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New method to made Low-cost wearables manufactured by hybrid 3D printing
New method combines precision printing of stretchable conductive inks with pick-and-place of electronic components to make flexible, wearable sensors
(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — Human skin must...
Fake Chrome & Firefox Font Update Drops RAT and Locky Ransomware
Google Chrome with 2 billion active users is the most used web browser in the world. At the same time, Firefox has over 1...
Water-based lithium-ion batteries without explosive risks now a reality
Researchers at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a...
New device accurately identifies cancer in seconds
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous...
Physical traits were predicted using whole genome sequencing
Researchers from Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI) have published a study in which individual faces and other physical traits were predicted using whole genome sequencing...
Bacteria with synthetic genetic switches show that antibiotics work differently than we thought
Bacterial infections are the number one cause of death in hospital patients in the United States, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria are on the rise, causing...
Humans still evolving – large-scale study of genetic data shows
In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers at Columbia University find that the genetic variants...
Mobile Bootloaders From Top Manufacturers Found Vulnerable to Persistent Threats
Security researchers have discovered several severe zero-day vulnerabilities in the mobile bootloaders from at least four popular device manufacturers that could allow an attacker...
Critical Flaw in Apache Struts2 Lets Hackers Take Over Web Servers
Security researchers have discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the popular Apache Struts web application framework, allowing a remote attacker to run malicious code...
European Companies Must Tell Employees If Their Work Emails Are Being Monitored
Finally, European companies must inform employees in advance if their work email accounts are being monitored.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday...
DolphinAttack: Voice Assistant Apps Siri and Alexa Can Be Hacked
Mainstream Voice Assistants Including Siri and Alexa Plagued with Serious Vulnerability.
Voice assistant apps are not as reliable as we deemed them to be. According...
REPORT : Could the US really stop a nuclear missile attack?
What happens if North Korea launches a first strike at the US?
The US monitors North Korea using various means, including satellite imaging, intercepted communications,...
Which Genetic Marker Is the Ring Leader in the Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease ?
The notorious genetic marker of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, ApoE4, may not be a lone wolf.
The notorious genetic marker of Alzheimer’s...
New Insight Into Self-Control Through Neuroimaging
Grocery shopping while hungry is a bad idea, often leading to regrettable surrender to momentary cravings.
Yet we fall victim to this pitfall time...
Magnetic Stimulation Improves Awareness of Cognitive Abilities
Researchers at Aalto University and the University of Helsinki have succeeded for the first time ever in affecting metacognition of a tactile working memory...
