Microsoft also makes Threat Protection bundle generally available. …read more Source:: Linux
Month: February 2020
Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic
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•Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world’s most problematic disease-causing bacteria, including some strains that …read more Source:: Science
Bumble bees can experience an object using one sense and later recognize it using another
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•The ability to recognize objects across different senses is present in the tiny brains of an insect, researchers have discovered. …read more Source:: Science
Origins of immune system mapped, opening doors for new cancer immunotherapies
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•A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland could lead to new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Researchers mapped thymus tissue through the human lifespan to …read more Source:: Science
Earth formed much faster than previously thought, new study shows
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•By measuring iron isotopes, researchers have shown that our planet originally formed much faster than previously thought. This finding provides new insights on both planetary formation and the likelihood of …read more Source:: Science
How newborn stars prepare for the birth of planets
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•Astronomers used two of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very young stars in the Orion Clouds. …read more Source:: Science
Earthquakes disrupt sperm whales’ ability to find food
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•Scientists studying sperm whales have discovered earthquakes affect their ability to find food for at least a year. The research is among the first to examine the impact of a …read more Source:: Science
Methane emitted by humans vastly underestimated
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•Researchers measured methane levels in ancient air samples and found that scientists have been vastly underestimating the amount of methane humans are emitting into the atmosphere via fossil fuels. The …read more Source:: Science
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn
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•Using ‘BPA-free’ plastic products could be as harmful to human health — including a developing brain — as those products that contain the controversial chemical, suggest scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Microsoft’s Scalar speeds up Git
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•By Paul Krill Addressing performance bottlenecks in the Git distributed version control system, Microsoft has introduced Scalar, a set of tools and extensions for Windows and MacOS users that helps …read more Source:: OpenSource