We may not be able to change recent events in our lives, but how well we remember them plays a key role in how our brains model what’s happening in …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2018
Young galaxy’s halo offers clues to its growth and evolution
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•A team of astronomers has tested a new way of studying the properties of the gaseous halo surrounding a galaxy using W. M. Keck Observatory’s new instrument, the Keck Cosmic …read more Source:: Science
Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light
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•Researchers have developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, raising the possibility that these materials could enable a wide range of products that perform …read more Source:: Science
Bats harbor a gene swiped from an ancient Ebola-like virus — here’s how they may use it
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•Some 18 million years ago, an ancestor of mouse-eared bats ‘stole’ genetic material from an ancient virus related to Ebola. The swiped genetic sequence — a gene called VP35 — …read more Source:: Science
Scientists warn that proposed US-Mexico border wall threatens biodiversity, conservation
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•Scientists highlight ecological harm that could result from the construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border. …read more Source:: Science
Where Martian dust comes from
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•The dust that coats much of the surface of Mars originates largely from a single thousand-kilometer-long geological formation near the Red Planet’s equator. …read more Source:: Science
More mysteries of metallic hydrogen
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•Liquid metallic hydrogen is not present naturally on Earth and has only been created in a handful of places. Now scientists are researching the properties of liquid metallic hydrogen to …read more Source:: Science
Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot ever
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•The dinosaur foot known as ‘Bigfoot,’ described in a new scientific paper recently published in the open-access journal PeerJ — the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, was excavated in …read more Source:: Science
World-first quantum computer simulation of chemical bonds using trapped ions
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•Simulation of chemical bonds and reactions is expected to be one of the first applications for at-scale quantum computers. Physicists have now demonstrated the world-first simulation of a chemical bond …read more Source:: Science
Microsoft PowerShell now available on Linux as an Ubuntu snap
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•PowerShell, the Windows shell language, is now available on Linux as an Ubuntu Snap! Believe it! …read more Source:: Linux