Small imperfections in a wine glass or tiny creases in a contact lens can be tricky to make out, even in good light. In almost total darkness, images of such …read more Source:: Science
Month: December 2018
Warming, sea-ice loss: Arctic Report Card tracks region’s environmental changes
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•NOAA’s annual report card on the Arctic, released today, shows that the Arctic region experienced the second-warmest air temperatures ever recorded; the second-lowest overall sea-ice coverage; lowest recorded winter ice …read more Source:: Science
Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?
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•The effects of a supernova — and possibly more than one — on large ocean life like school-bus-sized Megalodon 2.6 million years ago are detailed in a new article. …read more Source:: Science
​Canonical makes Kubernetes moves
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•Canonical wants to make it darn clear that, besides being the leading cloud Linux distributor, it’s also a major Kubernetes player. …read more Source:: Linux
Humans may be reversing the climate clock, by 50 million years
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•Our future on Earth may also be our past. Researchers show that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend tracing back at least 50 million years. And it’s taken just …read more Source:: Science
Water found on asteroid, confirming Bennu as excellent mission target
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•Spectral observations made by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft identified hydrated minerals across the asteroid, confirming that Bennu, a remnant from early in the formation of the solar system, is an excellent …read more Source:: Science
Topological material switched off and on for the first time
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•A new study represents a significant advance in topological transistors and beyond-CMOS electronics. First time that the topological state in a topological insulator has been switched on and off using …read more Source:: Science
Solar activity research provides insight into sun’s past, future
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•Scientists have developed a new technique for looking at historic solar data to distinguish trustworthy observations from those that should be used with care. This work is critical to understanding …read more Source:: Science
Evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres
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•Astronomers have concluded that the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is rich in organic matter. Data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft indicate that Ceres’s surface may contain several times the concentration …read more Source:: Science
Molecular insights into spider silk
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•Spider silk belongs to the toughest fibers in nature and has astounding properties. Scientists have now discovered new molecular details of self-assembly of a spider silk fiber protein. …read more Source:: Science