If you’ve ever spent some time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not the only organisms soaking up the sun. Anoles — diminutive little tree lizards …read more Source:: Science
Month: April 2019
Thermodynamic magic enables cooling without energy consumption
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•Physicists have developed an amazingly simple device that allows heat to flow temporarily from a cold to a warm object without an external power supply. Intriguingly, the process initially appears …read more Source:: Science
Data mining digs up hidden clues to major California earthquake triggers
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•A powerful computational study of southern California seismic records has revealed detailed information about a plethora of previously undetected small earthquakes, giving a more precise picture about stress in the …read more Source:: Science
Bioengineers program cells as digital signal processors
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•Synthetic biologists have added high-precision analog-to-digital signal processing to the genetic circuitry of living cells. The research dramatically expands the chemical, physical and environmental cues engineers can use to prompt …read more Source:: Science
Giant tortoises migrate unpredictably in the face of climate change
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•Researchers use GPS to track the timing and patterns of giant tortoise migration over multiple years. The tortoises often take the same migration routes over many years in order to …read more Source:: Science
Hubble celebrates its 29th birthday with unrivaled view of the Southern Crab Nebula
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•This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 29th anniversary in space. The nebula, created by a binary star system, …read more Source:: Science
A history of the Crusades, as told by crusaders’ DNA
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•History can tell us a lot about the Crusades, the series of religious wars fought between 1095 and 1291, in which Christian invaders tried to claim the Near East. But …read more Source:: Science
Researchers use 3D printer to print glass
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•For the first time, researchers have successfully 3D printed chalcogenide glass, a unique material used to make optical components that operate at mid-infrared wavelengths. The ability to 3D print this …read more Source:: Science
Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease
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•A small clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can safely correct the immune systems of infants newly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening inherited disorder in which infection-fighting immune cells …read more Source:: Science
Ubuntu 19.04 comes refreshed with the Linux 5.0 kernel
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•Both the Ubuntu Linux desktop and server come with significant updates. …read more Source:: Linux