Geographers have created a new world map showing dramatic changes in land use over the last quarter century. Researchers turned high-resolution satellite images from the European Space Agency into one …read more Source:: Science
Month: November 2018
Geneticist solves long-standing finch beak mystery
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•Biologist have compared the genes of large-beaked Cameroonian finches to those of their smaller-beaked counterparts, found the answer to a 20-year old mystery: 300,000 base pairs, apparently inherited as a …read more Source:: Science
Overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars
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•Today, most of the water on Mars is locked away in frozen ice caps. But billions of years ago it flowed freely across the surface, forming rushing rivers that emptied …read more Source:: Science
GitHub alternative strives to be all open source, only open source
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•By Serdar Yegulalp A new software service for hosting and managing open source projects, Sr.ht, aims to be an entirely open source alternative to existing services like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole redefined
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•In a landmark decision, representatives from 60 countries voted to redefine the International System of Units (SI), changing the world’s definition of the kilogram, the ampere, the kelvin and the …read more Source:: Science
3D chemical maps of single bacteria
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•Researchers used ultrabright x-rays to generate 3D nanoscale maps of a single bacteria’s chemical composition with unparalleled spatial resolution. …read more Source:: Science
Predatory behavior of Florida’s skull-collecting ant
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•New research describes the behavioral and chemical strategies of a Florida ant, Formica archboldi, that decorates its nest with the dismembered body parts of other ant species. …read more Source:: Science
First-ever views of elusive energy explosion
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•Researchers have captured a difficult-to-view singular event involving ‘magnetic reconnection’ — the process by which sparse particles and energy around Earth collide producing a quick but mighty explosion — in …read more Source:: Science
Solar panels for yeast cell biofactories
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•Scientists presents a highly adaptable solution to creating yeast biohybrids with enhanced metabolism driven by light energy. …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat releases Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 beta
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•The next major RHEL update is on its way with more container friendliness than ever. …read more Source:: Linux