BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe came a step closer to setting up its own satellite navigation system after successfully launching two Galileo satellites from French Guyana on Friday. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
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Paleobotanist identifies what could be the mythical ‘first flower’
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•Paleobotanists in Europe have identified a 125 million- to 130 million-year-old freshwater plant as one of earliest flowering plants on Earth. …read more Source:: Science
Wild boars are gaining ground
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•The wild boar population in Europe is growing. However, the reasons for this growth were not yet clear. Scientists have now found that climate change plays a major role. The …read more Source:: Science
Buzzkill: global warming shrinks range of pollinating bumblebees
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global warming is shrinking the terrain where bumblebees live in North America and Europe, with these vital pollinators departing the southernmost and hottest parts of their ranges …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Most-powerful Ubuntu smartphone yet goes on sale from tomorrow
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•The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition will be available to buy across Europe for €299 – but only via random invitations to interested buyers. …read more Source:: Linux
Europe’s revived comet lander phones home
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Europe’s Philae comet lander re-established radio contact with its orbiting mother ship on Friday, boosting scientists’ hopes of reviving a pioneering mission to study a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Mollusk shells: Modern humans inhabited Near East at least 45,900 years ago, colonized Europe from there
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•New high precision radiocarbon dates of mollusk shells show that modern humans occupied the Near East at least 45,900 years ago and colonized Europe from there. …read more Source:: Science
The Digital Waiting Game
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•By editor@techworld.com (Accenture) Can the UK lead a digital industrial revolution in Europe? Conventional wisdom often seems to assume not. But the opportunity lies not in creating UK technology giants but in recognizing …read more Source:: Open Source
CERN restarts Large Hadron Collider, seeks dark universe
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•GENEVA (Reuters) – Scientists at Europe’s physics research center CERN on Sunday restarted their “Big Bang” Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking on a bid to probe into the “dark universe” …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
‘Big Bang’ particle collider restarts after refit: CERN
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•ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) – Scientists at Europe’s nuclear research center CERN said on Sunday they had restarted their Large Hadron Collider (LHC) “Big Bang” machine after a two-year refit, launching a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews