Scientists have created, for the first time a three-dimensional skyrmion in a quantum gas. The skyrmion was predicted theoretically over 40 years ago, but only now has it been observed …read more Source:: Science
Day: March 2, 2018
Unprecedentedly wide and sharp dark matter map
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•A research team released an unprecedentedly wide and sharp dark matter map based on the newly obtained imaging data by Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope. The dark matter distribution …read more Source:: Science
Tiny bubbles of oxygen got trapped 1.6 billion years ago
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•Take a good look at these photos: They show you 1.6 billion years old fossilized oxygen bubbles, created by tiny microbes in what was once a shallow sea somewhere on …read more Source:: Science
Hands-On: Installing five different Linux distributions on my new HP laptop
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•This HP laptop comes with both a 256GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. I’m going to load it with a variety of Linux distributions and see how it …read more Source:: Linux
Two species of ravens nevermore? New research finds evidence of ‘speciation reversal’
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•A new study almost 20 years in the making provides some of the strongest evidence yet of the ‘speciation reversal’ phenomenon — where two distinct lineages hybridize and eventually merge …read more Source:: Science