WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, on Tuesday called Raytheon Co’s work on a new ground control system for GPS satellites “a disaster,” and …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Month: December 2015
Disease-resistant pigs latest win for gene editing technology
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•LONDON (Reuters) – A British animal genetics firm, working with U.S. scientists, has bred the world’s first pigs resistant to a common viral disease, using the hot new technology of …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Greenland glaciers retreating at record pace
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•Greenland’s glaciers are retreating quickly, and a new study shows in historical terms just how quickly: over the past century, at least twice as fast as any other time in …read more Source:: Science
Dinosaur relatives and first dinosaurs more closely connected than previously thought
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•A new study has determined that the time elapsed between the emergence of early dinosaur relatives and the origin of the first dinosaurs is much shorter than previously believed. …read more Source:: Science
Negative beliefs about aging predict Alzheimer’s disease in study
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•Individuals who hold negative beliefs about aging are more likely to have brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, newly published research demonstrates. …read more Source:: Science
Difference between facial growth of Neanderthals and modern humans
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•A new study describes for the first time the developmental processes that differentiate Neanderthal facial skeletons from those of modern humans. …read more Source:: Science
Fusion power getting closer, say UK scientists
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•As world leaders meet in Paris to agree a legal framework aimed at limiting use of fossil fuels and the resulting rises in global temperatures, a UK company says it …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Chinese researchers unveil brain powered car
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•China’s first mind-controlled car has been developed by researchers in the north-east port city of Tianjin. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Orbital heads back to International Space Station on cargo run
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Sunday, sending a long-awaited Orbital ATK cargo ship on its way to the International Space …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
New Horizons returns first of the best images of Pluto
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•NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the first in a series of the sharpest views of Pluto it obtained during its July flyby — and the best close-ups of …read more Source:: Science