A sneaky computer worm that uses a virtual Swiss army knife of attack techniques has…
Month: January 2009
Aerosol Research Key To Improving Climate Predictions, Experts Say
ScienceDaily: Scientists need a more detailed understanding of how human-produced atmospheric particles, called aerosols, affect…
Air Pollution May Prompt Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Reuters: Patients with heart rhythm disturbances who have an implantable heart defibrillator are particularly vulnerable…
First Solar To Help Power UAE
Reuters: Abu Dhabi’s Masdar said on Thursday it is building the Middle East’s largest solar…
Switchboard In The Brain Helps Us Learn And Remember At The Same Time
The brain is in a constant struggle between learning new experiences and remembering old experiences,…
Free-range Chickens Are More Prone To Disease
Chickens kept in litter-based housing systems, including free-range chickens, are more prone to disease than…
New Generation Of Salmonella-based, Single Dose Vaccine Candidates To Fight Infant Pneumonia
One of the major challenges in modern vaccinology is to engineer vectors that are highly…
Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion
In the rogues’ gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in…
Epilepsy Linked To Genetic Defect On Chromosome 15
Scientists find link between genetic defect on chromosome 15 and epilepsy. A subset of patients…
Next Generation Cloaking Device Demonstrated
A device that can bestow invisibility to an object by “cloaking” it from visual light…