Baobab trees can live for more than a thousand years and provide food, livestock fodder, medicinal compounds, and raw materials. Scientists counted the significant tree’s chromosomes — information critical for …read more Source:: Science
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Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formed
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•A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed — instead of far-reaching …read more Source:: Science
Python programming language: Now you can take NSA’s free course for beginners
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•NSA releases Python course after receiving a Freedom of information Act (FOIA) request for its training materials. …read more Source:: Linux
Carbon dioxide capture and use could become big business
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•Capturing carbon dioxide and turning it into commercial products, such as fuels or construction materials, could become a new global industry, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
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•Researchers have adapted a light-based technology employed widely in biology — known as optical traps or optical tweezers — to operate in a water-free liquid environment of carbon-rich organic solvents. …read more Source:: Science
Record solar hydrogen production with concentrated sunlight
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•Researchers have created a smart device capable of producing large amounts of clean hydrogen. By concentrating sunlight, their device uses a smaller amount of the rare, costly materials that are …read more Source:: Science
Scientists levitate particles with sound to find out how they cluster together
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•Scientists have used sound waves to levitate particles, revealing new insights about how materials cluster together in the absence of gravity — principles which underlie everything from how molecules assemble …read more Source:: Science
Magnetic teeth hold promise for materials and energy
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•Researchers have discovered a piece of the genetic puzzle that allows a mollusk to produce magnetite nanomaterials. …read more Source:: Science
Feathers: Better than Velcro?
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•The structures zipping together the barbs in bird feathers could provide a model for new adhesives and new aerospace materials, according to a new study. Researchers 3D printed models of …read more Source:: Science
Elusive star has origins close to Big Bang
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•Astronomers have found what could be one of the universe’s oldest stars, made almost entirely of materials spewed from the Big Bang. …read more Source:: Science