Although at least 75 percent of our crop species depend on animal pollinators, little is known about their flower preferences. As global insect populations decline, it is of utmost importance …read more Source:: Science
Day: November 27, 2017
Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers
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•Researchers have created origami-inspired artificial muscles that add strength to soft robots, allowing them to lift objects that are up to 1,000 times their own weight using only air or …read more Source:: Science
Archaeologist says fire, not corn, key to prehistoric survival in arid Southwest
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•Archaeologists have found scant evidence that people grew corn around the Grand Canyon 1,200 years ago. Instead, he said they used fire to prepare land for the cultivation of wild …read more Source:: Science
Less life: Limited phosphorus recycling suppressed early Earth’s biosphere
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•The amount of biomass — life — in Earth’s ancient oceans may have been limited due to low recycling of the key nutrient phosphorus, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
IDG Contributor Network: Why containers will rule the cloud: the rise of Kubernetes
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•By Don Boulia Much has changed since the very first version of Kubernetes was released in July 2015. Over the past two years, the open community has made tremendous strides in …read more Source:: OpenSource