FCC relaxes limits on owning newspapers, TV stations
Federal regulators have weakened rules meant to support independent local media.
Telecom
Nov 16, 2017
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New imaging technique peers inside living cells
To undergo high-resolution imaging, cells often must be sliced and diced, dehydrated, painted with toxic stains, or embedded in resin. For cells, the result is certain death.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 16, 2017
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Scientists invent technique to map energy and momentum of electrons beneath a material's surface
For the first time, physicists have developed a technique that can peer deep beneath the surface of a material to identify the energies and momenta of electrons there.
General Physics
Nov 16, 2017
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High-altitude observatory sheds light on origin of excess anti-matter
A mountaintop observatory in Mexico, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rapidly spinning stars. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov ...
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2017
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Chance discovery of forgotten 1960s 'preprint' experiment
For years, scientists have complained that it can take months or even years for a scientific discovery to be published, because of the slowness of peer review. To cut through this problem, researchers in physics and mathematics ...
Other
Nov 16, 2017
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Passenger pigeon genome shows effects of natural selection in a huge population
The passenger pigeon is famous for the enormity of its historical population in North America (estimated at 3 to 5 billion) and for its rapid extinction in the face of mass slaughter by humans. Yet it remains a mystery why ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2017
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Gene drive technologies for ecosystem conservation: Use with care
Scientists working in the vanguard of new genetic technologies have issued a cautionary call to ensure that possible applications in conservation will only affect local populations. In an article publishing 16 November in ...
Biotechnology
Nov 16, 2017
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How Snapdragons keep their colour: Signposting trick reveals evolutionary mechanism
A study of the colour patterns among wild flowers in a mountain valley has yielded a clue about how nature controls fundamental evolutionary change in all species.
Evolution
Nov 16, 2017
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LIGO and Virgo announce the detection of a black hole binary merger from June 8, 2017
Scientists searching for gravitational waves have confirmed yet another detection from their fruitful observing run earlier this year. Dubbed GW170608, the latest discovery was produced by the merger of two relatively light ...
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2017
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Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher (Update)
A newly discovered object from another star system that's passing through ours is shaped like a giant pink fire extinguisher.
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2017
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