Existing assessments of extinction risk would benefit from modern geospatial technologies, say scientists, who warn that there are hundreds more species who are at risk of extinction than is currently …read more Source:: Science
Day: November 10, 2016
Your birth year predicts your odds if flu pandemic were to strike
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•We are not blank slates with regard to how susceptible we are to emerging strains of flu virus, researchers have discovered. These findings could provide relevant information for the development …read more Source:: Science
Two paths at once: Watching the buildup of quantum superpositions
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•Scientists have observed how quantum superpositions build up in a helium atom within femtoseconds. Just like in the famous double-slit experiment, there are two ways to reach the final outcome. …read more Source:: Science
GitHub Enterprise 2.8 adds new workflow options
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•By Serdar Yegulalp The big changes rolled out for GitHub Enterprise 2.8 may seem familiar, but don’t say GitHub is running out of ideas. Instead, the company is adding tools to …read more Source:: OpenSource
Australian continent shifts with the seasons, study finds
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•Australia shifts and tilts back and forth by several millimeters each year because of changes to Earth’s center of mass, according to a new study. The findings could help scientists …read more Source:: Science
Why do seabirds eat plastic?
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•If it smells like food, and looks like food, it must be food, right? Not in the case of ocean-faring birds that are sometimes found with bellies full of plastic. …read more Source:: Science
What does it take to make a memory? Study says new proteins
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•For the first time, scientists have identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear-associated with a specific environmental cue or “contextual fear …read more Source:: Science
Peculiarities of huge equatorial jet stream in Saturn’s atmosphere revealed
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•The atmosphere of the planet Saturn, a gas giant ten times bigger than the Earth consisting mostly of hydrogen, has a wider, more intense jet stream than all the planets …read more Source:: Science
HIV test performed on USB stick
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•A new device uses a drop of blood to detect HIV, and then creates an electrical signal that can be read by a computer, laptop or handheld device. …read more Source:: Science