HIRSCHFELD, GERMANY (Reuters) – Scientists in Germany have come up with a method for extracting the precious element germanium from plants. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Month: September 2015
Hands-on: Installing openSuSE Tumbleweed on my new Acer Aspire V3-331
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•An interesting combination of features and a low price caught my eye. Now I am loading all of my favorite Linux distributions – and not bothering to install Windows. …read more Source:: Linux
Boeing opens commercial spaceship plant in Florida
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Boeing Co took the wraps off an assembly plant on Friday for its first line of commercial spaceships, which NASA plans to use to fly …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Peering back in time to just after the Big Bang: Farthest galaxy ever detected
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•Researchers have reported the detection of the farthest object yet, galaxy EGS8p7. At more than 13.2 billion years old, it provides a fascinating glimpse of the very early universe, just …read more Source:: Science
Polar bears may survive ice melt, with or without seals
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•As climate change accelerates ice melt in the Arctic, polar bears may find caribou and snow geese replacing seals as an important food source, shows a recent study. The research …read more Source:: Science
Highly effective seasickness treatment on the horizon
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•The misery of motion sickness could be ended within five to 10 years thanks to a new treatment being developed by scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Toyota partners with Stanford, MIT on self-driving car research
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•DETROIT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp is collaborating with two top U.S. universities on artificial intelligence and robotics research aimed at ramping up the Japanese automaker’s efforts to develop self-driving …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Current school start times damaging learning and health of students
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•Scientists have found that current school and university start times are damaging the learning and health of students. Drawing on the latest sleep research, the authors conclude students start times …read more Source:: Science
Snot-filled whale research takes flight
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•Gloucester, Mass. (Reuters) – Snotbot is a drone whose name describes it perfectly, it’s a robot that collects snot, specifically whale snot. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Three-man international crew safely reaches space station
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•ALMATY (Reuters) – A Russian Soyuz spaceship safely delivered a three-man international crew, including Denmark’s first astronaut, to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, a day after having had …read more Source:: UKScienceNews