Anthropologists have provided new insights on one of the most famous Neanderthal skeletons, discovered over 100 years ago: La Ferrassie 1. …read more Source:: Science
Month: March 2018
Research hints at double the driving range for electric vehicles
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•When it comes to the special sauce of batteries, researchers have discovered it’s all about the salt concentration. By getting the right amount of salt, right where they want it, …read more Source:: Science
Why are whales so big?
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•Examining body sizes of ancient and modern aquatic mammals and their terrestrial counterparts reveals that life in water restricts mammals to a narrow range of body sizes — big enough …read more Source:: Science
Blowin’ in the wind — A source of energy?
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•It may in the future be possible to harvest energy with the aid of leaves fluttering in the wind. Researchers have developed a method and a material that generate an …read more Source:: Science
First IVF bison calf joins wild herd
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•Eight bison — four calves and their mothers — were released in mid-March on public lands in northern Colorado. A 10-month-old calf known as IVF 1 was among the newcomers. …read more Source:: Science
Smaller and faster: The terahertz computer chip is now within reach
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•Following three years of extensive research, physicists have created technology that will enable our computers —- and all optic communication devices —- to run 100 times faster through terahertz microchips. …read more Source:: Science
Linux Mint announces Mintbox Mini 2 tiny desktop PC with Intel inside
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•Due in June, the new Mintbox moves from an AMD CPU to a rival Celeron processor, which should provide a performance boost while maintaining a similar price point. …read more Source:: Linux
Mysterious head of a pharaoh discovered by Swansea Egyptologist
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•Egyptologists have found a depiction of one of the most famous pharaoh’s in history Hatshepsut (one of only a handful of female pharaohs) on an object in the Egypt Center …read more Source:: Science
Using light to turn yeast into biochemical factories
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•Researchers have used a combination of light and genetic engineering to controlling the metabolism, or basic chemical process, of a living cell. Building on techniques that already have transformed the …read more Source:: Science
Direct evidence of exposure of pregnant women to herbicide ingredient
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•The first birth cohort study of its kind has found more than 90 percent of a group of pregnant women in Central Indiana had detectable levels of glyphosate, the active …read more Source:: Science