Malware on Yahoo ads turned user PCs into bitcoin miners
(Phys.org) —Yahoo, has acknowledged that its service sites were used by hackers to enslave massive numbers of ordinary PCs who did so to generate bitcoins, and by extension, real earnings. Ads were...
View ArticleScientists cook up new electronic material
(Phys.org) —Scientists from SLAC, Stanford and Berkeley Lab grew sheets of an exotic material in a single atomic layer and measured its electronic structure for the first time. They discovered it's a...
View ArticleResearch trio offer new explanation for breakup of Larsen B Ice Shelf
(Phys.org) —A trio of researchers (two from the University of Chicago, the other from Princeton) has proposed a new theory to explain the sudden breakup of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in 2002. In their...
View ArticleScientists control cells following transplantation, from the inside out
Harvard stem cells scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT can now engineer cells that are more easily controlled following transplantation, potentially making cell therapies, hundreds of...
View ArticleVolcanic lightning recreated in the lab
An LMU team has, for the first time, created volcanic lightning in the lab and captured it on film. The new findings may permit rapid characterization of ash clouds released by volcanic eruptions and...
View ArticleKepler team validates 41 new exoplanets with Keck I
(Phys.org) —The Kepler team today reports on four years of observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory targeting Kepler's exoplanet systems, announcing results this week at the American Astronomical...
View ArticleStudy on bacteria-invading virus yields new discoveries
Innovative work by two Florida State University scientists that shows the structural and DNA breakdown of a bacteria-invading virus is being featured on the cover of the February issue of the journal...
View Article'Superlens' extends range of wireless power transfer
(Phys.org) —Inventor Nikola Tesla imagined the technology to transmit energy through thin air almost a century ago, but experimental attempts at the feat have so far resulted in cumbersome devices that...
View ArticleTarget says data breach hit up to 110 mn customers (Update 2)
Giant US retailer Target said Friday that up to 110 million customers have had their personal data stolen in a data breach, sharply raising its initial estimate.
View ArticleTechnology uses micro-windmills to recharge cell phones
A UT Arlington research associate and electrical engineering professor have designed a micro-windmill that generates wind energy and may become an innovative solution to cell phone batteries constantly...
View ArticleInternet of Things poses new security risks
The hackers who got into your computer or smartphone are now taking aim at the Internet of Things.
View ArticleSmart shirt knows when you're not up to snuff
French fashion is getting smarter with the help of fabric woven with micro-sensors that can reveal when someone is weary or unwell.
View ArticleElectric buses with wireless charging set for UK runs in Milton Keynes
(Phys.org) —The UK can celebrate the launch of its first electric bus routes, to swing into operation this month in Milton Keynes, where eight electric buses will be running, taking over a busy "Number...
View ArticleBig-eyed fossil flies track major ecological revolution
(Phys.org) —Simon Fraser University's Bruce Archibald and Rolf Mathewes are part of a team of biologists, including Christian Kehlmaier from Germany's Senkenberg Natural History Collections, that has...
View Article3-D printing set to break out of niche
Some of the oddest items on display this week at the International CES gadget show were edible, origami-like sculptures made of sugar, their shapes so convoluted as to baffle the eye.
View ArticleChina, US move toward cooperation in space
China—which until now has worked alone as it pursues an ambitious space program—seems more open to international cooperation, especially with the United States, European and American experts say.
View ArticleAudi shows TLA solution to make those green lights (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) —The CES show in Las Vegas from January 7 to 10 provided a generous share of driver assistance technologies, where spectators were told how they can expect to interact with their cars as...
View ArticleChristmas delivery finally for space station
Christmas has finally arrived for the six space station astronauts.
View ArticleDesigner 'swiss-army-knife' molecule captures RNA in single cells in their...
A multi-disciplinary team from the University of Pennsylvania have published in Nature Methods a first-of-its-kind way to isolate RNA from live cells in their natural tissue microenvironment without...
View ArticleGiant Antarctic glacier beyond point of no return, research says
Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level rise, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimetre (0.4 inches) to ocean levels in 20 years,...
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