The rising acidity of the oceans threatens coral reefs by making it harder for corals to build their skeletons. A new study identifies the details of how ocean acidification affects …read more Source:: Science
Month: January 2018
Visualizing danger from songbird warning calls
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•A researcher finds that a small songbird, the Japanese tit (Parus minor), can retrieve a visual image of a predator from specific alarm calls. …read more Source:: Science
Boosting Sirt4 gene activity extends healthy lifespan in fruit flies
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•Researchers illustrate that Sirt4, also found in humans, may be an important factor in age-related metabolic decline and healthy lifespan. …read more Source:: Science
Mammals and birds could have best shot at surviving climate change
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•New research that analyzed more than 270 million years of data on animals shows that mammals and birds – both warm-blooded animals – may have a better chance of evolving …read more Source:: Science
Tickling the brain with electrical stimulation improves memory
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•Tickling the brain with low-intensity electrical stimulation in a specific area can improve verbal short-term memory. …read more Source:: Science
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria
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•A toxin much like the one that causes botulism has unexpectedly turned up in a completely different type of bacteria – Enterococcus. Where it came from is unclear, but the …read more Source:: Science
IDG Contributor Network: Devops open source monitoring tools can reduce cost and increase uptime
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•By Larry Gordon Recent progress in the open source world of devops tools can help enterprises reduce costs and increase uptime. They key thing is for managers to know how to choose and …read more Source:: OpenSource
From stem cells to a functional heart: The role of the Mesp1 gene
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•Researchers have identified the role of key gene Mesp1 in the earliest step of cardiovascular lineage segregation. This discovery may help to better understand congenital heart defects. …read more Source:: Science
Archaeologists say they may have discovered one of the earliest examples of a ‘crayon’
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•Archaeologists say they may have discovered one of the earliest examples of a ‘crayon’ — possibly used by our ancestors 10,000 years ago for applying color to their animal skins …read more Source:: Science
Paleontology: The eleventh Archaeopteryx
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•Researchers report the first description of the geologically oldest fossil securely attributable to the genus Archaeopteryx, and provide a new diagnostic key for differentiating bird-like dinosaurs from their closest relatives. …read more Source:: Science