Monthly Archives: Ottobre 2017
30-year-old theorem still best to reduce data and speed up algorithms
When we think about digital information, we often think about size.
A daily email newsletter, for example, may be 75 to 100 kilobytes in size.
But...
Brain Training Can Improve Understanding of Speech in Noisy Places
For many people with hearing challenges, trying to follow a conversation in a crowded restaurant or other noisy venue is a major struggle, even...
Navigational view of the brain thanks to powerful X-rays
If brain imaging could be compared to Google Earth, neuroscientists would already have a pretty good "satellite view" of the brain, and a great...
Canada’s Spy Agency Releases its Cyber-Defense Tool for Public
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s main signals intelligence agency, has made a malware scanning and analytics tool called AssemblyLine as open-source by releasing...
H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu
In 2013, an influenza virus that had never before been detected began circulating among poultry in China.
It caused several waves of human infection and...
Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks
A newly discovered unpatched attacking method that exploits a built-in feature of Microsoft Office is currently being used in various widespread malware attack campaigns.
Last...
Lower Brain Glucose Levels in Brains of People With Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Glucose levels are reduced in the brains of individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes compared to lean individuals, according to a new Yale...
HIV : New research opens the door to functional cure
In findings that open the door to a completely different approach to curing HIV infections, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research...
Gentle Touch Soothes Pain of Social Rejection
The gentle touch of another individual soothes the effects of social exclusion, one of the most emotionally painful human experiences, according to new UCL...
Saudi Arabia : Hundreds of ancient structures found on edge of VOLCANOES
Researchers have discovered 400 mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia which date back thousands of years, it has been revealed.
David Kennedy, professor of archaeology...
Hackers can hack your kid’s smartwatch and track their location
With smartwatches designed especially for kids being available now, parents are enjoying full peace of mind as they know that they are connected to their kids...
Self-driving car : ethical choice
Learning what the technology will do on your driverless car of the future is not the most daunting task to think about.
The really difficult...
RELAZIONE ROBOT – UOMO
L’evoluzione tecnologica nel mondo della robotica è incentrata sulla replicazione delle funzioni e capacità di un sistema organico chiamato UOMO in un sistema macchina...
Artificial Flexible skin can help robots prosthetics
If a robot is sent to disable a roadside bomb -- or delicately handle an egg while cooking you an omelet -- it needs...
What training exercise boosts brain power best? New research finds out
One of the two brain-training methods most scientists use in research is significantly better in improving memory and attention, Johns Hopkins University researchers found.
It...
