Sixteenth century scientist Galileo Galilei threw two spheres of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to establish a scientific principle. Now nearly four centuries later, …read more Source:: Science
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Molecular system for artificial photosynthesis
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•A molecular system for artificial photosynthesis is designed to mimic key functions of the photosynthetic center in green plants — light absorption, charge separation, and catalysis — to convert solar …read more Source:: Science
Cold brown dwarf discovered close to our solar system
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•A new citizen-science tool released earlier this year to help astronomers pinpoint new worlds lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system has already led to a discovery: a …read more Source:: Science
Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days, latest data from ice shelf shows
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•The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica has grown by 17km in the last few days and is now only 13km from the ice front, indicating that …read more Source:: Science
Scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes
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•In a pair of studies, scientists explored how the human brain stores and retrieves memories. One study suggests that the brain etches each memory into unique firing patterns of individual …read more Source:: Science
Gene therapy could ‘turn off’ severe allergies
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•A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as asthma could be made possible by recent immunology research. …read more Source:: Science
Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move paralyzed hands
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•Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a plastic brace fitted over their paralyzed hands gained some ability to control their own hands when they …read more Source:: Science
Tiny shells indicate big changes to global carbon cycle
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•Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to the global carbon cycle are underway, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
Extreme Jupiter weather and magnetic fields
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•New observations about the extreme conditions of Jupiter’s weather and magnetic fields by astronomers have contributed to the revelations and insights coming from the first close passes of Jupiter by …read more Source:: Science
Elastic search stack wises up with machine learning
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Elastic, the commercial company supporting the Elasticsearch stack for searches of real-time data, has added machine learning functionality to all the pieces of the Elastic stack. Unlike some other companies, Elastic …read more Source:: OpenSource