While the Blackhole Exploit Kit is the most well-known of the exploit kits that affect…
Month: September 2013
The ‘weakest link’ in the aging proteome
Proteins are the chief actors in cells, carrying out the duties specified by information encoded…
Iranian telegraph operator, first to propose earthquake early warning system
In 1909, an Iranian telegraph operator living in the remote desert town of Kerman noticed…
Disrupted heartbeat restored with regenerative intervention
Researchers have found a way to resynchronize cardiac motion following a heart attack using stem…
‘We may be able to watch dark energy turn on’: Unprecedented sky survey
Moonless nights outside the Cerro Tololo astronomical observatory in Chile are so dark that when…
Anterior cruciate ligament injuries may be prevented by different landing strategy
Women are two to eight times more likely than men to suffer a debilitating tear…
Computer model will help design flexible touchscreens
New research has shown a new a way to design transparent conductors using metal nanowires…
Robotic surgery complications underreported
Despite widespread adoption by hospitals of surgical robot technology over the past decade, a “slapdash”…
Birds choose sweet-smelling mates
For most animals, scent is the instant messenger of choice for quickly exchanging personal profiles….
Ground breaking research identifies promising drugs for treating Parkinson’s
New drugs, which may have the potential to stop faulty brain cells dying and slow…