Scientists have made a significant advance toward making movies of extremely fast atomic processes with potential applications in energy production, chemistry, medicine, materials science and more. Using a superfast, high-resolution …read more Source:: Science
Day: April 5, 2016
240-million-year-old fossils indicate how dinosaurs grew from hatchlings to adults
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•Paleontologists have found that muscle-scarred fossil leg bones of one of the closest cousins of dinosaurs that lived approximately 240 million years ago can shine new light on a large …read more Source:: Science
Is risk-taking behavior contagious?
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•Why do we sometimes decide to take risks and other times choose to play it safe? In a new study, researchers explored the neural mechanisms of one possible explanation: a …read more Source:: Science
Rooftop solar energy could provide almost 40 percent of US electricity
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•Analysts have used detailed light detection and ranging data for 128 cities nationwide, along with improved data analysis methods and simulation tools, to update its estimate of total US technical …read more Source:: Science
Slow fault movements may indicate impending earthquakes
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•Scientists have discovered a way to forecast earthquakes based on slow fault movements caused by moving sub-layers of the Earth. The study may have major significance on the prediction of …read more Source:: Science
Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat
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•A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head. This hypothesis was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby …read more Source:: Science
Touching a robot can elicit physiological arousal in humans
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•Touching a robot’s intimate areas elicited physiological arousal in humans, a new study has found. The findings showed that when participants were instructed to touch the robot in areas that …read more Source:: Science
Scientists find surprise lurking in crocodilian jaw
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•Researchers discovered that alligators have a previously unknown second jaw joint that helps to distribute the extreme force of their bite – the most powerful of any living animal. …read more Source:: Science
The Linux Foundation launches Linux-based Civil Infrastructure Project
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•There’s the Internet of Things — DVRs, refrigerators, and cars — and then there’s the Internet of civic things — electrical power grids, oil and gas production facilities, and highway …read more Source:: Linux
Orbital presses U.S. lawmakers to end ban on retired missiles
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Orbital ATK is pressing U.S. lawmakers to end a 20-year ban on using decommissioned intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) for launching commercial satellites and the effort …read more Source:: UKScienceNews