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India – New Delhi : smog is a silent killer
Prashant Saxena, head of pulmonology and critical care at New Delhi's posh Max hospital in south Delhi's Saket, is a busy man.
"This smog is...
Jupiter’s Stunning Southern Hemisphere
See Jupiter’s southern hemisphere in beautiful detail in this new image taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced view captures one of the white...
Some Chinese coal ash too radioactive for reuse
Manufacturers are increasingly using encapsulated coal ash from power plants as a low-cost binding agent in concrete, wallboard, bricks, roofing and other building materials.
But...
New tool developed to study stem cell transplants as a potential way to treat...
A decade ago, the medical world was shocked when a patient in Berlin, Germany, had been declared free of HIV after receiving a stem...
Captured a shark from the age of dinosaurs off the Algarve coast
Portuguese scientists have captured what they believe to be “a shark from the age of dinosaurs” off the Algarve coast.
The rare frilled shark was caught aboard a trawler, which...
Muslim Hacktivists Hack ISIS website; expose 20,000 subscribers list
A group of Muslim hacktivists from Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah, the Sunni sect of Islam and going by the online handle of Di5s3nSi0N hacked the...
Bahrain says oil pipeline attacked by Iran-backed militants
Bahrain says an oil pipeline that exploded overnight was attacked by militants in the island nation.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry made the announcement Saturday afternoon, alleging...
ISIL recaptures 60 percent of last Syria stronghold
Reports that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has recaptured major parts of al-Bukamal, its last stronghold in Syria, have emerged two days after...
Cancer immunotherapy uses melanin against melanoma
Researchers have developed a melanin-enhanced cancer immunotherapy technique that can also serve as a vaccine, based on early experiments done in a mouse model.
The...
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.
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“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...
