Absolutely bonkers experiment measures antiproton orbiting helium ion
It's a potentially useful technique—and it's surprising that it works. Enlarge / The hardware that slows down antiprotons so they can be used in these sorts of experiments. (credit: CERN) In Wednesday's issue of Nature, a ne.....»»
Prevent attackers from using legitimate tools against you
Malicious actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate tools to accomplish their goals, which include disabling security measures, lateral movement, and transferring files. Using commonly available tools allows attackers to evade detection. While cu.....»»
Dutch and Taiwanese VCs co-invest to bring Taiwanese supply chain into orbiting space factory
Netherlands-based Space Infrastructures Ventures (SIV) and Taiwan-based Infinio Capital have jointly invested to set up "Orbital Outpost Asia" in Taiwan, dedicated to the development of advanced array antennas, heat management systems in space statio.....»»
Researchers switch from helium to hydrogen weather balloons
Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, they have reduced their metaphorical footprint on.....»»
Former head of Roscosmos now thinks NASA did not land on the Moon
The Soviets were actually orbiting the Moon when Apollo 11 landed. Enlarge / Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin really knows how to fill out a hard hat. (credit: Yegor Aleyev / TASS via Getty Images) Dmitry Rogozin was fired.....»»
Archaea in a warming climate become less diverse, more predictable
Led by Jizhong Zhou, Ph.D., the director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics at the University of Oklahoma, an international research team conducted a long term experiment that found that climate warming reduced the diversity of and significa.....»»
Biden administration unveils an AI plan ahead of meeting with tech CEOs
The White House on Thursday announced a series of measures to address the challenges of artificial intelligence, driven by the sudden popularity of tools such as ChatGPT and amid rising concerns about the technology's potential risks for discriminati.....»»
Scale separation: Breaking down unsolvable problems into solvable ones
In physics, one often has to deal with different scales that can be described separately from one another: For the Earth's orbit around the sun, it makes absolutely no difference whether an elephant in the zoo walks to the left or to the right. And t.....»»
Nitrogen addition and mowing alter drought resistance and recovery of grassland communities
The effects of increased nitrogen input and mowing on the resistance and recovery of temperate grassland experiencing a three-year natural drought (from 2015 to 2017) were investigated based on a five-year field manipulative experiment......»»
iPhone will catch a sales block in EU countries if Apple limits USB-C
The European Union is taking measures to ensure that Apple won't restrict charging and data transfer rates via USB-C for the iPhone 15 and later.The EU warns Apple not to throttle USB-CApple is likely working on adding USB-C accessories to its Made f.....»»
White House unveils an AI plan ahead of meeting with tech CEOs
The White House on Thursday announced a series of measures to address the challenges of artificial intelligence, driven by the sudden popularity of tools such as ChatGPT and amid rising concerns about the technology's potential risks for discriminati.....»»
White House launches an AI plan, including future policies for US agencies
The White House on Thursday announced a series of measures to address the challenges of artificial intelligence, driven by the sudden popularity of tools such as ChatGPT and amid rising concerns about the technology's potential risks for discriminati.....»»
Shanghai on track to incentivize investments in semicondutor, AI sectors
The Shanghai Municipal Government has just announced a set of policy measures to strengthen the development of modernized industrial systems, offering subsidies to encourage more companies to invest in the semiconductor, AI, smart manufacturing, and.....»»
Experiment demonstrates continuously operating optical fiber made of thin air
Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have demonstrated a continuously operating optical fiber made of thin air......»»
Math teachers hold a bias against girls when the teachers think gender equality has been achieved, says study
Math teachers who believe women no longer face discrimination tend to be biased against girls' ability in math. This is what we found through an experiment we conducted with over 400 elementary and middle school math teachers across the United States.....»»
Immersive Labs Resilience Score strengthens executive decision making in cyber crises
Immersive Labs announced the launch of the Immersive Labs Resilience Score. The score measures an organization’s workforce preparedness for cyber attacks and breaches based on Immersive Labs’ years of benchmarking data across industry verticals......»»
Tython: Open-source Security as Code framework and SDK
Development teams utilize automation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to facilitate rapid and frequent changes to their cloud-native architectures. Security teams must adopt automation and incorporate security measures into code to keep up with t.....»»
Data-driven insights help prevent decisions based on fear
Organizations have strengthened security measures and become more resilient, but threat actors are still finding ways through, according to BakerHostetler. “We launched the Data Security Incident Response Report nine years ago because we recognized.....»»
Having daughters might not move politicians" votes on women"s issues to the left, after all
Politicians who are the parents of daughters provide researchers with a "natural experiment" to test how personal circumstances influence legislators' roll call votes. Research published in 2008, by author Ebonya Washington, showed that members of th.....»»
Astronomers discover two super-Earths orbiting nearby star
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two "super-Earth" exoplanets orbiting a nearby M-dwarf star known as TOI-2095. The newfound alien worlds have short orbital periods and are.....»»
How deepfakes ‘hack the humans’ (and corporate networks)
Deepfakes are on the rise and increasingly sophisticated. Why organizations must put in proper security measures and educate themselves. Deepfakes are on the rise and increasingly sophisticated. Why organizations must put in proper security measu.....»»