Scientists have synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. Biologists developed a human antibody for dengue suppression in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the insects that spread dengue. …read more Source:: Science
Month: January 2020
In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid — not volcanoes
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•Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international team of researchers. It was all about the asteroid. …read more Source:: Science
Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion
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•Scientists studying fossils collected 35 years ago have identified them as the oldest-known scorpion species, a prehistoric animal from about 437 million years ago. The researchers found that the animal …read more Source:: Science
‘Living fossil’ may upend basic tenet of evolutionary theory
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•A research team has discovered the first conclusive evidence that selection may also occur at the level of the epigenome — a term that refers to an assortment of chemical …read more Source:: Science
Wind River acquires Star Lab to improve its Linux security
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•The well-known embedded Linux company Wind River is beefing up its security as its devices face an increasingly networked world. …read more Source:: Linux
Microsoft and IBM: Here’s why we back Google in Oracle Java API copyright case
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•Microsoft highlights historical tech innovations, including the Windows Subsystem for Linux, that were enabled in the same way Google used Java APIs. …read more Source:: Linux
How to switch from Windows 7 to Chrome OS CloudReady
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•If all you’re doing with your Windows 7 PC runs off the web or the cloud, you can move it to CloudyReady, the Chromium OS-based operating system. …read more Source:: Linux
Living robots built using frog cells
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•Scientists repurposed living frog cells — and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. These tiny ‘xenobots’ can move toward a target and heal themselves after being cut. These novel living …read more Source:: Science
Microsoft spots malicious npm package stealing data from UNIX systems
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•Malicious JavaScript package was only active on the npm repository for two weeks. …read more Source:: Linux
Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust
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•Scientists have discovered the oldest solid material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust trapped inside a meteorite. This stardust provides evidence for a ‘baby boom’ of new stars that formed 7 billion …read more Source:: Science