New approaches that could spur the human body to produce HIV-blocking antibodies have been successful in mice mimicking the human immune system, according to five new studies. …read more Source:: Science
Day: September 8, 2016
Unprecedented atmospheric behavior disrupts one of Earth’s most regular climate cycles
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•A team of scientists has discovered an unexpected disruption in one of the most repeatable atmospheric patterns. …read more Source:: Science
Earthquakes can trigger near-instantaneous aftershocks on different faults
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•A large earthquake on one fault can trigger large aftershocks on separate faults within just a few minutes. These findings have important implications for earthquake hazard prone regions like California …read more Source:: Science
Containing our ‘electromagnetic pollution’
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•Electromagnetic radiation is everywhere — that’s been the case since the beginning of the universe. But the proliferation of electronics in recent decades has contributed both to the volume of …read more Source:: Science
Measuring forces in the DNA molecule
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•DNA, our genetic material, normally has the structure of a twisted rope ladder. Experts call this structure a double helix. Among other things, it is stabilized by stacking forces between …read more Source:: Science
Brain connections are more sophisticated than thought
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•Inhibitory connections between neurons act as the brain’s brakes, preventing it from becoming overexcited. Researchers thought inhibitory connections were less sophisticated than their excitatory counterparts because relatively few proteins were …read more Source:: Science
Sweet SUSE! HPE snags itself a Linux distro
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•No one noticed but in HPE’s spin-off of its software assets, the company also tied the knot with leading enterprise Linux power SUSE. …read more Source:: Linux