All the major Linux distributions have now released their Intel chip meltdown patches. But, someone must retune all those servers to get their performance up to speed and replace network …read more Source:: Linux
Day: January 11, 2018
Citizen scientists discover five-planet system
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•In its search for exoplanets — planets outside of our solar system — NASA’s Kepler telescope trails behind Earth, measuring the brightness of stars that may potentially host planets. The …read more Source:: Science
Solving Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’: How flowering plants conquered the world
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•Researchers have found that flowering plants have small cells relative to other major plant groups, made possible by a greatly reduced genome size, and this may explain how they became …read more Source:: Science
Rising CO2 is causing trouble in freshwaters too, study suggests
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•As carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere rise, more CO2 gets absorbed into seawater. As a result, the world’s oceans have grown more acidic over time, causing a wide …read more Source:: Science
Steep slopes on Mars reveal structure of buried ice on Red Planet
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•Researchers have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars’ surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes. The ice was likely deposited as snow long ago. The …read more Source:: Science