ESA’s LISA Pathfinder lifted off earlier Dec. 3, 2015 on a Vega rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its way to demonstrate technology for observing gravitational waves …read more Source:: Science
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Weird prehistoric beast conjures up images of ‘Star Wars’ queen
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – What does a strange giraffe-like animal with three horns atop its head and a set of fangs that roamed Europe about 15 million years ago have in …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Europe’s prototype gravity wave detector reset for Thursday launch
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The launch of a prototype satellite to look for ripples in space and across time is back on track for Thursday following a day’s delay …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
South American origins and spread of Irish potato famine pathogen
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•Using some ancient DNA detective work, a new study has linked the culprit behind the 19th-century Irish potato famine, which was transported to Europe in the 1840s, to a fungus-like …read more Source:: Science
Melting Scandinavian ice provides missing link in Europe’s final Ice Age story
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•Molecular-based moisture indicators, remains of midges and climate simulations have provided climate scientists with the final piece to one of the most enduring puzzles of the last Ice Age. …read more Source:: Science
Human-caused climate change increased the severity of many extreme events in 2014
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•Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe, …read more Source:: Science
New drought atlas maps 2,000 years of climate in Europe
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•The long history of severe droughts across Europe and the Mediterranean has largely been told through historical documents and ancient journals, each chronicling the impact in a geographically restricted area. …read more Source:: Science
MERS, Ebola, bird flu: Science’s big missed opportunities
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•LONDON, (Reuters) – Anyone who goes down with flu in Europe this winter could be asked to enroll in a randomized clinical trial in which they will either be given …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
One tough bird: vulture’s genes help it thrive on rotting flesh
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A diet of putrid rotting flesh may not be your cup of tea, but to the cinereous vulture, found across southern Europe and Asia, it is positively …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Welsh stem cell firm wins fast-track filing path in Europe
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•LONDON (Reuters) – A biotech company founded by a Nobel prize winner has won the go-ahead from European regulators to begin the application process for conditional marketing authorization of a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews