Open source concept is becoming “de factor way of innovating”, where businesses in Asia should embrace open collaboration and share ideas to gain agility and speed, say Red Hat executives. …read more Source:: Linux
Month: June 2016
Challenges of Learning Revit From Open Source
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By Prabhat Ranjit Singh | Submitted On February 26, 2016 Expert Author Prabhat Ranjit Singh Revit is a Building Information Modeling (BIM) which is adopted by architects, structural engineers and MEP engineers globally on a wide scale. It offers its user the capability to design a building with its structure and components in 3D and…
A bewildering form of sand dune discovered on Mars
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Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere provides new clues about the atmosphere’s history. …read more Source:: Science
First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer
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Scientists have found the first ‘fingerprints of healing’ for the Antarctic ozone hole. The September ozone hole has shrunk by more than 4 million square kilometers since 2000, when ozone …read more Source:: Science
Microbes, nitrogen and plant responses to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide
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Plants can grow faster as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increase, but only if they have enough nitrogen or partner with fungi that help them get it, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Treating autoimmune disease without harming normal immunity
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With potentially major implications for the future treatment of autoimmunity and related conditions, scientists have found a way to remove the subset of antibody-making cells that cause an autoimmune disease, …read more Source:: Science
Surface of Mercury arose from deep inside the planet
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Researchers have found that several volcanic deposits on Mercury’s surface require mantle melting to have started close to the planet’s core-mantle boundary, which lies only 400 km below the planets …read more Source:: Science
Fire discovery sheds new light on ‘hobbit’ demise
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Crucial new evidence has revealed modern humans (Homo sapiens) were likely using fire at Liang Bua 41,000 years ago, narrowing the time gap between the last hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and …read more Source:: Science
Current stimulation of the brain restores vision in patients with glaucoma and optic nerve damage
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Vision loss due to glaucoma or optic nerve damage is generally considered irreversible. Now a new prospective, randomized, multi-center clinical trial demonstrates significant vision improvement in partially blind patients after …read more Source:: Science
Little to no association between butter consumption, chronic disease or total mortality
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An epidemiological study analyzing the association of butter consumption with chronic disease and mortality finds that butter was only weakly associated with total mortality, not associated with heart disease, and …read more Source:: Science