Biodiversity belowground is just as important as aboveground
That is the conclusions of a new study published in Nature Communications led by Peking University and the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at the University of Copenha...
If humans never existed, Europe would be one giant zoo
A new study is attempting to answer one of mankind’s oldest questions: what would the Earth be like if humans never existed? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Earth would be a lot better w...
Top 10 Linux Server Distributions of 2015
today’s howtos How to install go1.19beta on Ubuntu 22.04 – NextGenTips In this tutorial, we are going to explore how to install go on Ubuntu 22.04 Golang is an open-source programmin...
The future of forecasting: Leading weather agency turns to Titan to advance science of prediction
Researchers from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) have used the Titan supercomputer, located at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National...
The evolution of beer
Lager yeasts are hybrid strains, made of two different yeast species, S. cerevisiae and S. eubayanus, which was discovered in 2011. They compared it to domesticated hybrids that are ...
SwRI scientists study nitrogen provision for Pluto’s atmosphere
San Antonio – August 11, 2015 – The latest data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal diverse features on Pluto’s surface and an atmosphere dominated by nitrogen gas. The Astrop...
Quantum computing advance locates neutral atoms
The methods of encoding information onto neutral atoms, ions or Josephson junctions – electronic devices used in precise measurement, to create quantum computers – are currently the ...
Photos: Ancient Flowering Plant May Have Lived with Dinosaurs
The ancient plant, Montsechia vidalii, lived underwater and is raising new questions about the planet’s first flowering plants. [Read full story about the ancient plant fossils] Aqu...
New study finds equatorial regions prone to disruptive space weather
These equatorial electrical disruptions - fueled by geomagnetically induced currents - pose a threat to power grids in countries where shielding electricity infrastructure from space...
Key genetic event underlying fin-to-limb evolution
A study of catsharks reveals how alterations in the expression and function of certain genes in limb buds underlie the evolution of fish fins to limbs. To determine whether shifts in...
How bird evolution swapped snouts for beaks
“Because we can get live alligator embryos with snouts, we can actually compare them with beaked modern birds to see how they develop their faces, and what genes are activating durin...
Honey bees rapidly evolve to overcome new disease
Mikheyev and his collaborators at OIST and Cornell University studied the population genetics of the wild colony by comparing the DNA of specimens collected in 1977 with bees collect...
Come take a look at the world’s largest wind energy converter
The Norwegian town of Haugesund was treated to a rather amazing sight this week in the form of the world’s largest offshore wind energy converter — which towers 100m in the air, maki...
7 maps show the dramatic effects of rising sea levels
With the news that Washington DC appears doomed to be submerged in the years to come with the onset of rising sea levels, here are 7 maps showing how even a small rise will see citie...
1,800 years of global ocean cooling halted by global warming: Comprehensive analysis of ocean surface temperature data shows a cooling trend preceding the Industrial Revolution
But when events such as volcanic eruptions cluster together in a relatively short period of time, the temperature changes can become prolonged. Volcanic eruptions have a short-term c...
Tricks to play with vim
bananas yogurt spinach chicken bread bananas cheese :sort u Once you press the enter key, your grocery list will look like this: bananas bread cheese chicken spinach yogurt And, o...
Top 4 open source command-line email clients
And for Linux power users who live and die by the command line, leaving the shell to use a traditional desktop or web based email client just doesn’t cut it. Mutt Many terminal enth...
The Open Mainframe Project [LWN.net]
[Announcements] Posted Aug 17, 2015 23:31 UTC (Mon) by corbet The Linux Foundation has announced the launch of the Open Mainframe Project. In just the last few years, demand for mai...
Stephen Hawking’s Speech Software Is Now Open Source
today’s howtos How to install go1.19beta on Ubuntu 22.04 – NextGenTips In this tutorial, we are going to explore how to install go on Ubuntu 22.04 Golang is an open-source programmin...
Learn How to Use ‘dir’ Command with Different Options and Arguments in Linux
dir [OPTION] [FILE] dir Command Usage with Examples Simple output of the dir command # dir / Output of the dir command with the /etc directory file is as follows. As you can see ...
Debian GNU/Linux Birthday : A 22 Years of Journey and Still Counting…
today’s howtos How to install go1.19beta on Ubuntu 22.04 – NextGenTips In this tutorial, we are going to explore how to install go on Ubuntu 22.04 Golang is an open-source programmin...
8 accessible Linux distributions to try
In such a distribution, a disabled user has to both know what software they need and the commands to install it, which are often different depending on the distribution. Installing L...
World-largest petawatt laser completed, delivering 2,000 trillion watts output
High power output implemented by a 4-beam amplifier technology and the world’s highest performance dielectric multilayer diffraction grating of large diameter [2]. Background and out...
Superfast fluorescence sets new speed record
Duke University researchers are now one step closer to such a light source. In a new study, a team from the Pratt School of Engineering pushed semiconductor quantum dots to emit ligh...
Shedding light on millipede evolution
My goal is to find millipedes that are bioluminescent—meaning they produce light through a chemical reaction. My research team, which is funded by NSF, explores the evolution of biol...