By Andrew C. Oliver Maybe you want to avoid burning up a bunch of cash on Databricks, the cloud-based Spark machine learning and analytics platform. Or maybe you need a data source or …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: September 2017
Solar-to-fuel system recycles CO2 to make ethanol and ethylene
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•Scientists have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants. The achievement marks a significant advance in the effort …read more Source:: Science
Copper catalyst yields high efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion
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•Scientists have developed a new electrocatalyst that can directly convert carbon dioxide into multicarbon fuels and alcohols using record-low inputs of energy. The work is the latest in a round …read more Source:: Science
When it comes to the threat of extinction, size matters
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•Animals in the Goldilocks zone — neither too big, nor too small, but just the right size — face a lower risk of extinction than do those on both ends …read more Source:: Science
RNA discovery could help boost plant heat, drought tolerance
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•The discovery of a RNA that can increase drought and salt tolerance in thale cress could illuminate a new research approach and hold implications for other plants, including food crops. …read more Source:: Science
More evidence of water on Mars
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•River deposits exist across the surface of Mars and record a surface environment from over 3.5 billion years ago that was able to support liquid water at the surface. A …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft ends its historic exploration of Saturn
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•A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system has come to a close, as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its …read more Source:: Science
A drone for last-centimeter delivery
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•A new drone uses cutting-edge technology to deliver parcels weighing up to 500 grams. The device will never get stuck in traffic, it’s programmed to avoid obstacles, and it can …read more Source:: Science
Light on exoplanets may be quite different from Earth: Different photosynthesis?
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•Researchers have proposed a prediction that red-edge could be observed as on the Earth even on exoplanets around M-dwarfs. They pointed out that the first oxgenic photorophs are most likely …read more Source:: Science
Tough stuff: Spider silk enhanced with graphene-based materials
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•Natural spider silk has excellent mechanical properties. Researchers have now found a way to boost the strength of spider’s silk using graphene-based materials, paving the way for a novel class …read more Source:: Science