Drought and extreme heat events slashed cereal harvests in recent decades by 9 percent to 10 percent on average in affected countries — and the impact of these weather disasters …read more Source:: Science
Day: January 6, 2016
‘Seeing’ black holes with the naked eye
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•All you need is a 20 cm telescope to observe a nearby, active black hole. An international research team reports that the activity of black holes can be observed as …read more Source:: Science
Biological ‘clock’ discovered in sea turtle shells
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•Radiocarbon dating of atomic bomb fallout found in sea turtle shells can be used to reliably estimate the ages, growth rates and reproductive maturity of sea turtle populations in the …read more Source:: Science
‘Twins’ of superstar Eta Carinae found in other galaxies
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•Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system located within 10,000 light-years of Earth, is best known for an enormous eruption seen in the mid-19th century that hurled an …read more Source:: Science
Globular clusters could host interstellar civilizations
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•Globular star clusters are extraordinary in almost every way. They’re densely packed, holding a million stars in a ball only about 100 light-years across on average. They’re old, dating back …read more Source:: Science
Insulin-producing pancreatic cells created from human skin cells
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•Scientists have successfully converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells. The new cells produced insulin in response to changes in glucose levels, and, when transplanted into mice, the cells …read more Source:: Science
CES 2016: Fasetto Link, 2 TB NAS in the palm of your hand
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•Want serious network-attached storage that’s smaller than a USB stick? Fasetto’s Link may be your answer. …read more Source:: Linux
Aerojet wins U.S. contract to set standard for 3-D printed rocket engines
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc on Tuesday said it has won a $6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to define the standards that will be used …read more Source:: UKScienceNews