For the first time, an international team of scientists has mapped all the genes that are activated in the first few days of a fertilized human egg. …read more Source:: Science
Month: September 2015
SanDisk and Nexenta release open-source, flash software-defined storage array
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•What do you get when you put open-source software and flash drives together? The first open-source software-defined storage array. …read more Source:: Linux
NASA vehicles maintenance contractors in federal fraud lawsuit
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•ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Two contractors hired to manage NASA’s vehicle fleet at the Kennedy Space Center defrauded the agency of at least $387,000 for unnecessary tire replacements, according to …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Odd ancient lizard-like reptile called earliest-known turtle
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was a creature that one scientist said resembled “a strange, gluttonous lizard that swallowed a small Frisbee.” …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Neuron responsible for alcoholism found
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•Scientists have pinpointed a population of neurons in the brain that influences whether one drink leads to two, which could ultimately lead to a cure for alcoholism and other addictions. …read more Source:: Science
The springy mechanics of large and small gecko toe pad adhesion
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•Functional morphologists and polymer scientists show that geckos have a spring-like mechanism in their bodies to enhance adhesion as they become larger. A few years ago the same authors invented …read more Source:: Science
Explaining crocodiles in Wyoming
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•Fifty million years ago, the Cowboy State was crawling with crocodiles. Fossil records show that crocs lounged in the shade of palm trees from southwestern Wyoming to southern Canada during …read more Source:: Science
Biodiversity belowground is just as important as aboveground
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•Although most of the world’s biodiversity is below ground, surprisingly little is known about how it affects ecosystems or how it will be affected by climate change. A new study …read more Source:: Science
United Launch Alliance rocket blasts off with military satellite
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday to put a next-generation communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. military. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Rocket with ‘Denmark’s Gagarin’ lifts off to space station
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•BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man international crew, including Denmark’s first astronaut, roared off on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a two-day …read more Source:: UKScienceNews