Pollens, the bane of allergy sufferers, could represent a boon for battery makers: Recent research has suggested their potential use as anodes in lithium-ion batteries. …read more Source:: Science
Month: February 2016
New luminous creatures illuminate the mystery of the Red Sea
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•Biologists have discovered new species of fluorescent polyps living in colonies on the shells of gastropods. …read more Source:: Science
Motorboat noise gives predators a deadly advantage
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•Biologists found that noise from passing motorboats increases stress levels in young coral reef fish and reduces their ability to flee from predators. As a consequence they are captured more …read more Source:: Science
A cancer’s surprise origins caught in action
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•Researchers have, for the first time, visualized the origins of cancer from the first affected cell and watched its spread in a live animal. Their work could change the way …read more Source:: Science
Southwest sliding into a new normal: Drier conditions
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•The weather patterns that typically bring moisture to the Southwest are becoming more rare, an indication that the region is sliding into the drier climate state predicted by global models, …read more Source:: Science
Italian consortium set to win giant Chile telescope contract
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•SANTIAGO (Reuters) – An Italian consortium, including construction company Astaldi Spa, is close to securing a contract to build the world’s largest telescope in the Chilean desert, project owner the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Inadequate testing thwarts efforts to measure Zika’s impact
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•RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – One major hurdle is thwarting efforts to measure the extent of the Zika epidemic and its suspected links to thousands of birth defects in Brazil: …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Can slow creep along thrust faults help forecast megaquakes?
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•In Japan and areas like the Pacific Northwest where megathrust earthquakes are common, scientists may be able to better forecast large quakes based on periodic increases and decreases in the …read more Source:: Science
Short-legged Oregon arachnid gets ‘behemoth’ name
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•PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Researchers have bestowed a grandiose scientific name on a tiny, spider-like cousin of the daddy longlegs, officially dubbing the newly discovered denizen of remote Oregon forests …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
How to install Linux Mint on your Windows PC
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•Are you a Windows power-user? You can get and install Linux Mint running on your PC — either to try it out, or as a replacement for Windows. …read more Source:: Linux