By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers saw the first, long-sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels, the body’s sewer system. The results …read more Source:: Science
Month: October 2017
Large volcanic eruptions in Tropics can trigger El Niño events
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•Explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics can lead to El Niño events, those notorious warming periods in the Pacific Ocean with dramatic global impacts on the climate, according to a …read more Source:: Science
House sparrow decline linked to air pollution and poor diet
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•House sparrows are well-adapted to living in urban areas, so it is surprising their numbers have fallen significantly over the past decades. An investigation into this worrying trend finds that …read more Source:: Science
To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma
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•Female butterflies make smart investments, finds a new study. …read more Source:: Science
Long Term Support Linux gets a longer lease on life
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•LTS Linux will now have a six-year life, rather than a two-year life, which is just what Android developers want and what Android users need. …read more Source:: Linux
Meteorite tells us that Mars had a dense atmosphere 4 billion years ago
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•Exploration missions have suggested that Mars once had a warm climate, which sustained oceans on its surface. To keep Mars warm requires a dense atmosphere with a sufficient greenhouse effect, …read more Source:: Science
ALMA and Rosetta detect Freon-40 in space
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•Observations made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESA’s Rosetta mission, have revealed the presence of the organohalogen Freon-40 in gas around both an infant star and a …read more Source:: Science
First look at electrons escaping atoms
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•Researchers have taken a first step toward controlling electrons’ behavior inside matter — and thus the first step down a long and complicated road that could eventually lead to the …read more Source:: Science
Mini-kidneys grown in lab reveal renal disease secrets
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•By creating and manipulating mini-kidney organoids that contain a realistic micro-anatomy, researchers can now track the early stages of polycystic kidney disease. The organoids are grown from human stem cells. …read more Source:: Science