Monthly Archives: Novembre 2017
Fruit Fly Brains Inform Search Engines of the Future
Every day, websites you visit and smartphone apps that you use are crunching huge sets of data to find things that resemble each other:...
Obese and Anorexic Women Have Low Levels of Neurosteroid
Women at opposite extremes of the weight spectrum have low levels of the neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone, according to new research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.
Previous...
“Eavesdropper” Flaw Exposes Millions of Call, Texts and Recordings
Eavesdropper is a dangerous new vulnerability identified by researchers from Appthority, an enterprise mobile threat protection firm.
According to their findings, the vulnerability has affected...
Intel Management Engine Tech Just Got Exposed Through USB Ports
Back in September 2017, Positive Technologies’ experts had expressed interest in the development of a technique that can attack the yet secretive Intel’s Management Engine (IME)...
Scientists develop safer, more durable lithium-ion battery that can operate under extreme conditions
Lithium-ion batteries have become the energy storage method of choice for consumer electronics and military and aerospace systems alike.
But potential safety hazards associated with...
Study reveals how a very low calorie diet can reverse type 2 diabetes
In a new study, a Yale-led research team uncovers how a very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type 2 diabetes in animal models.
If...
Traditional Amazonian drug linked to improved sense of wellbeing
A psychedelic drug traditionally used in South America improves people's general sense of wellbeing and may offer a treatment for alcoholism and depression, new...
WikiLeaks’ Vault 8 Leaks Show CIA Impersonated Kaspersky Lab
Wikileaks released the source code for Hive on Thursday, a CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) implants used in transferring exfiltrated information from target Windows machines. The...
New Silicon Probe Records Activity of Hundreds of Neurons Simultaneously
Neuroscientists who want to follow the nervous system’s cellular conversations will soon have access to easy-to-use technology that simultaneously monitors neural activity at hundreds...
Licorice Extract May Help Prevent and Treat Parkinson’s
DGIST’s research team led by Dr. Yun-Il Lee in Well Aging Research Center has identified a new mechanism of inhibition of dopaminergic neuronal apoptosis...
Gene Breakthrough on Lithium Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
Genes linked to schizophrenia in psychiatric patients suffering from bipolar disorder are the reason why such patients don’t respond to the “gold standard” treatment...
Fully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric
Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new possibilities for smart textiles and wearable electronics. The circuits...
Skin damages : New solution using transplants derived from genetically modified stem cells
A medical team at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum's burn unit and the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Modena (Italy) were the first...
New Netflix phishing scam
Netflix has over 100 million users, and that is the reason it has become a highly lucrative target for cybercriminals. Lately, a new phishing scam...
A Dark Web hacker is offering services to track anyone anywhere
Would you not like to track the traveling patterns of your friends or foes if given a chance? Of course, you would.
A majority of...
