Until now researchers have failed to identify the specific pheromone in Drosophila melanogaster that leads…
Month: May 2015
Amazing microdroplet structures may lead to new technologies
Unexpected shapes of mesoscale atoms — structures built of microdroplets encapsulated within microdroplets — have…
Bats treated for white nose syndrome released in wild: New optimism
Biologists have expressed cautious optimism about a possible treatment for White-nose Syndrome (WNS). They have…
Logjam Breaks Secure Key Exchange… Sometimes
Another flaw has been found in the basic encryption algorithms that secure the Internet. This flaw,…
Logjam Breaks Secure Key Exchange… Sometimes
Another flaw has been found in the basic encryption algorithms that secure the Internet. This flaw,…
Steganography and Malware: Final Thoughts
Steganography will only become more popular, especially among the more industrious malware groups out there. For an…
Steganography and Malware: Final Thoughts
Steganography will only become more popular, especially among the more industrious malware groups out there. For an…
New light on impact of video gaming on the brain
Video gamers now spend a collective three billion hours per week in front of their…
Climate change could cause cold-blooded animals’ thermal tolerance to shrink
Cold-blooded animals can tolerate body temperatures only a few degrees above their normal high temperatures…
What did the first snakes look like?
The original snake ancestor was a nocturnal, stealth-hunting predator that had tiny hindlimbs with ankles…