To determine the composition of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, the team used a unique software package that uses state-of-the-art mineral physics calculators. The software, called ExoPlex, allowed the team to combine …read more Source:: Science
Month: March 2018
Wind, sea ice patterns point to climate change in western Arctic
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A major shift in western Arctic wind patterns occurred throughout the winter of 2017 and the resulting changes in sea ice movement are possible indicators of a changing climate, says …read more Source:: Science
Low-tech, affordable solutions to improve water quality
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Clever, fundamental engineering could go a long way toward preventing waterborne illness and exposure to carcinogenic substances in water. …read more Source:: Science
New deep reef ocean zone, the rariphotic, teeming with new fish species
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Diving down below the range of scuba in the Curasub, Smithsonian deep reef explorers discovered a new world where roughly half of the fish had no names. They are calling …read more Source:: Science
The best open source rookies of 2018
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By Black Duck by Synopsys The open source giants of the futureImage by Synopsys Over the last decade, Black Duck by Synopsys has recognized some of the most innovative and influential open source projects launched each …read more Source:: OpenSource
Agriculture initiated by indigenous peoples, not Fertile Crescent migration
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Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey’s Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant farmers as previously thought, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
First evidence of live-traded dogs for Maya ceremonies
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Earliest evidence that Mayas raised and traded dogs and other animals — probably for ceremonies — from Ceibal, Guatemala. …read more Source:: Science
Intensification of agriculture and social hierarchies evolve together, study finds
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Researchers analyzed the evolution of 155 Island South East Asian and Pacific societies to determine that, rather than intensification of agriculture leading to social stratification, the two evolve together. The …read more Source:: Science
At first blush, you look happy — or sad, or angry
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Our faces broadcast our feelings in living color — even when we don’t move a muscle. That’s the conclusion of a groundbreaking study into human expressions of emotion, which found …read more Source:: Science
‘New life form’ answers question about evolution of cells
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Bacteria and Archaea must have evolved from the putative Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). One hypothesis is that this happened because the cell membrane in LUCA was an unstable mixture …read more Source:: Science