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Small Alpine Insects are Big Messengers of Climate Change

West Glacier, Mont. – Two rare alpine insects – native to the northern Rocky Mountains and dependent on cold waters of glacier and snowmelt-fed alpine streams – are imperiled due to climate warming induced glacier and snow loss according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners. (more…)

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Der Ursprung der Sprache des Lebens

Möglicherweise neue Ebene der Genregulation entdeckt

Das Leben kennt nur eine Sprache: den genetischen Code. Dieser beschreibt, wie Informationen im genetischen Material gespeichert sind und ist für alle Lebewesen identisch – egal ob es sich um ein einfaches Bakterium oder einen Menschen handelt. Wie der genetische Code entstanden ist, ist jedoch immer noch ein Rätsel. Wichtige Hinweise zur Lösung hat in den letzten beiden Jahren das Forschungsteam von Bojan Žagrović an den Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) der Universität Wien und der Medizinischen Universität Wien geliefert. Die Ergebnisse sind in einer Reihe von Fachartikeln erschienen – der aktuellste im Dezember in Nucleic Acids Research. (more…)

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NASA Releases Images of Earth by Distant Spacecraft

PASADENA, Calif. — Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured the color images of Earth and the moon from its perch in the Saturn system nearly 900 million miles (1.5 billion kilometers) away. MESSENGER, the first probe to orbit Mercury, took a black-and-white image from a distance of 61 million miles (98 million kilometers) as part of a campaign to search for natural satellites of the planet. (more…)

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Microsoft to Acquire Skype

*Combined companies will benefit consumers, businesses and increase market opportunity.*

REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG – May 10, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype.

The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications, bringing benefits to both consumers and enterprise users and generating significant new business and revenue opportunities. The combination will extend Skype’s world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft’s existing portfolio of real-time communications products and services. (more…)

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