Researchers have created the first complete description of early embryo development, accounting for every single cell in the embryo. This ‘virtual embryo’ will help to answer how the different cell …read more Source:: Science
Month: April 2020
Extinction of threatened marine megafauna would lead to huge loss in functional diversity
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•The extinction of threatened marine megafauna species could result in larger than expected losses in functional diversity, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Relying on ‘local food’ is a distant dream for most of the world
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•A recent study shows that less than one-third of the world’s population could currently meet their demand for food produced in their local vicinity. …read more Source:: Science
Climate-driven megadrought is emerging in western US, says study
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•A new study says a megadrought worse than anything known from recorded history is very likely in progress in the western United States and northern Mexico, and warming climate is …read more Source:: Science
Study finds evidence for existence of elusive ‘metabolon’
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•Scientists have long hypothesized the existence of enzyme clusters, or ‘metabolons,’ in facilitating various processes within cells. Researchers have now directly observed functional metabolons involved in generating purines, the most …read more Source:: Science
Whole genome sequencing reveals genetic structural secrets of schizophrenia
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•Scientists have conducted the largest-ever whole genome sequencing study of schizophrenia to provide a more complete picture of the role the human genome plays in this disease. …read more Source:: Science
Earth-size, habitable-zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data
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•A reanalysis of data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope has revealed an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star’s habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could …read more Source:: Science
New geochemical tool reveals origin of Earth’s nitrogen
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•Researchers have used a new geochemical tool to shed light on the origin of nitrogen and other volatile elements on Earth, which may also prove useful as a way to …read more Source:: Science
Open source made the cloud in its image
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•By Matt Asay “The cloud was built for running open source,” Matt Wilson once told me, “which is why open source [has] worked so well in the cloud.” While true, there’s something …read more Source:: OpenSource
With coronavirus forcing us to work from home, SUSE suggests the Linux desktop
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•As many sysadmins are discovering to their dismay, trying to manage workers from home on a wild mix of older Windows PCs is no fun at all. So, SUSE has …read more Source:: Linux