Evolutionary biologists at Skoltech have discovered recombination in bdelloid rotifers, microscopic freshwater invertebrates characterized by their presumed ancient asexuality. The existence of such anciently asexual groups calls into question the hypothesis that sexual reproduction is indispensable for the long-term evolutionary success of a species. However, the recent study published in Nature Communications provides evidence of recombination and genetic exchange in bdelloids.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-genetic-exchange-anciently-asexual-rotifers.html
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Researchers deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment using multiple imaging techniques
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but capturing multiple images of an artifact across the electromagnetic spectrum can tell a rich story about the original creation and degradation of historical objects over time. Researchers recently demonstrated how this was possible using several complementary imaging techniques to non-invasively probe a Jewish parchment scroll. The results were published in the journal Frontiers in Materials.
Researchers deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment using multiple imaging techniques
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but capturing multiple images of an artifact across the electromagnetic spectrum can tell a rich story about the original creation and degradation of historical objects over time. Researchers recently demonstrated how this was possible using several complementary imaging techniques to non-invasively probe a Jewish parchment scroll. The results were published in the journal Frontiers in Materials.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-deconstruct-ancient-jewish-parchment-multiple.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-deconstruct-ancient-jewish-parchment-multiple.html
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source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-fire-resistant-tropical-forest-brink.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-fire-resistant-tropical-forest-brink.html
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source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-cell-atlas-tropical-disease-parasite.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-cell-atlas-tropical-disease-parasite.html
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source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-tesla-elite-sp-index-wall.html
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-tesla-elite-sp-index-wall.html
Fire-resistant tropical forest on brink of disappearance
A new study led by researchers in the Geography Department at Swansea University reveals the extreme scale of loss and fragmentation of tropical forests, which once covered much of the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Cell atlas of tropical disease parasite may hold key to new treatments
The first cell atlas of an important life stage of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasitic worm that poses a risk to hundreds of millions of people each year, has been developed by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators.
Tesla to join elite S&P index, shaking up Wall Street
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source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-google-australian-law-news-unworkable.html
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-google-australian-law-news-unworkable.html
Hack against US is 'grave' threat, cybersecurity agency says
Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers. The nation's cybersecurity agency warned of a "grave" risk to government and private networks.
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-hack-grave-threat-cybersecurity-agency.html
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-hack-grave-threat-cybersecurity-agency.html
China's Alibaba 'dismayed' by Uighur facial-recognition software
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source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-china-alibaba-dismayed-uighur-facial-recognition.html
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-china-alibaba-dismayed-uighur-facial-recognition.html
Cyberpunk 2077 pulled from PlayStation Store after bug backlash
Sony is pulling the much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation stores around the world, the firm said Friday, after a flood of complaints and ridicule over bugs, compatibility issues and even health risks.
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-cyberpunk-playstation-bug-backlash.html
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-cyberpunk-playstation-bug-backlash.html
Two dead as super cyclone levels Fiji villages
Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, aid agencies said Friday, with a baby among two confirmed deaths and rescue workers racing to the worst-hit communities.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-dead-super-cyclone-fiji-villages.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-dead-super-cyclone-fiji-villages.html
'Poverty line' concept debunked by new machine learning model
Mathematicians have used machine learning to develop a new model for measuring poverty in different countries that junks old notions of a fixed 'poverty line'.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-poverty-line-concept-debunked-machine.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-poverty-line-concept-debunked-machine.html
The 'crazy beast' that lived among the dinosaurs
New research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describes a bizarre 66 million-year-old mammal that provides profound new insights into the evolutionary history of mammals from the southern supercontinent Gondwana—recognized today as Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-crazy-beast-dinosaurs.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-crazy-beast-dinosaurs.html
The 'crazy beast' that lived among the dinosaurs
New research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describes a bizarre 66 million-year-old mammal that provides profound new insights into the evolutionary history of mammals from the southern supercontinent Gondwana—recognized today as Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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