Researchers have protected nonhuman primates against Ebola Sudan four days following exposure to the virus. …read more Source:: Science
Day: August 22, 2016
IDG Contributor Network: Why did Gentoo Linux fade into obscurity?
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•By Jim Lynch Why did Gentoo Linux fade into obscurity? Gentoo Linux was fairly well known at one point, with many tech-savvy Linux users opting to run it on their computers. But Gentoo …read more Source:: OpenSource
Bubble-wrapped sponge creates steam using sunlight
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•How do you boil water? Eschewing the traditional kettle and flame, engineers have invented a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlight and heats water to boiling temperatures, generating …read more Source:: Science
New flexible material can make any window ‘smart’
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•Scientists have developed a new low-temperature process for coating a new smart material on plastic. At the heart of the team’s study is their rare insight into the atomic-scale structure …read more Source:: Science
Linux at 25: An ecosystem, not only an OS
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•By Eric Knorr I discovered Linux the way most people did, though word of mouth in the 1990s, when rumors spread of a free “hobbyist” OS designed to run on x86 PCs. For …read more Source:: OpenSource