Friday, December 21, 2018

science news 21.12.2018

Today's round-up of science stories. Links are normally to press releases on EurekAlert. I include quotes from the summary in cases where the title alone doesn't reveal what the story is about:


conservation

Australian study into how seals react to boats prompts new ecotourism regulations


environment

Health checkups for alpine lakes

Climate change is putting wildlife at risk in the world's oldest lake
- specifically this is about diatoms in Lake Baikal


evolution

Newborn insects trapped in amber show first evidence of how to crack an egg

Hidden cradle of early plant evolution discovered in the Middle East
Several new plant fossils from present-day Jordan push back the ages of important seed plant lineages, suggesting these lineages survived the mass extinction event at the end of the Permian.

The idiosyncratic mammalian diversification after extinction of the dinosaurs

Spectacular flying reptiles soared over Britain's tropical Jurassic past


life on the edge

Himalayan marmot genome offers clues to life at extremely high altitudes


Image: Yuanqing Tao


nanoworld

Researchers make world's smallest tic-tac-toe game board with DNA

Quantum Maxwell's demon 'teleports' entropy out of a qubit
I find it slightly worrying when thought experiments spring to life. Soon they'll be breeding Schroedinger's cats :)



plant science

Genetic study reveals how citrus became the Med's favorite squeeze
Genetic detective work has illuminated the important role of Jewish culture in the widespread adoption of citrus fruit by early Mediterranean societies.


technology

Network orchestration: SLU researcher uses music to manage networks
sounds interesting.

No comments: