WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a contract for more than $89 million for the vertical take off and landing X-plane, the Pentagon said on Thursday. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: March 3, 2016
Super elastic electroluminescent ‘skin’ will soon create mood robots
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•Engineers have developed an electroluminescent “skin” that stretches to more than six times its original size while still emitting light. The discovery could lead to significant advances in health care, …read more Source:: Science
Greenland’s ice is getting darker, increasing risk of melting
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•Greenland’s snowy surface has been getting darker over the past two decades, absorbing more heat from the sun and increasing snow melt, a new study of satellite data shows. That …read more Source:: Science
Selfish or altruistic? Brain connectivity reveals hidden motives
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•Often, it is hard to understand why people behave the way they do, because their true motives remain hidden. Researchers have now shown how peoples’ motives can be identified as …read more Source:: Science
Hands-On: First impressions of the Raspberry Pi 3
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•Two days after its launch, I have my first Raspberry Pi 3. Here are my initial observations and the results of my first few tests with it. …read more Source:: Linux
Impact of climate change on food production could cause over 500000 extra deaths in 2050
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•Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults in 2050 worldwide due to changes in diets and bodyweight from reduced crop productivity, according to new estimates. The research is the …read more Source:: Science
Wondrous fungus: fossils are oldest of any land-dwelling organism
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At first glance, they do not look like much: tiny fragments of a primordial fungus shorter than a single hair’s width. But these fungal remnants possess the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews