A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common. …read more Source:: Science
Month: December 2017
Marine turtles dying after becoming entangled in plastic rubbish
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•Hundreds of marine turtles die every year after becoming entangled in rubbish in the oceans and on beaches, including plastic ‘six pack’ holders and discarded fishing gear. …read more Source:: Science
Direct amygdala stimulation can enhance human memory for a day
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•The findings are the first example of electrical brain stimulation in humans giving an event-specific boost to memory lasting until the next day, the scientists say. …read more Source:: Science
Warmer, wetter climate could mean stronger, more intense storms
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•How would today’s weather patterns look in a warmer, wetter atmosphere — an expected shift portended by climate change? Researchers offer new insight into this question — specifically, how thunderstorms …read more Source:: Science
Floating solar fuels rig created for seawater electrolysis
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•Chemical engineers have developed a novel photovoltaic-powered electrolysis device that can operate as a stand-alone platform that floats on open water. The floating PV-electrolyzer can be thought of as a …read more Source:: Science
First-of-its-kind chemical oscillator offers new level of molecular control
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•Researchers successfully constructed a first-of-its-kind chemical oscillator that uses DNA components. DNA molecules that follow specific instructions could offer more precise molecular control of synthetic chemical systems, a discovery that …read more Source:: Science
Hope for one of the world’s rarest primates: First census of Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey
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•A team of scientists recently completed the first-ever range-wide population census of the Zanzibar red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii) an endangered primate found only on the Zanzibar archipelago off the …read more Source:: Science
Effects of climate change could accelerate by mid-century
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•Environmental models are showing that the effects of climate change could be much stronger by the middle of the 21st century, and a number of ecosystem and weather conditions could …read more Source:: Science
Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects
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•While engineers have had success building tiny, insect-like robots, programming them to behave autonomously like real insects continues to present technical challenges. Engineers have recently been experimenting with a new …read more Source:: Science
Artificial intelligence, NASA data used to discover eighth planet circling distant star
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•Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light …read more Source:: Science