Researchers in the United States recently completed the first comprehensive, multi-year study of honey bee parasites and disease as part of the National Honey Bee Disease Survey. The findings reveal …read more Source:: Science
Month: April 2016
Model predicts how forests will respond to climate change
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•Using a new model, researchers predict that many forests across the US are ill-suited to withstand drought conditions likely to face the country in the coming century. Furthermore, in the …read more Source:: Science
Hubble discovers moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake
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•Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet — after Pluto — …read more Source:: Science
Despite their small brains ravens and crows are just as clever as chimps
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•A new study shows that ravens are as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much smaller brains, indicating that rather than the size of the brain, the neuronal density and the …read more Source:: Science
Mars’ surface revealed in unprecedented detail
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•The surface of Mars — including the location of Beagle-2 — has been shown in unprecedented detail by scientists using a revolutionary image stacking and matching technique. Exciting pictures of …read more Source:: Science
Vaccinations are more effective when administered in the morning
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•New research has shown that flu vaccinations are more effective when administered in the morning. The findings suggest administering vaccinations in the morning, rather than the afternoon, could induce greater, …read more Source:: Science
Mozilla taps possible homes for Thunderbird email client
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•By Gregg Keizer Mozilla has identified potential homes for its Thunderbird email client, the long-time project it decided last year to cut loose, according to a published document and a supporting post by …read more Source:: OpenSource
OpenStack: The telecoms’ cloud of choice
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•OpenStack started as an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud, but telecoms such as AT&T and Verizon are turning it into their service foundation. …read more Source:: Linux
Nurturing during preschool years boosts child’s brain growth
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•Children whose mothers were nurturing during the preschool years, as opposed to later in childhood, have more robust growth in brain structures associated with learning, memory and stress response than …read more Source:: Science
Gut feeling: Research examines link between stomach bacteria, PTSD
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•Could bacteria in your gut be used to cure or prevent neurological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety or even depression? Two researchers think that’s a strong possibility. …read more Source:: Science