Astronomers have shed further light on the evolution of the early Universe with the discovery of a “team” of super bright galaxies. …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2016
First fossil facial tumor discovered in a dwarf duck-billed dinosaur from Transylvania
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•The first-ever record of a tumourous facial swelling found in a fossil has been discovered in the jaw of the dwarf dinosaur Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, a type of primitive duck-billed dinosaur …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit around mighty Jupiter
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•After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. With its suite of nine science instruments, …read more Source:: Science
Dishonesty is aggressively punished in the world of paper wasps
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•Is honesty really the best policy? Isn’t it more beneficial to cheat, if you can get away with it? Not if you’re a paper wasp, shows new research. …read more Source:: Science
Expanding Antarctic sea ice linked to natural variability
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•The recent trend of increasing Antarctic sea ice extent — seemingly at odds with climate model projections — can largely be explained by a natural climate fluctuation, according to a …read more Source:: Science
A giant impact: Solving the mystery of how Mars’ moons formed
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•Where did the two natural satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, come from? For a long time, their shape suggested that they were asteroids captured by Mars. However, the shape …read more Source:: Science
Alma finds a swirling, cool jet that reveals a growing, supermassive black hole
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•Astronomers have made the surprising discovery of a jet of cool, dense gas in the center of a galaxy located 70 million light years from Earth. The jet, with its …read more Source:: Science
Want to bring that old netbook back to life? Hands-on with Manjaro LXQt and LXLE
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•Following up on my previous recommendation for Linux on a Samsung N150 Plus, here are two more very good candidates – Manjaro LXQt and LXLE. …read more Source:: Linux
E. coli: The ideal transport vehicle for next-gen vaccines?
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•Researchers have developed an E. coli-based transport capsule designed to help next-generation vaccines do a more efficient and effective job than today’s immunizations. The research highlights the capsule’s success fighting …read more Source:: Science
Injectable biomaterial could be used to manipulate organ behavior
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•Ideally, injectable or implantable medical devices should not only be small and electrically functional, they should be soft, like the body tissues with which they interact. Scientists set out to …read more Source:: Science