The primary threat to vultures is the presence of toxins in the carrion they consume. Losses of vultures can allow other scavengers to flourish, and proliferation of such scavengers could …read more Source:: Science
Day: May 5, 2016
T cells use ‘handshakes’ to sort friends from foes
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•Chemists provide the first direct evidence that a T cell gives precise mechanical tugs to other cells, and demonstrate that these tugs are central to a T cell’s process of …read more Source:: Science
Bee model could be breakthrough for robot development
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•Scientists at the University of Sheffield have created a computer model of how bees avoid hitting walls — which could be a breakthrough in the development of autonomous robots. …read more Source:: Science
Six new fossil species form ‘snapshot’ of primates stressed by ancient climate change
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•Researchers have unearthed a “mother lode” of a half-dozen fossil primate species in southern China.These primates eked out an existence just after the Eocene-Oligocene transition, when drastic cooling slashed their …read more Source:: Science
Tsunami risk: World’s shallowest slow-motion earthquakes detected offshore of New Zealand
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•New research indicates that slow-motion earthquakes or ‘slow-slip events’ can rupture the shallow portion of a fault that also moves in large, tsunami-generating earthquakes. The finding has important implications for …read more Source:: Science
Linux Foundation tackles open source security with new badge program
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Organizations have plenty of choices when looking at open source software, but the challenge lies in picking the right project to fit their needs. The CII Best Practices Badge program …read more Source:: OpenSource