In the latest installment of our ongoing Better Know a Blogger series, we talk to ZDNet’s Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. We’ll take a deep dive into what makes this prolific tech …read more Source:: Linux
Month: February 2018
Hidden talents: Converting heat into electricity with pencil and paper
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•Thermoelectric materials can use thermal differences to generate electricity. Now there is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly way of producing them with the simplest of components: a normal pencil, photocopy …read more Source:: Science
High levels of microplastics found in Northwest Atlantic fish
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•A new study finds 73 percent of mesopelagic fish caught in the Northwest Atlantic had microplastics in their stomachs — one of the highest levels globally. Typically living at depths …read more Source:: Science
Bringing a hidden superconducting state to light
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•Using high-intensity pulses of infrared light, scientists found evidence of superconductivity associated with charge ‘stripes’ in a material above the temperature at which it begins to transmit electricity without resistance …read more Source:: Science
Soft tissue fossil clues could help search for ancient life on Earth and other planets
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•Fossils that preserve entire organisms (including both hard and soft body parts) are critical to our understanding of evolution and ancient life on Earth. However, these exceptional deposits are extremely …read more Source:: Science
Women who clean at home or work face increased lung function decline
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•Women who work as cleaners or regularly use cleaning sprays or other cleaning products at home appear to experience a greater decline in lung function over time than women who …read more Source:: Science
How the cuttlefish spikes out its skin: Neurological study reveals surprising control
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•Wouldn’t it be useful to suddenly erect 3-D spikes out of your skin, hold them for an hour, then even faster retract them and swim away? Octopus and cuttlefish can …read more Source:: Science
CRISPR-based diagnostic tool advanced, miniature paper test developed
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•The team that first unveiled the rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic tool called SHERLOCK has greatly enhanced the tool’s power to work with a miniature paper test, similar to …read more Source:: Science
Specific set of nerve cells controls epileptic seizures’ spread through brain
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•Experimental activation of a small set of nerve cells in the brain prevents convulsive seizures in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common form of epilepsy among …read more Source:: Science
CRISPR scissors, Cas12a, enables cutting-edge diagnostics
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•Utilizing an unsuspected activity of the CRISPR-Cas12a protein, researchers created a simple diagnostic system called DETECTR to analyze cells, blood, saliva, urine and stool to detect genetic mutations, cancer and …read more Source:: Science