Home 2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
A hole in the heart increases post-surgical risk of stroke
New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that a common anatomic anomaly - a hole between the upper chambers...
All Ledger hardware wallets vulnerable to man in the middle attack
Ledger hardware wallet that is currently operating in the cryptocurrency market is vulnerable to cyber attacks.
The vulnerability was identified by unknown security researchers in every...
MacUpdate Hacked to Distribute Mac Cryptocurrency Miner
Another day, another cryptocurrency miner targeting users – This time, MacUpdate site has been hacked to drop cryptocurrency miner on Mac devices.
MacUpdate, a well-known...
New Cryptocurrency-Mining Android Malware is Spreading Rapidly
Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, threat actors are increasingly targeting every platform, including IoT, Android, and Windows, with malware that leverages...
To baldly grow: Japan scientists regrow hair at record rate
Polished pates and thinning thatches may one day be a thing of the past, thanks to Japanese scientists who have developed a way to...
New Path For Bipolar Disorder Comes to Light
Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a multifactorial brain disorder in which patients experience radical shifts in mood and undergo periods of depression followed by periods...
Novel metal-oxide magnesium battery for high-density energy storage
A multi-institution team of scientists led by Texas A&M University chemist Sarbajit Banerjee has discovered an exceptional metal-oxide magnesium battery cathode material, moving researchers...
Dim light may make us dumber
Nile grass rats exposed to dim lights (DLD) for four weeks experienced, on average, a 30 percent decrease in the number of 'dendritic spine'...
Research presents new information about the Flint water crisis
Based on a detailed statistical analysis of multiple datasets, the Flint Area Community Health and Environment Partnership (FACHEP) research team found that the majority...
Exposure to Bisphenol A ‘hard to avoid’ in everyday life
86 per cent of teenagers have traces of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used to make plastics, in their body, an Engaged Research...
Adding crizotinib to radiation therapy may help preserve hearing in patients with NF2
Adding the targeted cancer therapy drug crizotinib to radiation therapy for tumors associated with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) may reduce the hearing...
Half of all dementias start with damaged ‘gatekeeper cells’
USC research sheds new light on how a breakdown in the brain's vascular system predates the accumulation of toxic plaques and tangles in the...
Mechanism behind common Parkinson’s mutation discovered
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how a gene mutation results in buildup of a toxic compound known to cause Parkinson's disease symptoms, defining for...
The toxic relationship between ALS and frontotemporal dementia
ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are two neurodegenerative diseases with a toxic relationship, according to a new USC Stem Cell study published in Nature...
Cascading inflammation associated with Lyme arthritis linked to overactive immune response
Every year, more than 300,000 Americans contract Lyme disease, an infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium transferred during a tick bite.
In a small...
