In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of rocks. Mars, for example, has geological features that suggest it once had — and still has — …read more Source:: Science
Day: March 30, 2018
Cat-like ‘hearing’ with device tens of trillions times smaller than human eardrum
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•Researchers are developing atomically thin ‘drumheads’– tens of trillions of times thinner than the human eardrum — able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater …read more Source:: Science
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to ‘electric bacteria’
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•Could a unique bacterium be nature’s microscopic power plant? Scientists who work with a species of bacteria that essentially ‘breathe’ rocks think it’s possible. …read more Source:: Science
Proposed border wall will harm Texas plants and animals, scientists say
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•In the latest peer-reviewed publication on the potential impacts of a border wall on plants and animals, conservation biologists say that border walls threaten to harm endangered Texas plants and …read more Source:: Science
Basking sharks gather in large groups off northeast US coast
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•Groups of basking sharks ranging from as few as 30 to nearly 1,400 individual animals have been observed aggregating in waters from Nova Scotia to Long Island. While individual sightings …read more Source:: Science
Commercial open source is more than old stuff for free
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•By Dan Swinhoe February saw open source turn 20 years old. Or the OSI definition at least. According to the OSI, the term was coined in Palo Alto by nanotechnologist …read more Source:: OpenSource