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Maze Ransomware Behind Pensacola Attack, Data Breach Looms
Threatpost - 12 Dec 2019 18:45
Maze exfiltrates data as well as locks down systems. Officials said they don't know yet whether any residents' personal information has been breached.
This Dust-Filled Galaxy Formed Less than a Billion Years After the Big Bang
Gizmodo - 12 Dec 2019 00:10
Astronomers have spotted an unusually distant star-forming galaxy, the light of which took a whopping 13 billion years to reach Earth. Perhaps most incredibly, however, the galaxy was observed directly, without the help ...
The Science of New Zealand's Eruption, Toy Store Surveillance, and More News
Wired - 12 Dec 2019 01:33
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Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever
New Scientist - 12 Dec 2019 14:32
Google's Sycamore quantum computer, which recently demonstrated its dominance over ordinary computers, is now breaking records in quantum chemistry
Rodeo ants that ride on backs of bigger ants discovered in Texas
New Scientist - 12 Dec 2019 08:00
Two new species of parasitic "rodeo" ant have been discovered in Texas. They ride the queens in other ant colonies to fool the workers into looking after them
Netflix is giving Line's cute mascots their own animated series
Engadget - 12 Dec 2019 05:29
Line Friends, the cute mascots used as stickers in the popular messaging app, are getting their own Netflix series. While the application isn't widely used in the US, it's huge in Japan and other parts of Asia. Brown, Co...
There's water all over the place in space, but not much of it
BGR - 12 Dec 2019 04:10
In the ongoing search for potentially habitable worlds outside of our own solar system, there are a number of things that astronomers are looking for. Rocky worlds in the so-called "goldilocks zone" -- the area around a ...
NASA finds Mars water ice deposits astronauts could reach with a shovel - CNET
CNET - 12 Dec 2019 03:05
According to NASA's "treasure map," future Red Planet astronauts won't have to carry all their water from Earth.
Could some people with schizophrenia in poorer nations simply have a vitamin deficiency?
Neuroscience News - 12 Dec 2019 23:04
An association has been identified between a variant of the NAPRT1 gene, which reduces the body's ability to use Vitamin B3, and schizophrenia. The study reveals there could be a critical interaction between a pregnant w...
4U, 30-kW rack-mount programmable dc load returns 95% of power to grid
Medical Design Technology - 12 Dec 2019 15:46
The EA-ELR 10000 30 KW Programmable Electronic Load is engineered with advanced SiC power conversion devices and boasts the industry's best power density--requiring as little as half the rack space for the same power out...
When Dieting Should We Be Fasting Or Grazing?
Discover - 12 Dec 2019 23:30
When and how to eat is the cornerstone of many diets. But the advice often conflicts.
Deadly 'superbugs' destroyed by molecular drills
Science Daily - 12 Dec 2019 21:27
Motorized molecules activated by light target and drill through highly antibiotic resistant bacteria and kill them within minutes. The molecules can open bacteria to attack by drugs they previously resisted. The strategy...
To the brain, straight from the vein: IV treatment for TBI
Science Daily - 12 Dec 2019 21:26
A team of researchers has found that neural exosomes -- 'cargo' molecules within the nervous system that carry messages to the brain -- can minimize or even avert progression of traumatic brain injury when used as part o...
For controlling tsetse flies, fabric color matters
Science Daily - 12 Dec 2019 21:26
Researchers report that they have engineered an improved colored fabric for the insecticide-treated targets used to control tsetse, based on an understanding of how flies see color.
New drug targets to treat Nipah virus
Science Daily - 12 Dec 2019 21:26
Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high mortality rate and there are no licensed drugs against it. Now, researchers have used information on the structure of the Nipah virus to identifi...
Largest study of its kind reveals that many psychiatric disorders arise from common genes
Science Daily - 12 Dec 2019 21:26
In the largest-ever study of its kind researchers identified more than 100 genetic variants that affect the risk for more than one mental health condition.
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Science Daily - 12 Dec 2019 21:26
Researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host. Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 60 millio...
Cloud-native 5G data suite supports automated network processes and data monetization
Medical Design Technology - 12 Dec 2019 19:50
Enea unveiled its end-to-end 5G Data Management suite, enabling interoperability between network functions in a software-defined 5G core. Following the successful acquisitions of Openwave Mobility and the Telco Solutions...
Thermal bridge solution improves thermal resistance over traditional technologies
Medical Design Technology - 12 Dec 2019 19:42
TE Connectivity has introduced its thermal bridge technology that can provide up to two times better thermal resistance over traditional thermal technologies such as gap pads or thermal pads. As systems like servers, swi...
"New Year, New Gear" Promotion to give away $3k engineering bundle
Medical Design Technology - 12 Dec 2019 19:39
RS Components, with help from suppliers Maxim Integrated, TE Connectivity and STM Microelectronics, is helping designers, engineers, makers, and students in North America ring in the new year with some new gear. From now...
Resolver-based step motor controllers handle heavy loads without step-out
Medical Design Technology - 12 Dec 2019 19:34
Renesas Electronics Corporation and MinebeaMitsumi Inc. announced the joint development of resolver-based (angle sensor) stepping motor and motor control solutions optimized for use in robots, office automation (OA) equi...
Chemists' calculations may advance cancer prediction
Science Daily - 12 Dec 2019 19:25
A computational study by chemists showed the dynamics of tumor formation don't necessarily correlate with clinical data on lifetime cancer risks. It suggests biomarkers may someday be able to help predict when mutations ...