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Bacteria Show Capacity for Rapid, Beneficial Mutations

AUSTIN, Texas — Scientists studying how microbes evolve have long assumed that nearly all new genetic mutations get passed down at a predictable pace and usually without either helping or hurting the microbe in adapting to its environment. In a new study published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers studying tens of thousands of generations of E. coli bacteria report that most new genetic mutations that were passed down were actually beneficial and occurred at much more variable rates than previously thought. The finding could have implications for treating bacterial infections. (more…)

Creating 3-D Hands to keep us safe and increase security

Science

Creating a 3-D replica of someone’s hand complete with all five fingerprints and breaking into a secure vault sounds like a plot from a James Bond movie. But Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Anil Jain recently discovered this may not be as far-fetched as once thought and wants security companies and the public to be aware. (more…)

Gekrümmte Räume erforschen

Science

Der Freiburger Mathematiker Sebastian Goette hat eine Förderung der Simons Foundation eingeworben

Für seine Beteiligung am Projekt „Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis, and Physics” erhält der Freiburger Mathematiker Prof. Dr. Sebastian Goette insgesamt 650.000 US-Dollar für die kommenden vier Jahre. Geldgeber ist die Simons Foundation, eine Stiftung aus den USA, die mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagenforschung fördert. Koordinator des Vorhabens ist der Mathematikprofessor Robert Bryant von der US-amerikanischen Duke University. Zudem sind Forscherinnen und Forscher der Stony Brook University und der University of California in den USA sowie des Imperial College London, des King’s College London, der University of Bath und der University of Oxford in England an der Kollaboration beteiligt.

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Wisedom is different…..

Environment

Check out awesome video shown at @Momentum_UNFCCC awards ceremony at #COP22 – the winner of the #Film4Climate video competition pic.twitter.com/u0S0r40iJf — UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) 17. November 2016 Source: Twitter/Greenpeace

When corals met algae: Symbiotic relationship crucial to reef survival dates to the Triassic

Environment

The mutually beneficial relationship between algae and modern corals — which provides algae with shelter, gives coral reefs their colors and supplies both organisms with nutrients — began more than 210 million years ago, according to a new study by an international team of scientists including researchers from Princeton University. (more…)

Is today a #PhilosophyDay?

Culture, Politics

I found it so on Twitter, but have got no idea what can be done on this ‘very special day’?

UNESCO: (more…)

USGS Estimates 20 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas’ Wolfcamp Shale Formation

Science

This is the largest estimate of continuous oil that USGS has ever assessed in the United States.

The Wolfcamp shale in the Midland Basin portion of Texas’ Permian Basin province contains an estimated mean of 20 billion barrels of oil, 16 trillion cubic feet of associated natural gas, and 1.6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids, according to an assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey. This estimate is for continuous (unconventional) oil, and consists of undiscovered, technically recoverable resources. (more…)

Smartphone und Internet dominieren die Freizeit Jugendlicher – Die Art der Nutzung hängt von Einkommen und Bildung ab

Economy, Technology

DIW-Studie zeigt: IT und Kommunikationstechnologien sind im Freizeitverhalten der Jugend allgegenwärtig – Der Zugang ist für alle gewährleistet, eine Kluft besteht aber in der Nutzung – Bildungspolitik muss auf die IT-Fertigkeiten der jungen Leute aufbauen (more…)