A powerful new technique combines expansion microscopy with lattice light-sheet microscopy for nanoscale imaging of fly and mouse neuronal circuits and their molecular constituents that’s roughly 1,000 times faster than …read more Source:: Science
Month: January 2019
Scientists find increase in asteroid impacts on ancient Earth by studying the Moon
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•A team of scientists has determined the number of asteroid impacts on the Moon and Earth increased by two to three times starting around 290 million years ago. Previous theories …read more Source:: Science
More animal species under threat of extinction, new method shows
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•Currently approximately 600 species might be inaccurately assessed as non-threatened on the Red List of Threatened Species. More than a hundred others that couldn’t be assessed before, also appear to …read more Source:: Science
Emperor penguins’ first journey to sea
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•New research reveals the previously unknown behaviors of juvenile Emperor penguins in their critical early months when they leave their birth colony and first learn how to swim, dive, and …read more Source:: Science
Feathers: Better than Velcro?
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•The structures zipping together the barbs in bird feathers could provide a model for new adhesives and new aerospace materials, according to a new study. Researchers 3D printed models of …read more Source:: Science
MongoDB “open-source” Server Side Public License rejected
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•Red Hat won’t use MongoDB in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora thanks to MongoDB’s new Server Side Public License. …read more Source:: Linux
High-speed supernova reveals earliest moments of a dying star
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•An international team of researchers found evidence for the much theorized ‘hot cocoon’. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists grow perfect human blood vessels in a petri dish
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•Scientists have managed to grow perfect human blood vessels as organoids in a petri dish for the first time. The breakthrough engineering technology dramatically advances research of vascular diseases like …read more Source:: Science
How stem cells self-organize in the developing embryo
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•New study uses live imaging to understand a critical step in early embryonic development — how genes and molecules control forces to orchestrate the emergence of form in the developing …read more Source:: Science
Breakthrough in ice-repelling materials
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•Icy weather is blamed for multibillion dollar losses every year in the United States, including delays and damage related to air travel, infrastructure and power generation and transmission facilities. Now …read more Source:: Science