Expect to see more of these “Frankenstein” malware packages, researchers warn. Read more at Ars Technica…
Month: July 2021
Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real | Quanta Magazine
Like a perpetual motion machine, a time crystal forever cycles between states without consuming energy. Physicists…
The ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Made of Partial Particles, Defies Description | Quanta Magazine
Theorists are in a frenzy over “fractons,” bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only…
HMO: Those who inoculated early twice as likely to catch COVID as later adopters
Latest research ‘definitely’ reinforces argument for giving elderly boosters, says lab chief at Leumit. Read more…
Pegasus Spyware: This New App Says It Can Instantly Check For Pegasus
Pegasus spyware might be becoming a bit easier to find, because iVerify has added the capability…
Core of Mars is shockingly big, NASA’s InSight mission reveals
Looking inside the red planet will help scientists better understand how Mars formed and became the…
Scientists find ‘footprint’ of coronavirus outbreak from 20,000 years ago
Researchers have analyzed genomes of more than 2,500 modern humans from 26 worldwide populations, to better…
Dozens of new viruses discovered in 15,000-year-old glacier ice
Scientists have collected viruses from almost-15,000-year-old ice samples, taken from glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Dozens…
New plasma rocket engine could propel astronauts to Mars and beyond
What should future spacecraft engines be able to do? One major goal would be for it…
Hubble Is Back! Risky Maneuver Saves The World’s Most Powerful Space Telescope
NASA has finally fixed its Hubble Space Telescope after weeks of troubleshooting a mysterious glitch. Read more at…
CRISPR halts coronavirus transmission in human cells
A new CRISPR treatment that halted coronavirus transmission in human cells could be the easy-to-distribute COVID-19…
CRISPR Breakthrough Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Virus Replication in Early Lab Tests
Scientists have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to successfully block the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in…
We Now Have Precise Math to Describe How Black Holes Reflect The Universe
A new set of equations can precisely describe the reflections of the Universe that appear in…
DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth. | Quanta Magazine
The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other…
AI Generated Art Scene Explodes as Hackers Create Groundbreaking New Tools CLIP+VQ-GAN
New AI tools CLIP+VQ-GAN can create impressive works of art based on just a few words…
Yes, we can reverse gray hair. No, we don’t know why it works. Just chill.
Want your hair color back? Show your scalp to your doctor — and your boss. Read…
NASA discovers possible signs of alien life on Saturn’s moon
Cassini spacecraft found methane on enceladus, which cannot be explained by any known geochemical processes. This…
This Is What It Means If You Got Pfizer & Had No Side Effects, Study Says
Pfizer recipients often had no or very mild side effects. Now, a new study sheds some…
Newly found mega comet may be the largest seen in recorded history
Comet is called comet c/2014 un271 or bernardinelli-bernstein. Icy body has a diameter of 62 miles…
Nvidia benchmark tests show impressive gains in training AI models
Nvidia publishes MLPerf benchmarks that show impressive gains in reducing the total cost of training AI…