Researchers explore the mechanics of silk to design materials. Coupling multiscale modeling with emerging microscale 3D-printing techniques, the team enabled a pathway to directly fabricate and test synthetic web structures …read more Source:: Science
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New test detects drug use from a single fingerprint
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•A new, non-invasive test that can detect cocaine use through a simple fingerprint has been presented by researchers. For the first time, this new fingerprint method can determine whether cocaine …read more Source:: Science
Yoga and chronic pain have opposite effects on brain gray matter
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•Chronic pain is known to cause brain anatomy changes and impairments, but yoga can be an important tool for preventing or even reversing the effects of chronic pain on the …read more Source:: Science
Do you need a container-specific Linux distribution?
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•By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols You’ve always been able to run containers on a variety of operating systems: Zones on Solaris; Jails on BSD; Docker on Linux and now Windows Server; …read more Source:: OpenSource
We’re happy and we know it, and now the research shows it
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•If you have a spring in your step and a smile on your face, you’re in good company. Americans are generally a pretty happy bunch, according to a new study …read more Source:: Science
NASA finds Antarctic ice shelf a few years from disintegration
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•LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years, contributing further …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
A deepwater fish joins mammals, birds in the warm-blooded club
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Move over, mammals and birds, and make room for a fish called the opah in the warm-blooded club. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
As carbon emissions climb, so too has Earth’s capacity to remove CO2 from atmosphere
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•New research confirms that as carbon emissions continue to climb, so too has the Earth’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. …read more Source:: Science
Gene regulation underlies the evolution of social complexity in bees
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•Explaining the evolution of insect society, with sterile society members displaying extreme levels of altruism, has long been a major scientific challenge, dating back to Charles Darwin’s day. A new …read more Source:: Science
Comet Wild 2: A window into the birth of the solar system?
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•Scientists have investigated the oxygen isotope and mineral composition of the comet dust returned from Wild 2. The team discovered an unexpected combination of material that has deepened the mystery …read more Source:: Science