An exploration to one of the deepest places on earth has captured rare footage of what is believed to be three new species of the elusive snailfish. …read more Source:: Science
Month: September 2018
Peatland carbon sinks at risk
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•Peatlands are extremely effective at storing carbon, but an international study has found climate change could stop that. The group investigated how peatlands – swamps and bogs with organic rich …read more Source:: Science
Large trucks are biggest culprits of near-road air pollution
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•A new study reveals large diesel trucks to be the greatest contributors to harmful black carbon emissions close to major roadways, indicating that vehicle types matter more than traffic volume …read more Source:: Science
Evidence of early planetary shake-up
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•Scientists have studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system. …read more Source:: Science
Single molecule control for a millionth of a billionth of a second
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•Physicists have discovered how to manipulate and control individual molecules for a millionth of a billionth of a second, after being intrigued by some seemingly odd results. …read more Source:: Science
A study of ants provides information on the evolution of social insects
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•One of the great puzzles of evolutional biology is what induced certain living creatures to abandon solitary existence in favor of living in collaborative societies, as seen in the case …read more Source:: Science
Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say
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•The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Matei Zaharia, creator of the Apache Spark project, on the big data framework | True Technologist Ep 2
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•In this episode of True Technologist, host Eric Knorr talks with Matei Zaharia, chief technologist at Databricks and an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford, about the Apache Spark …read more Source:: OpenSource
Building a better brain-in-a-dish, faster and cheaper
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•Researchers report on the development of a new protocol for creating human cortical organoids — mini-brains derived directly from primary cells that can be used to better explore and understand …read more Source:: Science
Big game animals must learn to migrate and pass knowledge across generations
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•A team of scientists has provided the first empirical evidence that ungulates (hooved mammals) must learn where and when to migrate, and that they maintain their seasonal migrations by passing …read more Source:: Science