The annual RSA Conference is perhaps the biggest gathering of information security professionals from around…
Month: March 2013
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Shock treatment can kill: Clinical trial shows how ‘standard’ procedure results in children’s deaths
Children who are given fluid to treat shock have an increased risk of death due…
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Computer models predict how patients will respond to HIV drugs without the need for resistance testing
Computer models can predict how HIV patients whose drug therapy is failing will respond to…
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Electrons behaving like a particle and a wave: Feynman’s double-slit experiment brought to life
The precise methodology of Richard Feynman’s famous double-slit thought-experiment — a cornerstone of quantum mechanics…
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Flash Safety 101
The annual Pwn2Own hacking contest is always a rather frightening demonstration of how available exploits…
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Flash Safety 101
The annual Pwn2Own hacking contest is always a rather frightening demonstration of how available exploits…
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Life in the universe: Foundations of carbon-based life leave little room for error
Life as we know it is based upon the elements of carbon and oxygen. Now…
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Increase in heavy rainfalls over past 60 years in upper Midwest, US
Heavy rains have become more frequent in the upper Midwest over the past 60 years,…
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Tobacco industry appears to have evaded FDA ban on ‘light’ cigarette descriptors
New research shows one year after the U.S. government passed a law banning such descriptors…
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Dwelling on stressful events can increase inflammation in the body, study finds
Dwelling on negative events can increase levels of inflammation in the body, a new study…