It’s not just Google that’s trying to get a handle on earthquakes. The Linux Foundation and partners are working on an open-source earthquake early warning system as well. …read more Source:: Linux
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Monster black hole found in the early universe
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•Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant quasar ever found. It is the first quasar to receive an indigenous Hawaiian name, Poniua’ena. Data show the supermassive black hole powering Poniua’ena is …read more Source:: Science
Evidence supports ‘hot start’ scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto
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•A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans which have been slowly freezing over time. …read more Source:: Science
Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic
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•Asymptomatic infections may have played a significant role in the early and ongoing spread of COVID-19 and highlight the need for expansive testing and contact tracing to mitigate the pandemic. …read more Source:: Science
Unprecedented single-cell studies in virtual embryo
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•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
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
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•An international team has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universe
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•Astronomers have found an unusual monster galaxy that existed about 12 billion years ago, when the universe was only 1.8 billion years old. Dubbed XMM-2599, the galaxy formed stars at …read more Source:: Science
How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set stage for early life
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•Ancestors of modern bacteria cultured from an iron-rich lake in Democratic Republic of Congo could have been key to keeping Earth’s dimly lit early climate warm, and in forming the …read more Source:: Science
Putting the ‘bang’ in the Big Bang
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•Physicists have simulated in detail an intermediary phase of the early universe that may have bridged cosmic inflation with the Big Bang. This phase, known as ‘reheating,’ occurred at the …read more Source:: Science
Scientists find early humans moved through Mediterranean earlier than believed
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•Scientists have unearthed new evidence in Greece proving that the island of Naxos was inhabited by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years …read more Source:: Science