MEXICO CITY – A six-year-old dog named Romina, who was injured in a lawnmower accident, is fitted with an articulated prosthetic leg made with 3D printing technology. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: January 28, 2016
Knowing all the angles: Ancient Babylonians used tricky geometry
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ancient Babylonian astronomers were way ahead of their time, using sophisticated geometric techniques that until now had been considered an achievement of medieval European scholars. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Monstrous cloud boomerangs back to our galaxy
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•New Hubble telescope observations suggest that a high-velocity gas cloud was launched from the outer regions of our own galaxy around 70 million years ago. Now, the cloud is on …read more Source:: Science
Completely new kind of polymer could lead to artificial muscles, self-repairing materials
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•Imagine a polymer with removable parts that can deliver something to the environment and then be chemically regenerated to function again. Or a polymer that can contract and expand the …read more Source:: Science
How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior
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•A group of researchers found that immune cells activated in the mother during severe inflammation produce an immune effector molecule called IL-17 that appears to interfere with brain development. …read more Source:: Science
Microsoft buys into Ubuntu Linux on Azure hybrid cloud
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•It took longer than expected but Microsoft’s first technical preview of its Azure Stack hybrid-cloud with Ubuntu Linux is almost ready for release. …read more Source:: Linux
Challenger accident shapes new wave of passenger spaceships
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Thirty years after the space shuttle Challenger exploded during liftoff, a new generation of spaceships continues to build on changes made after NASA’s fatal accident.<br …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
How to customise your Linux desktop: Kali Linux and i3 Window Manager
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•Installing and Configuring the i3 Window Manager on Kali Linux. …read more Source:: Linux
Go figure! Game victory seen as artificial intelligence milestone
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – You can chalk it up as another victory for the machines. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews