Want to give your Linux-loving friend a great gift? Here are some of my favorites for the Tux-lover in your life. …read more Source:: Linux
Month: November 2019
Humans co-evolved with immune-related diseases — and it’s still happening
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•Some of the same mutations allowing humans to fend off deadly infections also make us more prone to certain inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn’s disease. Researchers describe how …read more Source:: Science
Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming carbon dioxide for growth
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•Over the course of several months, researchers created Escherichia coli strains that consume carbon dioxide for energy instead of organic compounds. This achievement in synthetic biology highlights the incredible plasticity …read more Source:: Science
A new theory for how black holes and neutron stars shine bright
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•Astrophysicists employed massive super-computer simulations to calculate the mechanisms that accelerate charged particles in extreme environments. They concluded their energization is powered by the interplay of chaotic motion and reconnection …read more Source:: Science
Android, Linux smartphone-computer: Dual-screen Cosmo Communicator is out
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•Fans of PDAs with a QWERTY keyboard can now buy the quirky smartphone-computer from Planet Computers. …read more Source:: Linux
Microsoft: This new Windows Terminal preview gives you multiple panes
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•Microsoft refines Windows Terminal ahead of its v1.0 release in April 2020. …read more Source:: Linux
How open source changed everything — again
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•By Matt Asay We’re about to conclude another decade of open source, and what a long, strange trip it has been. Reading back through predictions made in 2009, no one had the foggiest …read more Source:: OpenSource
What keeps cells in shape? New research points to two types of motion
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•The health of cells is maintained, in part, by two types of movement of their nucleoli. This dual motion within surrounding fluid, it reports, adds to our understanding of what …read more Source:: Science
Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn
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•Researchers have taken a new and significant step toward detecting a signal from the period in cosmic history when the first stars lit up the universe. …read more Source:: Science
Tendon stem cells could revolutionize injury recovery
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•The buildup of scar tissue makes recovery from torn rotator cuffs, jumper’s knee, and other tendon injuries a painful, challenging process, often leading to secondary tendon ruptures. New research reveals …read more Source:: Science