Berkeley, CA (Reuters) – When an earthquake strikes literally every second counts. That was the case 5 years ago when a magnitude 9 quake unleashed a massive tsunami that devastated …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: March 10, 2016
‘Sticky waves: ‘ molecular interactions at the nanoscale
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•Like the gravitational forces that are responsible for the attraction between the Earth and the moon as well as the dynamics of the entire solar system, there exist attractive forces …read more Source:: Science
Down the rabbit hole: How electrons travel through exotic new material
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•Researchers have observed a bizarre behavior in a strange new crystal that could hold the key for future electronic technologies. Unlike most materials in which electrons travel on the surface, …read more Source:: Science
Evolutionary ‘selection of the fittest’ measured for the first time
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•A difference of one hundredth of a percent in fitness is sufficient to select between winners and losers in evolution. For the first time researchers have quantified the tiny selective …read more Source:: Science
Robots welcome visitors to Berlin travel fair
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•BERLIN (Reuters) – Chihira Kanae is greeting visitors to the world’s biggest travel fair in Berlin this week, answering questions and guiding people in the right direction. But one passer …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Verifying the integrity of Linux ISO images
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•With the current fervor about compromised ISO images, lots of people (including me) are saying that you should always verify an ISO image after downloading, and before installing. Here is …read more Source:: Linux
Early human habitat, recreated for first time, shows life was no picnic
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•Scientists have pieced together an early human habitat for the first time, and life was no picnic in Tanzania in East Africa 1.8 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Understanding why nights are getting warmer faster than days
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•Nights have been warming much faster than the days, observations from the last fifty years have shown. Analysis of the causes of this more rapid warming at night shows that …read more Source:: Science
Mastication adaptation: easier chewing benefited human ancestors
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A study in which people chewed on pieces of raw goat meat and vegetables smacked with a rock is shedding light on how changes long ago in …read more Source:: UKScienceNews