Monthly Archives: Ottobre 2019
Researchers simulating complexity of fluids and strands in the virtual world
Simulating the physics behind the movement of liquids and how fluids - thick or thin - interact with other objects is a key problem in visual effects.
Bringing to life such scenarios as a...
New approach to simulate musculoskeletal architectures
Life scientists and bioengineers study natural systems and organisms to understand their biophysical mechanisms, in order to drive biomimetic engineering applications in the lab.
In a recent report on Nature Communications, Xiaotian Zhang and colleagues...
The world’s top domain registrars Web.com and Register.com disclosed a security breach
Another day, another massive data breach - this time affecting a leading web technology company, as well as both of its subsidiaries, from where millions of customers around the world have purchased domain...
Chinese malware MessageTap compromise telecom servers to spy on SMS messages
Chinese government-linked hackers are monitoring mobile text messages of specific users, and for certain keywords as part of a new surveillance campaign meant to track individuals in a vast trove of telecommunication data, according to findings...
Researchers describes how malaria Plasmodium parasites preparing blueprint to strike in humans
Within seconds after an infected mosquito bites, the malaria parasite navigates the host skin and blood vessels to invade the liver, where it will stay embedded until thousands of infected cells burst into the...
A blood test can predict how patients will progress after they are diagnosed with...
A blood test that measures the amount of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the bloodstream - called a liquid biopsy - correlates with how patients will progress after they are diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM), the...
Exposure to paracetamol in the womb may increase a child’s risk for ADHD and...
Exposure to acetaminophen in the womb may increase a child’s risk for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Health...
Maternal infections during pregnancy can affect neural development of offspring
The mother’s health is very important for the fetus’s brain development during pregnancy. Many factors play key roles for healthy brain development, including nutrition, stress, hormonal balance and the mother’s immune system.
It has been...
Researchers identify a new cell mechanism that connects Alzheimer’s disease and cancers
Age is the most important factor in
the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer.
Moreover, epidemiological studies
indicate that there is an inverse correlation between suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and cancer, although the
mechanisms...
Patients with mood and anxiety disorders have have abnormally low activation in brain’s control...
New research published today in JAMA Psychiatry shows for the first time that patients with mood and anxiety disorders share the same abnormalities in regions of the brain involved in emotional and cognitive control.
The findings hold...
Indian nuclear power plant’s network was hacked by North Korean malware
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has acknowledged today that malware attributed by others to North Korean state actors had been found on the administrative network of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power...
New Lithium ion battery design can charge an electric vehicle in 10 minutes
Scientist have developed a lithium ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool during discharge, showing the potential to add 200 miles of driving range...
The human brain can recognize a familiar tune within 100 milliseconds of the onset...
The human brain can recognise a familiar song within 100 to 300 milliseconds, highlighting the deep hold favourite tunes have on our memory, a UCL study finds.
Anecdotally the ability to recall popular songs is...
A new report projects the number of people living with dementia in the US...
The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias will double to nearly 13 million over the next 20 years, according to the new Milken Institute report “Reducing the Cost and Risk...
People with chronic itching conditions are at increased risk of stress – depression and...
Itch is a very common symptom in patients suffering from skin diseases.
In a new multicenter cross-sectional study on the psychological burden of itch in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, published by Elsevier, investigators report...
