What are useful command-line network monitors on Linux
While there are many dedicated network monitoring systems capable of 24/7/365 monitoring, you can also leverage command-line network monitors in certain situations, where a dedicated...
How to debug a C/C++ program with GDB command-line debugger
While most people use the debugger included in their favorite IDE, Linux is famous for its powerful command line C/C++ debugger: GDB. Once our breakpoints are set, we can run the pro...
Scientists watch photosynthesis in action
The observations show with molecular resolution that photosystem II significantly changes shape during this process. The water splitting process is known to be divided into four step...
New paths into the world of quasiparticles
Christian Roos’ research team at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Innsbruck has established a new experimental platform...
High–tech imaging stamps on Queensland dinosaur stampede theory
(Phys.org) —Dinosaur footprints in Central Queensland’s Lark Quarry were not all caused by a dinosaur stampede, as previously thought. UQ School of Biological Sciences PhD candidate ...
Scientists discover radio emissions from fireballs
These images show the sky above the first LWA station. The research team didn’t know what they were exactly. The show is over in the optical stage fairly quickly after a few seconds,...
Researchers uncover evidence of people predating Amazonian rainforest
In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers describe how they took sediment core samples from lakes and noted large ditches dug by pe...
NASA’s Aquarius instrument returns global maps of soil moisture
Satellite readings of soil moisture will help scientists better understand the climate system and have potential for a wide range of applications, from advancing climate models, weat...
The quantum dance of oxygen
Like oxygen, for example: while exhibiting magnetic properties at intermediate pressures, oxygen molecules lose their magnetism at pressures above 80,000 atmospheres. The first non-m...
Small, but plentiful: How the faintest galaxies illuminated the early universe
This cool gas will eventually form the first stars in the universe but for millions of years, there are no stars. The light returned when newly forming stars and galaxies re-ionised ...
Discovery provides insights on how plants respond to elevated CO2 levels
Because elevated CO 2 reduces the density of stomatal pores in leaves, this is, at first sight beneficial for plants as they would lose less water. Our research is aimed at understan...
The Secrets Behind a Marine Animal’s Bright Green Fluorescent Glow
Now, scientists have taken a closer look at this ability and have managed to decipher the structural components related to fluorescence brightness, revealing how animals manage to gl...
Supercomputer-powered supernova simulations shed light on distant explosions
Volume rendering of the entropy of a differentially rotating and highly magnetized progenitor to a supernova in a full 3-D. Red colors indicate high entropy (hot) material while blue...
Near-extinct forest giraffe shows resilience in a war zone
Ongoing threat from armed conflict, habitat fragmentation, human encroachment and poaching have in the past year rendered the species endangered, according to a 2013 assessment carri...
NASA Hubble Telescope Hunts for New Horizons’ Targets for After its Pluto Mission
But what will happen to the equipment after that? Now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is conducting an intensive search to find a suitable outer solar system object for New Horizons t...
Japan scientists find ageing cure - for flowers
File photo of a morning glory plant where the flowers bloomed for 24 hours at a National Agriculture and Food Research Organization laboratory in Tsukuba, suburban Tokyo Japanese sc...
Groovy giraffes…distinct bone structures keep these animals upright
Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have identified a highly specialised ligament structure that is thought to prevent giraffes’ legs from collapsing under the immense weight...
Detecting toxic hazards in a split second
A portable laser device is being developed at Heriot-Watt that can instantly identify chemical hazards, increasing the safety of emergency services and military personnel. In an emer...
Beta-carotene bioavailability of orange-fleshed honeydew
But according to researchers, there are more than 100 million people worldwide who have vitamin A deficiency, and for some of them, consuming fruits and vegetables is the most availa...
Animals experience a full range of emotions, according to new research
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Astronomic Observatory Stellarium 0.13.0 Officially Released
Stellarium 0.13.0, a free, open source planetarium software that displays a realistic and accurate sky in 3D, just like the one that can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars, or a ...
Six Clicks: More Linux single-board computers
DIY and gadget fans alike love the Raspberry Pi. Now, they’ll have more to love with the new Raspberry Pi B+. The improvements come with a more space efficient microSD card slot in p...
The world’s first photonic router
The state is set just by sending a single particle of light – or photon – from the right or the left via an optical fiber. For example, in one state, a photon coming from the right c...
Is making your product free and open source crazy talk?
Making money from open source. He’s also interviewed leaders at a number of successful open source companies to gain insights into what makes a successful open source business. There...