WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three of the United States’ brightest high school scientists will emerge winners on Tuesday in the $1 million Intel Talent Search, among the top U.S. competitions for …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: March 15, 2016
Baby seal bred at Japanese aquarium
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•KAMOGAWA, Japan – A newborn baby seal has won over a legion of fans, wriggling its way to the hearts of visitors at an aquarium in Japan. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Unique beak evolved with tool use in New Caledonian crow
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•Cornell researchers have quantified what makes the New Caledonian crow’s beak different and how it got that way. Their findings were published March 9, 2016 in the journal Scientific Reports. …read more Source:: Science
Incredible images reveal bacteria motor parts in unprecedented detail
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•Nanoscopic 3-D imaging has revealed how different bacteria have geared their tiny propeller motors for a wide range of swimming abilities. …read more Source:: Science
Here’s what’s inside Microsoft’s private preview of Visual Studio next
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•Microsoft is privately testing its next major version of Visual Studio, which ultimately may be christened ‘Visual Studio 2016.’ …read more Source:: Linux
‘Fairy circles’ discovered in Australia
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•The circular, barren patches of land, forming a highly regular pattern over the dry grassland of Namibia, were thought to be the only ones of their kind anywhere in the …read more Source:: Science
Pigeon foot feather genes identified
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•Scientists identified two genes that make some pigeon breeds develop feathered feet known as muffs, while others have scaled feet. The same or similar genes might explain scaled feet in …read more Source:: Science
Pregnant T. rex could aid in dino sex-typing
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•A pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed Montana 68 million years ago may be the key to discerning gender differences between theropod, or meat-eating dinosaur, species. …read more Source:: Science
New SARS-like virus is poised to infect humans
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•A SARS-like virus found in Chinese horseshoe bats may be poised to infect humans without the need for adaptation, overcoming an initial barrier that could potentially set the stage for …read more Source:: Science
Bacteria-powered microrobots navigate with help from new algorithm
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•Engineers have recently published research on a method for using electric fields to help tiny bio-robots propelled by flagellated bacteria navigate around obstacles in a fluid environment. These microrobots could …read more Source:: Science