Since its detection in 2014, the brown dwarf known as WISE 0855 has fascinated astronomers. Only 7.2 light-years from Earth, it is the coldest known object outside of our solar …read more Source:: Science
Day: July 6, 2016
Kubernetes 1.3 tackles current and future container questions
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Kubernetes 1.3, the latest major revision of Google’s container cluster management system, debuts today. It’s available as an open source project on GitHub and in Google Cloud Platform’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
A new look at the galaxy-shaping power of black holes
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•Data from a now-defunct satellite is providing new insights into the complex tug-of-war between galaxies, the hot plasma that surrounds them, and the giant black holes that lurk in their …read more Source:: Science
Flipping crystals triples solar-cell performance
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•In a step that could bring perovskite crystals closer to use in the burgeoning solar power industry, researchers have tweaked their crystal production method and developed a new type of …read more Source:: Science
Local consumption, global consequences: Examining impacts of an interconnected world
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•A new study examines the virtual shrinking of distances between places — arising because of trade, telecommunication and travel — and the widening gap between where products are made, where …read more Source:: Science
Public urinal generates electricity from urine
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•Urine can be transformed into electricity with the help of bacterial metabolism, thanks to a new device. A test cubicle was installed at Glastonbury festival, but the final aim is …read more Source:: Science
Linguists team up with primatologists to crack the meaning of monkey calls
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•It has long been known that monkeys convey information through alarm calls, but now a combined team of linguists and primatologists has laid the groundwork for a systematic ‘primate linguistics.’ …read more Source:: Science
Hands-On: Raspberry Pi Zero v1.3
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•An updated Raspberry Pi Zero is available (v1.3) — here are my first impressions of it. …read more Source:: Linux