Researchers have discovered that the cells that cause goosebumps are also important for regulating the stem cells that regenerate hair. In the skin, the muscle that contracts to create goosebumps …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2020
MRI scans of the brains of 130 mammals, including humans, indicate equal connectivity
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•Researchers conducted a first-of-its-kind study designed to investigate brain connectivity in 130 mammalian species. The intriguing results, contradicting widespread conjectures, revealed that brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, …read more Source:: Science
Solar Orbiter’s first images reveal ‘campfires’ on the Sun
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•The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed ‘campfires’, near the surface of our closest star. …read more Source:: Science
This $200 Linux smartphone can also be used as a PC
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•Pine64 beefs up the PinePhone and provides a dock to turn the device into a desktop computer. …read more Source:: Linux
New research of oldest light confirms age of the universe
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•New research suggest the universe is about 13.8 billion years old, according to researchers using observations from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile. …read more Source:: Science
World population likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power
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•With widespread, sustained declines in fertility, the world population will likely peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion, and then decline to about 8.8 billion by 2100 — about 2 …read more Source:: Science
Global methane emissions soar to record high
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•The pandemic has tugged carbon emissions down, temporarily. But levels of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane continue to climb, dragging the world further away from a path that skirts the …read more Source:: Science
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response
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•An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy adults, according …read more Source:: Science
Google’s Confidential VMs may change the public cloud market
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•This new Google Cloud feature enables you to lock down virtual machines from would-be snoopers and attackers. Confidential VMs may be the game-changer Google needs to catch up with its …read more Source:: Linux
Researchers convert female mosquitoes to nonbiting males with implications for mosquito control
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•Researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile male mosquitoes and identified a gene needed for male mosquito flight. …read more Source:: Science