Scientists working off west Africa in the Cape Verde Islands have found evidence that the sudden collapse of a volcano there tens of thousands of years ago generated an ocean …read more Source:: Science
Month: October 2015
To breathe or to eat: Blue whales forage efficiently to maintain massive body size
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•As the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth, blue whales maintain their enormous body size through efficient foraging strategies that optimize the energy they gain from the krill …read more Source:: Science
Big gulp: feeding strategy of blue whales revealed
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The blue whale is the largest creature on Earth and perhaps the biggest that ever lived, so it is no surprise it has a huge appetite. But …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
ULA needs relief on Russian engines before GPS launch bid: CEO
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, on Friday said it would not bid in a U.S. Air Force competition to …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Drug used to treat cancer appears to sharpen memory
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•A drug now being used to treat cancer might make it easier to learn a language, sharpen memory and help those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by rewiring the brain …read more Source:: Science
General Electric producing science fiction podcast series
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•(Reuters) – In a sign that what is old is new again, U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co is producing its own science fiction podcast series in an effort to raise …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Signals from empty space
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•What are the properties of the vacuum, the absolute nothingness? So far, physicists have assumed that it is impossible to directly access the characteristics of the ground state of empty …read more Source:: Science
Google Chromebooks: The most popular classroom computing device
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•Lost in all the buzz about Google’s new Nexus smartphones and Chromecast devices was that Chromebooks are now schools’ favorite computer device. …read more Source:: Linux
Student-built solar motorbikes hit the road in Kenya
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•URUDI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Motorcycle taxi operators waiting for passengers in this village in western Kenya’s Kisumu County lounge on their various machines – but Alfred Omondi’s plug-in …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Atlas rocket blasts off with Mexican communications satellite
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from a seaside launch pad in Florida on Friday to put a communications satellite into orbit for Mexico.<br …read more Source:: UKScienceNews