Physicists have caused atoms in a gas to behave as if they possess unusual magnetic properties long sought in harder-to-study solid materials. …read more Source:: Science
Month: December 2016
IDG Contributor Network: Android: Beware Super Mario Run malware
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•By Jim Lynch Super Mario Run malware for Android When Nintendo decided to release Super Mario Run for iOS devices only, it caused quite a lot of disappointment among Android users. Unfortunately, some sleazy …read more Source:: OpenSource
Addictive cravings still detectable after death
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•A protein known as FosB in the reward centre of the brain alters in chronically ill people suffering from an addictive disorder (e.g. heroin addiction): it is genetically modified, split …read more Source:: Science
Salamanders brave miles of threatening terrain for the right sex partner
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•Most salamanders are homebodies when it comes to mating. But some of the beasts hit the road, traversing miles of rugged terrain unfit for an amphibian in pursuit of a …read more Source:: Science
Arctic Inuit, Native American cold adaptations may originate from extinct hominids
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•In the Arctic, the Inuits have adapted to severe cold and a predominantly seafood diet. Now, a team of scientists has followed up on the first natural selection study in …read more Source:: Science
Happy Holidays: Linux Mint get a major upgrade
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•The best Linux desktop just got even better. …read more Source:: Linux
Study confirms ‘sniff test’ may be useful in diagnosing early Alzheimer’s disease
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•Tests that measure the sense of smell may soon become common in neurologists’ offices. Scientists have been finding increasing evidence that the sense of smell declines sharply in the early …read more Source:: Science
Study pinpoints when the Galápagos Islands developed their unique ecology
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•A new study shows the geologic formation of one part of the Galapagos Islands archipelago — the one responsible for the biodiversity — formed roughly 1.6 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Festive nebulae light up Milky Way Galaxy satellite
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•The sheer observing power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is rarely better illustrated than in an image such as this. This glowing pink nebula, named NGC 248, is located …read more Source:: Science
Google open-sources test suite to find crypto bugs
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Working with cryptographic libraries is hard, and a single implementation mistake can result in serious security problems. To help developers check their code for implementation errors and find weaknesses …read more Source:: OpenSource