Dozens of applications for Apple’s mobile devices are vulnerable to WiFi snoopers, according to Will…
Month: February 2017
Dwarf star 200 light years away contains life’s building blocks
Many scientists believe the Earth was initially dry and that water, carbon and nitrogen —…
Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release
A recent interpretive review of scientific literature sheds light on the interactions of gas hydrates…
Matters of the heart: Researchers create 3-D beating heart
Matters of the heart can be complicated, but scientists have now found a way to…
New engineered material can cool roofs, structures with zero energy consumption
Engineers have developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial — an engineered material with extraordinary properties not…
Scientists identify aggressive pancreatic cancer cells and their vulnerability
A series of preclinical experiments using patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDXs) and mouse models point to…
Dual-function nanorod LEDs could make multifunctional displays
Cellphones and other devices could soon be controlled with touchless gestures and charge themselves using…
Emphysema treatment could be optimized using network modelling
A unique engineering perspective of emphysema progression in the lung suggests how mechanisms operating at…
Genetics of both virus and patient work together to influence the course of HIV infection
Viral and human genetics together account for about one third of the differences in disease…
How best to treat infections and tumors: Containment versus aggressive treatment
A new mathematical analysis identifies the factors that determine whether aggressive treatments or containment strategies…