2015年4月29日 星期三

2015-04-30 U.K. Science


Western Morning News
   
Coastal light pollution disrupts 'important' marine ecosystem   
Western Morning News
The increasing use of artificial lights in UK docks and harbours is disrupting crucial marine ecosystems, Westcountry researchers have found. A new study by teams at the University of Exeter suggests light pollution from coastal communities is altering the ...

Harbour light 'attracts ship-damaging creatures'   BBC News
Artificial light pollution alters where invertebrates congregate underwater   Daily Mail
Harbour lights attract marine animals that cause damage to docks and ships ...   Falmouth Packet
AZoCleantech   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Yangyang, the human face of robots   
The Times (subscription)
Yangyang sounds like another of China's panda diplomats, a cute animal transferred to a foreign zoo worldwide to project Beijing's image abroad. But this particular foreign envoy is a very different creature. She greets you with a smile, shakes your hand and ...

Global Mobile Internet Conference   Toronto Sun
Mumsy China robot design called She-3PO   The Sun (subscription)
Roboticists unveil their latest humanoid YangYang and it looks like Sarah Palin   Daily Mail
Ottawa Sun   
mirror.co.uk   
Metro   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Out-of-control Russian cargo ship plunging to Earth, official says   
Sydney Morning Herald
Track the ship's progress here. An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft ferrying supplies to the International Space Station is plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control, an official told AFP. "It has started descending. It has nowhere else to go," an ...

Russian space cargo ship to crash to Earth   Irish Examiner
Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft   Inquirer.net
Russian spacecraft spiralling 'towards London'   The Sun (subscription)
Daily Mail   
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Guardian   
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BBC News
   
Messenger closes in on Mercury crash-landing   
BBC News
After more than a decade in space and four years orbiting Mercury, Nasa's Messenger mission is set to finally come to an explosive end. The spacecraft is expected to crash into the planet's surface at 20:46 BST on Thursday; its last fuel was burnt in a final ...

NASA's Messenger mission set to end, will crash into Mercury's surface   The Globe and Mail
Glorious finale: MESSENGER'S suicide dive into Mercury marks end of ...   Science Recorder
Mercury mission, and CU-Boulder instrument, going out with bang   Boulder Daily Camera
National Monitor   
Ars Technica   
Uncover California   
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Daily Mail
   
So THAT'S why lobsters change colour when cooked: Heat destroys 'blue ...   
Daily Mail
If you've ever boiled a lobster you would have seen its colour change from a blue to an orange-red. And now scientists have discovered what causes this reaction. Proteins in the shell create a chemical reaction that gives the lobster its darker colour, but when ...

Manchester scientists discover why lobsters turn pink in the pot (and yes, there is ...   Manchester Evening News
Scientists discover why lobsters turn red when boiled   Telegraph.co.uk
Why does cooked lobster colour change?   FIS
Phys.Org   
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mirror.co.uk
   
A bizarre new flying dinosaur, with bat-like wings and feathers   
New Zealand Herald
When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises. The latest dinosaur discovery, announced today in Nature, is a bizarre chicken-sized animal with a delightfully short scientific name, Yi qi, Mandarin for "strange wing" (pronounced "yee chee").
A dinosaur with bat-like wings? Strange fossil baffles scientists   Los Angeles Times
Bat-like dinosaur with membrane wings discovered in China   Stuff.co.nz
Bat-like feathered dinosaur with wings made of skin discovered in China   mirror.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk   
Daily Mail   
New York Times   
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The Register
   
NASA 'UFO' pops a leak, lands in outback Australia   
The Register
NASA has terminated the flight of its Super Pressure Balloon after one-third of its planned flight. While the aviation agency's Wallops Flight Facility is pleased that the balloon made a near-circumnavigation in its 32 days aloft, the mission was originally planned ...

Confident of Nasa return after balloon brought down   Otago Daily Times
NASA balloon lands in Australia   Daily Mail
NASA balloon leaks, lands in Australia   Zee News

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Gizmag
   
Quantum leap: IBM scientists lay the foundations for a practical, scalable ...   
Gizmag
IBM scientists have unveiled two crucial advances toward the creation of a practical quantum computer: an effective way to detect and correct quantum errors, and the design of a silicon chip that can scale up to house a large number of entangled quantum bits ...

IBM inches closer to unprecedent technological breakthrough: quantum computers   National Monitor
IBM pushes quantum computing a step closer   Business Spectator
IBM Sets Quantum Computing Milestone   InformationWeek
Computerworld   
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The Guardian Nigeria
   
Genetically modified human embryos reignite ethical debate   
The Guardian Nigeria
Human embryos are at the centre of a debate over the ethics of gene editing. CREDIT: Dr. Yorgos Nikas/SPL. The recent editing the genomes or rather genetically modifying of human embryos has reignited ethical debate. There have been widespread ...

NIH says customizing human embryos is 'a line that should not be crossed'   National Monitor
NIH reiterates ban on editing human embryo DNA   Nature.com
Ban DNA Editing Human Embryos, NIH Says   Scientific American
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News   
io9   
Science /AAAS   
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Daily Mail
   
NASA's New Horizons takes first close up image of Pluto and it may have ice cap   
Daily Mail
It is our first look at Pluto in closeup - and reveals the mysterious planet may have a polar cap. Images from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft have revealed bright and dark regions on the surface of faraway Pluto – the primary target of the New Horizons close ...

Pluto may have ice cap at pole   BBC News
NASA spacecraft New Horizons spots possible ice cap on Pluto   ABC Online
New photos of Pluto give a glimpse of its surface, even from millions of miles away   Mashable
Toronto Sun   
CBS News   
Yahoo News UK   
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