Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with…
Month: July 2022
Massive undersea eruption filled atmosphere with water
Blast from Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January could eat away at ozone layer, warm…
Predicting Earthquakes Two Days Earlier
Israeli researchers turned to the skies to predict earthquakes two days earlier, with 80 percent accuracy.…
Study draws new link between dopamine-based reward learning and machine learning
Past neuroscience and psychology research has repeatedly demonstrated the crucial role of rewards in how humans…
Physics Mystery Solved: Findings Could “Revolutionize” Our Understanding of Distance
A physics puzzle is resolved through a new duality. According to traditional thinking, distorting a flat…
Dietary Supplement Cuts Risk of Hereditary Cancer by 60%, Scientists Find
A trial spanning more than 20 years and almost 1,000 participants worldwide has found an important…
Node.js prototype pollution is bad for app environment
Boffins find common code constructs that may be exploitable to achieve remote code execution Read more…
These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage
Scientists are developing vaccines to target the virus family that spawned Covid-19. Their efforts could thwart…
New Number Systems Point Geometry Problem Toward a Real Solution | Quanta Magazine
The Kakeya conjecture predicts how much room you need to point a line in every direction.…
Hackers scan for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of disclosure
System administrators have even less time to patch disclosed security vulnerabilities than previously thought, as a…
Luca Stealer malware spreads after code appears on GitHub
Cool, another Rust project … Oh wait… Read more…
Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found
UK experts believe they can now explain the recent spate of mysterious liver problems in young…
Experts Uncover New ‘CosmicStrand’ UEFI Firmware Rootkit Used by Chinese Hackers
Researchers have discovered a new UEFI firmware rootkit malware, dubbed “CosmicStrand,” that Chinese hackers have been…
MegaPortraits: High-Res Deepfakes Created From a Single Photo
Researchers from Samsung Labs have developed a way to create high-resolution avatars, or deepfakes, from a…
Pinball Fantastic: ESP32 Runs DOS Emulator, Hits Jackpot
it’s running an X86 emulator powerful enough to set Digital Illusions’ 1992 DOS classic Pinball Fantasies…
Hardcoded password in Confluence app has been leaked on Twitter
Advisory had already warned hardcoded password was “trivial to obtain.” Read more at Ars Technica…
A Painful Deadline Nears as Colorado River Reservoirs Run Critically Low
The federal government has told states to agree on urgent water cuts to ensure dams can…
James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning ‘Phantom Galaxy’ picture looks like a wormhole
The telescope is ‘new, different, and exciting’ for Judy Schmidt, who has been working with space…
New Linux Malware Framework Lets Attackers Install Rootkit on Targeted Systems
Researchers uncover “Lightning Framework,” a new Swiss Army Knife-like Linux malware that has modular plugins and…
James Webb telescope is so powerful, it detected water on a distant exoplanet
NASA’s James Webb space telescope is so powerful it can even detect water and other substances…