: New understanding of causality, free choice, and why we remember the past but not the future
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•Theoretical physicists have developed a fully-symmetric formulation of quantum theory which establishes an exact link between asymmetry and the fact that we can remember the past but not the future. …read more Source:: Science
Plant light sensors came from ancient algae
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•The light-sensing molecules that tell plants whether to germinate, when to flower and which direction to grow to seek more sunlight were inherited millions of years ago from ancient algae, …read more Source:: Science
Dinos with bite: Unique tooth structure allowed predatory dinosaurs to efficiently crunch flesh and bone
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•The Tyrannosaurus rex and its fellow theropod dinosaurs that rampage across the screen in movies like Jurassic World were successful predators partly due to a unique, deeply serrated tooth structure …read more Source:: Science
Toothy terror: dinosaurs like T. rex had unique serrated teeth
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If you want to know the secret behind the success of Tyrannosaurus rex and its meat-eating dinosaur cousins, look no further than their teeth. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Lock it down: Google shows off Android’s boot verification warning system
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•Using a verified boot process, Google will make Android safer by warning device owners if their software has been tampered with. …read more Source:: Linux
In CRISPR advance, scientists successfully edit human T cells
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•Scientists have devised a new strategy to precisely modify human T cells using the genome-editing system known as CRISPR/Cas9. Because these immune-system cells play important roles in a wide range …read more Source:: Science