DNA is made from four nucleosides, each known by its own letter — A, G, C, and T. However, since the structure of DNA was deciphered in 1953, scientists have …read more Source:: Science
Day: February 29, 2016
520 million-year-old fossilized nervous system is most detailed example yet found
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•Researchers have found one of the oldest and most detailed fossils of the central nervous system yet identified, from a crustacean-like animal that lived more than 500 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Black widow spiders are color-coded to deter predators without tipping off prey
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•Secret codes and hidden messages aren’t just for computer security experts or kids passing notes in class — animals use them too. The telltale red hourglass of the black widow …read more Source:: Science
Three ‘twisted’ photons in three dimensions
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•Researchers have achieved a new milestone in quantum physics: they were able to entangle three particles of light in a high-dimensional quantum property related to the ‘twist’ of their wavefront …read more Source:: Science
Device ‘fingerprints’ could help protect power grid, other industrial systems
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•Researchers are using the unique electronic “voices” produced by devices on the electrical grid to determine which signals are legitimate and which signals might be from attackers. …read more Source:: Science
1970s technology solution to internet ‘capacity crunch’
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•Exactly 50 years ago, Noble prize winner Charles Kao and his colleagues demonstrated the feasibility of using fiber optical cables to transmit information over long distance. Now researchers say that …read more Source:: Science
Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown
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•An unidentified fossilised bone in a museum has revealed the size of a fearsome abelisaur and may have solved a hundred-year old puzzle. …read more Source:: Science
Hands-On: Upgrading my Acer Aspire Z3 with an SSD
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•I have upgraded my Acer Aspire Z3-710 with a Solid State Disk. That means that I had to reload all the Linux distributions from scratch, and I made a really …read more Source:: Linux
Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch canceled at final countdown
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – At the last second, Elon Musk’s SpaceX scrubbed plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, again delaying an attempt to put an satellite …read more Source:: UKScienceNews