Skype snap widens the popular communications’ program availability on Linux desktops, with easy installation and automatic updates. …read more Source:: Linux
Day: February 1, 2018
Distant galaxy group contradicts common cosmological models, simulations
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•Astronomers have determined that Centaurus A, a massive elliptical galaxy 13 million light-years from Earth, is accompanied by a number of dwarf satellite galaxies orbiting the main body in a …read more Source:: Science
House dust mites evolved a new way to protect their genome
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•House dust mites are common pests with an unusual evolutionary history. They are tiny, free-living animals that evolved from a parasitic ancestor, which in turn evolved from free-living organisms millions …read more Source:: Science
New water-splitting method could open path to hydrogen economy
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•Researchers have found a way to more efficiently generate hydrogen from water – an important key to making clean energy more viable. Using inexpensive nickel and iron, the researchers developed …read more Source:: Science
Strange things happen when a crystal gets split in two
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•Researchers have carefully broken potassium tantalate crystals in specific directions, and imaged the resulting surfaces using a state of the art atomic force microscope. Their data was combined with computations …read more Source:: Science