Another Step for Open Access in the UK
More good news here, better access to science journals. This will be most welcome, especially given if it is publicly funded research.
I have quoted the first paragraph from [1] and added the latter part of this which is a link to Science Mag as [2] in the links list.
The UK is already a leader in achieving open access for journal articles but have recently taken a further step. The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a major funder of UK research, has announced that starting in April 2022, researchers receiving support from their £8 billion annual fund [2]
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1 Article
2 ScienceMag.org
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#UK,#Science,#Journals,#OpenAccess
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A Huge Number of Rogue Supermassive Black Holes Are Wandering The Universe
Citation
Angelo Ricarte, Michael Tremmel, Priyamvada Natarajan, Charlotte Zimmer, Thomas Quinn, Origins and demographics of wandering black holes, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 503, Issue 4, June 2021, Pages 6098–6111, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab866
From what I have managed to read on this, very interesting, there is so much out there yet to discover. Would be great to get access to the above paper, I will ask on the Open University forums if I have access given I am Alumni.
It does highlight the need for open access to science journals. A few posts on this coming up.
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#Rogue,#Wanderer,#Supermassive,#Blackholes,#Astronomy,
#Physics
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Game developer business sim City Game Studio gets a big update
This game looks interesting, esp as you can start off with 70's retro technology and work up.
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#GodotEngine #Simulation #NewRelease #IndieGame #Steam
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LibreOffice bug fixing
This 3 part series was presented on the LibreOffice Blog. I have taken the three parts and provided links below.
1 Understanding the Bugs and QA
2 Developing a Bug Fix
3 [Writing the Tests and Finishing the Task]()
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#LibreOffice,#FOSS,#Office,#Productivity,#Bug,#Fixing,#QA,
#Development,
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Can The Human Body Handle Rotating Artificial Gravity?
Another interesting item posted to Mastodon
Artificial gravity for spaceflight is a concept older than spaceflight itself, but we've only ever seen one small scale test ever flown in space. However decades of research have been performed to show that the human body can adapt to the conditions required for rotating artificial gravity.
There is a video on youtube, along with a discussion on Mastodon. Links below.
Video here
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#Science,#Space,#Artificial,#Gravity
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Scientists Have Measured Earth's Ancient Magnetic Field From Stone Age Artifacts
This looks like a really useful breakthrough and will allow more study of the magnetic field around earth at different times through out Earths history. and will help predict how the field may change in the future too.
#ScienceAlert #Science #News and #Amazing #Breakthroughs #bot
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Trojans Training 22/8/2021
The Torbay Trojans will be back training today from 10 – 13:00. Please see the website for more information.
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Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals.
Our exploration of the solar system continues. There is an upcoming mission to one of the moons of Saturn. Titan is another contender for possible life.
There is an article [1] on Science daily [2] with more details along with a discussion on discourse [3]
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1 Article
2 Science Daily
3 Discourse discussion
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#Space,#Mission,#Titan,#Space
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What is a particle?
Another interesting item I just found on Mastodon. A post with a link to quanta magazine on an article asking the very question above.
It is a very interesting and engaging article, great for anyone probably studying science from GCSE to A'level or above. I have added a link to discourse and a link to a discussion.
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#QuantaMagazine,#Article,#Physics,#Particles,Science,ParticlePhysics
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Linux Mint 20.2 Ulma
The latest version of Linux mint [1] has now been released. I have downloaded the cinnamon edition to give it a go.
In my previous post [2] I gave a link to some suppliers of hardware, Linux mint is one of the OS's that can be pre-installed.
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1 Linux Mint
2 Elementry OS post
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#Linux,#LinuxMint,#FreeSoftware,#Mint
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