Where’s the best place to start when retracing the life of a person who lived 4,000 years ago? Turns out, it’s simple — you start at the beginning. …read more Source:: Science
Day: November 18, 2016
Bacteria communicate to ramp up collective immune response to viral threats
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•Bacteria can boost their own immune systems by “talking” to each other, surprising new research shows. This research provides new insight into how groups of bacteria collectively defend against viral …read more Source:: Science
Storing carbon dioxide underground by turning it into rock
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•In November, the Paris Climate Agreement goes into effect to reduce global carbon emissions. To achieve the set targets, experts say capturing and storing carbon must be part of the …read more Source:: Science
Giant ‘great valley’ found on Mercury
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•A newly discovered giant valley on the planet Mercury makes the Grand Canyon look tiny by comparison. The expansive valley holds an important key to the geologic history of the …read more Source:: Science
Diaphragm much older than expected
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•Caseids are “mammal-like” reptiles that lived about 300-250 million years ago. They had a barrel-shaped trunk, but scientists have struggled to realize how did these reptiles breathed. New calculations have …read more Source:: Science
Nothing good is free: How Linux and open source companies make money
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•We all know how popular and helpful Linux and open source products are. But since most of them are available for free, how do the companies that produce them make …read more Source:: Linux
VMware taps Angular 2 for rapid web dev framework
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•By Paul Krill VMware has released at GitHub its open source Clarity design system to create web applications based on the Angular 2 framework. Clarity packages user-experience guidelines, design patterns, …read more Source:: OpenSource