With Linux being used more often in automobiles and the Internet of Things, The Linux Foundation and partners have created the Real-Time Linux Collaborative Project to accelerate its growth as …read more Source:: Linux
Month: October 2015
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
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•The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 to Tomas Lindahl Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory, Hertfordshire, UK, Paul …read more Source:: Science
DNA scientists win 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
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•STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA, giving …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Clues on how giraffe neck evolved
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•Researchers have discovered stages of cervical elongation in the giraffe family, revealing details about the evolutionary transformation of the neck within extinct species of the family. …read more Source:: Science
Chimpanzees shed light on origins of human walking
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•Scientists investigating human and chimpanzee locomotion have uncovered unexpected similarities in the way the two species use their upper body during two-legged walking. …read more Source:: Science
Ancient rocks record first evidence for photosynthesis that made oxygen
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•A new study shows that iron-bearing rocks that formed at the ocean floor 3.2 billion years ago carry unmistakable evidence of oxygen. The only logical source for that oxygen is …read more Source:: Science
Understanding others’ thoughts enables young kids to lie
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•Kids who are taught to reason about the mental states of others are more likely to use deception to win a reward, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Newly identified human ancestor was handy with tools
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homo naledi, the ancient human ancestor whose fossils have been retrieved from a South African cave, may have been handy with tools and walked much like a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Tiny ancient fossil from Spain shows birds flew over the heads of dinosaurs
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•A new discovery documents the intricate arrangement of the muscles and ligaments that controlled the main feathers of the wing of an ancient bird, supporting the notion that at least …read more Source:: Science
Pentagon sees decision soon on Russian rocket engine waiver
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department expects to decide “fairly soon” whether to issue a waiver to United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing …read more Source:: UKScienceNews