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(University of British Columbia Okanagan campus) As technology advances in the things we use every day, it's generally accepted they also become safer. But according to one UBC engineer, that may not be true for a large ...

If Google had its way, everyone would carry around a physical security key to protect our mountains of sensitive and personally identifying data. Alas, most of us do not, so the company has taken measures in recent years...

NASA Earth Science leaders are enthusiastic about the potential for principal investigators to take advantage of new low-cost launch options. SpaceNews.com

They say you can’t always have everything you want in life and that’s especially true when it comes to computers. There are compromises that usually have to be made either due to cost or to the laws of physics. While...

Ask Apple CEO Tim Cook what he hopes the legacy of the storied technology company will be, and the answer he gives might surprise some people. Because, in his mind, he thinks it should be about something besides the iPho...

A new study reveals the mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation within dense tumors by hijacking a process that pulls nutrients in from their surroundings.

If you've been following along with all of the Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Cyber Week, and Green Monday deals that we've been sharing over the past several weeks, there's a good chance that you've spent all the money you...

Scientists knew White Island was showing signs of "volcanic unrest," but their arsenal of data and sensors couldn't prepare them for tragedy.

A new feature that Google is baking directly into its Chrome browser will ostensibly help all of us stay much safer when surfing the web. As explained in a new company blog post today penned by Google senior product mana...

The malware affected 100 different online publishers.

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today reported study results showing the addition of tucatinib to capecitabine (Xeloda) and trastuzuma...

(American Society of Agronomy) Researchers identify production strategies to help manage phosphorus.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the first FPGA developed on its new Lattice Nexus FPGA platform, CrossLink-NX. This new FPGA provides the low power, small form factor, reliability, and performance that develo...

CUI Devices' HYPERLINK Audio Group today announced the introduction of a new line of enclosed speakers designed to maximize performance and simplify design integration from prototype to production. Available in rectangul...

The number of malnourished people is increasing worldwide. More than two billion people suffer from a lack of micronutrients. Infant mortality rates are unacceptably high. Against this background, there is a need for the...

An algorithm akin to the annoyingly helpful one that attempts to auto-complete text messages and emails is now being harnessed for a better cause. A group of researchers are using its pattern-recognition ability to ident...

A team of researchers has now identified a specific circuit in the brain that alters food impulsivity.

Scientists from Australia and the US have discovered and identified the genetic cause of a previously unknown human autoinflammatory disease. The researchers determined that the autoinflammatory disease, which they terme...

Researchers have now demonstrated a powerful 'experimental evolution' method to discover details of protein shape and function, and the method may find uses across a very broad spectrum of biomedical research.

What if scientists could create more effective drugs to treat cancers and other diseases by better targeting specific sites on proteins in the body?

A new technology to produce safer 'hybrid' viruses at high volumes for use in vaccines and diagnostics for mosquito-borne diseases has been developed.

The trend towards compute-intensive gateways and edge devices is driving the integration of traditional deterministic control applications with additional embedded processing capabilities needed for smart and secure conn...