A discovery has been made that could enable scientists to design better ways to use light energy and to engineer crop plants that more efficiently harness the energy of the …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2016
The debut of a robotic stingray, powered by light-activated rat cells
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•Researchers have created a robotic mimic of a stingray that’s powered and guided by light-sensitive rat heart cells. The work exhibits a new method for building bio-inspired robots by means …read more Source:: Science
Surprising planet with three suns discovered
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•A team of astronomers have used the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope to image the first planet ever found in a wide orbit inside a triple-star system. The …read more Source:: Science
Missing link in epigenetics could explain conundrum of disease inheritance
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•The process by which a mother’s diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring’s attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation in an unexpected part of …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole
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•Astronomers have discovered evidence for an unusual kind of black hole born extremely early in the universe. They showed that a recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation is likely …read more Source:: Science
Quantum processor for single photons
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•Scientists have realized a photon-photon logic gate via a deterministic interaction with a strongly coupled atom-resonator system. …read more Source:: Science
The secret to an Oesia life: Prehistoric worm built tube-like ‘houses’ on sea floor
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•The fossilised remnants of tube-like ‘dwellings’ which housed a primitive type of prehistoric sea worm on the ocean floor have been identified in a new study. According to researchers, the …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers find evidence of water clouds in first spectrum of coldest brown dwarf
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•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
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