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New structure discovered in human sperm tails
A highly effective tail is needed in order for a sperm to be able to swim, and for a baby to be conceived.
By using...
Hidden secret of immortality enzyme telomerase
Can we stay young forever, or even recapture lost youth?
Research from the laboratory of Professor Julian Chen in the School of Molecular Sciences at...
Memcached Servers Abused for Massive Amplification DDoS Attacks
Cybercriminals have figured out a way to abuse widely-used Memcached servers to launch over 51,000 times powerful DDoS attacks than their original strength, which could result...
iTunes will no longer work on old PCs & 1st Generation Apple TV
iTunes will stop working on millions of devices as of May 25, 2018. This Monday, 26 February, Apple announced that it will terminate music...
Mirai Variant ‘OMG’ Turns IoT Devices into Proxy Servers for Cryptomining
Mirai IoT bot malware is one such piece of malicious coding that created quite a stir within the tech world by converting normal IoT...
Study suggests failed osteoarthritis drug could help treat opioid addiction
A new study from Indiana University suggests that a drug proven safe for use in people may prevent opioid tolerance and physical dependence when...
Study reveals why polymer stents failed
Many patients with heart disease have a metal stent implanted to keep their coronary artery open and prevent blood clotting that can lead to...
Cannabis compound reduces seizures
About one third of patients treated for epilepsy continue to have seizures. Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the many active compounds in the cannabis (marijuana)...
Simple urine test could measure how much our body has aged
Researchers find that a substance indicating oxidative damage increases in urine as people get older.
The study, published today in open-access journal in Frontiers in...
MS Word Maybe Used for Cryptojacking Attacks
Cryptojacking JavaScript can be launched in Word documents – New Word features that appeared in its latest version made it possible – MS Word now...
Labour–inducing drugs put to the test
Researchers comparing the use of two drugs for pregnant women who do not go into labour shortly after their waters break have found both...
Study shows women experience less pain when holding loved one’s hand
A small team of researchers from the University of Colorado, the University of Haifa and University Paris Diderot has found that women sense less...
BIPOLARITA’ DELL’ECONOMIA SOCIALE
L’introduzione del proto-concetto di economia di scala formulato già nel XVIII secolo da Adam Smith con la “La ricchezza delle nazioni (1776)” ha segnato...
Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of...
Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe since it was first...
Some black holes erase your past
In the real world, your past uniquely determines your future.
If a physicist knows how the universe starts out, she can calculate its future for...
