Plants are Losing Their Capacity to Absorb Human CO2 Emissions
A team of Columbia researches finds that the climate tipping point may come sooner than we think. Continue reading Plants are Losing Their Capacity to Absorb Human CO2 Emissions
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Upcoming Version of Google Chrome Will Make It Harder to Block Ads
Google’s main source of revenue is ads, but Chromium developers claim the change is necessary to enhance user privacy and control. Continue reading Upcoming Version of Google Chrome Will Make It Harder to Block Ads
Scientists Recreate 25-Year Old Freak Wave in a Laboratory for the First Time
For the past 25 years, scientists have struggled to explain how large and unexpected waves are created. Continue reading Scientists Recreate 25-Year Old Freak Wave in a Laboratory for the First Time
This Algorithm Finds Ways to Make Life-Saving Drugs While Avoiding Patents
The researchers expect the algorithm will be used to both create stronger patents and navigate around existing pharmaceutical patents. Continue reading This Algorithm Finds Ways to Make Life-Saving Drugs While Avoiding Patents
Researchers Create Perfect Blood Vessels in a Petri Dish for the First Time
The researchers also demonstrated that it is possible to grow functioning human blood vessels in another species. Continue reading Researchers Create Perfect Blood Vessels in a Petri Dish for the First Time
The ‘World’s Most Beautiful Data Center’ is a Supercomputer Housed in a 19th Century Church
The MareNostrum 4 is only the world’s 25th most powerful supercomputer, but it definitely has the most style. Continue reading The ‘World’s Most Beautiful Data Center’ is a Supercomputer Housed in a 19th Century Church
This Guy Made a Computer Mouse That Is Itself a Computer
It doesn’t have the best UI, but it is a pretty creative take on a laptop. Continue reading This Guy Made a Computer Mouse That Is Itself a Computer
Desalination Produces 50 Percent More Toxic Brine Than Previously Thought
The world’s desalination plants, which use energy intensive processes to remove salt from water, produce enough toxic brine each year to cover all of Florida under a foot of water. Continue reading Desalination Produces 50 Percent More Toxic Brine Than Previously Thought
Astronomers May Have Seen a Star Turn Into a Black Hole for the First Time
Last year astronomers witnessed an explosion like no other. Now astronomers are debating if what they witnessed was the exact moment a star became a black hole. Continue reading Astronomers May Have Seen a Star Turn Into a Black Hole for the First Time
Astronomers Discover a Supermassive Black Hole Rotating At Half the Speed of Light
The astronomers took advantage of a fortuitous discovery to measure the rotation of a supermassive black hole with unprecedented accuracy. Continue reading Astronomers Discover a Supermassive Black Hole Rotating At Half the Speed of Light