Monthly Archives: Maggio 2018
Satellite imaging techniques may help reduce preventable vision loss
By adapting pattern recognition techniques used to assess satellite images, scientists have devised a novel way to diagnose blinding eye diseases, such as age-related macular...
Researchers hide information in plain text
Computer scientists at Columbia Engineering have invented FontCode, a new way to embed hidden information in ordinary text by imperceptibly changing, or perturbing, the...
Tackling global energy savings through efficiency improvements
With society under pressure to meet growing energy needs and lower carbon emissions, Cambridge engineers have collaborated with industry to examine energy use and...
Schizophrenia Affects Your Body, Not Just Your Brain
Schizophrenia is considered a disorder of the mind, influencing the way a person thinks, feels and behaves.
But our latest research shows that organs, other than...
Eyes in the Back of the Head
Spatial representations of surroundings, including those outside the visual field, are crucial for guiding movement in a three-dimensional world.
The visual system appears to...
Prenatal Marijuana Use Can Affect Infant Behavior and Size
Smoking during pregnancy has well-documented negative effects on birth weight in infants and is linked to several childhood health problems.
Now, researchers at the...
Columbia University researchers reveal targeting a specific serotonin receptor can help to boost memory...
In a breakthrough that could one day help individuals with cognitive impairment, researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) identified a specific receptor...
Ultrasound Helmet Would Make Live Images, Brain Machine Interface Possible
Ultrasound technology for the brain could mean real-time images during surgery, a better idea of which areas get stimulated by certain feelings or actions...
Study recovers oldest viral genomes, and shows the hepatitis B virus has been circulating...
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Kiel...
A new study describes a breakthrough technology with the power to create drugs with...
Today, a new study published in Science by Professors Yossi Paltiel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ron Naaman from the Weizmann Institute of Science...
North Korea : Radar reveals details of mountain collapse after most recent nuclear test
As North Korea's president pledges to "denuclearize" the Korean peninsula, an international team of scientists is publishing the most detailed view yet of the...
Simple bug could lead to RCE flaw on apps built with Electron Framework
A critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the popular Electron web application framework that could allow attackers to execute malicious code...
Signal Messaging App for Windows and Linux – Discovered Severe Bug
Security researchers have discovered a severe vulnerability in the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app for Windows and Linux desktops which could allow remote...
Hacker access critical code of British cell operator EE
EE, a British mobile network giant owned by BT Group has been accused of leaving a critical code repository on an open-source tool protected by a...
Researcher shows how hackers can bypass Two-factor authentication
A majority of users and companies are moving to Two-factor authentication (2FA) for enhancing the security of its data and systems.
But contrary to popular belief, it...
