BEIJING (Reuters) – China will put a second space laboratory in orbit in the third quarter of this year, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, part of the country’s …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Month: February 2016
Why Microsoft’s Xamarin purchase is a blunder
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•Being able to run C# programs on on Android and iOS sounds good, but Xamarin was never able to make a go of it. So, why should things change now?<br …read more Source:: Linux
Building living, breathing supercomputers
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•The substance that provides energy to all the cells in our bodies, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), may also be able to power the next generation of supercomputers. The discovery opens doors …read more Source:: Science
World’s first parallel computer based on biomolecular motors
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•A study reports the realization of a parallel computer based on designed nanofabricated channels explored in a massively parallel fashion by protein filaments propelled by molecular motors. …read more Source:: Science
Research team sheds light on ‘rightie’ or ‘leftie’ behavior in a scale-eating cichlid
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•Behavioral laterality, or left- or right-handedness, has been reported in many animals, including humans, chimpanzees, toads, rats, mice, and invertebrates such as crustaceans and insects. Now researchers have shed light …read more Source:: Science
Scientists make significant anti-aging breakthrough
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•A breakthrough in understanding human skin cells offers a pathway for new anti-aging treatments. …read more Source:: Science
Vital to food output, bees and other pollinators at risk
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•OSLO (Reuters) – Bees and other pollinators face increasing risks to their survival, threatening foods such as apples, blueberries and coffee worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year, the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Old red dye shows promise as new cancer foe
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•NEW YORK (Reuters) – Modern cancer drugs supercharge immune systems, target specific gene mutations and pack modified viruses into vaccines. Amid the increasing sophistication, one investigational treatment stands out for …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
SpaceX Falcon rocket launch called off for second straight day
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX called off a planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications satellite less than two minutes before blastoff from Florida on Thursday, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
California blowout led to largest U.S. methane release ever
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•The Aliso Canyon natural gas well blowout, first reported on Oct. 23, 2015, released over 100,000 tons of the powerful greenhouse gas methane before the well was sealed on Feb. …read more Source:: Science