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Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical order

Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgApr 17th, 2024

40 years later, Kontrabant 2 for ZX Spectrum is rebroadcast on FM in Slovenia

Celebrating radio waves, magnetic tape heads, and smuggled 8-bit computers. Enlarge / In 1984, the year 2000 was so promising, students made entire games promising to take you there. (credit: Radio Student) Software is.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News5 hr. 48 min. ago

Critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP appliances leave big networks open to intrusion

Hackers can exploit them to gain full administrative control of internal devices. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers on Wednesday reported critical vulnerabilities in a widely used networking appliance that leave.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News5 hr. 48 min. ago

Webb presents best evidence to date for rocky exoplanet atmosphere

Researchers using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope may have detected an atmosphere surrounding 55 Cancri e, a rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for a rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News6 hr. 48 min. ago

Researchers discovery family of natural compounds that selectively kill parasites

An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a family of natural compounds with potential as new and more effective treatments for parasitic worms. The compounds stall the unique metabolic process that worms use to.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News6 hr. 48 min. ago

Scientists find ancient, endangered lamprey fish in Queensland, 1400 km north of its previous known range

The Australian brook lamprey (Mordacia praecox) is part of a group of primitive jawless fish. It's up to 15 cm long, with rows of sharp teeth. Surprisingly, it doesn't use these teeth to suck blood like most lamprey species—it's non-parasitic......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News6 hr. 48 min. ago

Shaping up how red blood cell deformability is assessed—researchers develop new approach

Red blood cells (RBCs) transport oxygen throughout the body and are able to pass through a complex of narrow capillaries due to their ability to deform. "The deformability of RBCs is an important indicator of their health and functionality, and chang.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News6 hr. 48 min. ago

Researchers target spermidine production to combat emerging drug resistance in Salmonella

Food-borne diseases like typhoid, caused by Salmonella Typhimurium, are a severe threat to public health, especially in India. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics has allowed this bacterium to become resistant, posing a major hurdle in treating inf.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News6 hr. 48 min. ago

Attackers may be using TunnelVision to snoop on users’ VPN traffic (CVE-2024-3661)

Researchers have brought to light a new attack method – dubbed TunnelVision and uniquely identified as CVE-2024-3661 – that can be used to intercept and snoop on VPN users’ traffic by attackers who are on the same local network. .....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated News11 hr. 16 min. ago

Researchers can now accurately measure the emergence and damping of a plasmonic field

An international research team led by Universität Hamburg, DESY, and Stanford University has developed a new approach to characterize the electric field of arbitrary plasmonic samples, like, for example, gold nanoparticles. Plasmonic materials are o.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News11 hr. 48 min. ago

Researchers map out anatomy of wooden breast syndrome in broiler chickens

Each year, Delaware farms raise more than 240 million broiler chickens, the top agricultural commodity in the state with a $3.5 billion impact on the state's economy......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News11 hr. 48 min. ago

Strictly no dancing: Researchers discover "new molecular design rules"

Since the discovery of quantum mechanics more than a hundred years ago, it has been known that electrons in molecules can be coupled to the motion of the atoms that make up the molecules. Often referred to as molecular vibrations, the motion of atoms.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News11 hr. 48 min. ago

Does the Google Pixel 8a have wireless charging?

The all-new Google Pixel 8a has a lot of great features for a budget phone. But does it support wireless charging like its predecessor? Lets find out......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News11 hr. 48 min. ago

Researchers discover new function of oncoproteins

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have discovered a new function of the oncoprotein MYCN: It not only helps cancer cells to grow stronger, but also makes them more resistant to drugs. The study is published in Molecular Cell......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News12 hr. 48 min. ago

Physicist achieve milestone in quantum simulation with circular Rydberg qubits

A team of researchers from the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart is making important progress in the field of quantum simulation and quantum computing based on Rydberg atoms by overcoming a fundamental limitation: the limited li.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News12 hr. 48 min. ago

Limited adaptability is making freshwater bacteria vulnerable to climate change

Freshwater bacteria with small genomes frequently undergo prolonged periods of adaptive stagnation. Based on genomic analyses of samples from Lake Zurich and other European lakes, researchers at the University of Zurich have uncovered specific evolut.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News12 hr. 48 min. ago

New technology changes how proteins in individual cells are studied

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet, together with Pixelgen Technologies, have developed and applied a technique that makes it possible to map proteins in individual cells in a completely new way. Not only is it now possible to measure the amount.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News12 hr. 48 min. ago

Study reveals late Pleistocene island weathering, precipitation in the Western Pacific Warm Pool

In a study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science on April 18, researchers from China, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States have reconstructed the weathering history of the Western Pacific island arc over the past.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News12 hr. 48 min. ago

The 6 best Lenovo tablets in 2024

Lenovo makes several tablets, with options for all shoppers. From premium tablets to affordable rigs for students, here's a look at the best Lenovo tablets......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News14 hr. 16 min. ago

MITRE and NVIDIA build AI supercomputer for federal agency use

MITRE is building a new capability intended to give its AI researchers and developers access to a massive increase in computing power. The new capability, MITRE Federal AI Sandbox, will provide better experimentation of next generation AI-enabled app.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated News15 hr. 16 min. ago

OpenAI’s flawed plan to flag deepfakes ahead of 2024 elections

OpenAI is recruiting researchers to test its new deepfake detector. Enlarge (credit: Boris Zhitkov | Moment) As the US moves toward criminalizing deepfakes—deceptive AI-generated audio, images, and videos that are incr.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 8th, 2024