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
Month: July 2016
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
Nextcloud adds enterprise support and iOS appliance
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•The ownCloud fork, Nextcloud is aggressively seeking private cloud business customers. …read more Source:: Linux
Lush Venus? Searing Earth? It could have happened
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•It may not have taken much in the early solar system to set Earth and Venus on very different paths, according to researchers. A new paper points the way toward …read more Source:: Science
Scientists isolate, culture elusive Yellowstone microbe
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•A microbial partnership thriving in an acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park has surrendered some of its lifestyle secrets to researchers. …read more Source:: Science
Parkinson’s Disease biomarker found in patient urine samples
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•Stored samples of urine and cerebral-spinal fluid from patients with Parkinson’s disease hold a brand-new type of biomarker — a phosphorylated protein that correlates with the presence and severity of …read more Source:: Science
New toolset makes it possible to build and ship Docker containers within Ansible
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•By Serdar Yegulalp A new project from the creators of the system automation framework Ansible, now owned by Red Hat, wants to make it possible to build Docker images and perform …read more Source:: OpenSource