In Defense of the Rat
Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them?.....»»
Pentagon Confirms Video of Pyramid Shaped UFO Is Real, Taken By US Navy Pilot
alaskana98 writes: The Defense Department has confirmed that leaked photos and video of "unidentified aerial phenomena" taken in 2019 are indeed legitimate images of unexplained objects. Photos and videos of triangle-shaped objects blinking and movin.....»»
Leonardo da Vinci definitely did not sculpt the Flora bust
"It is machination, it is deception," said the director general of the Berlin Royal Museums in his defense when criticized for buying a fake. Wilhelm Bode did not budge an inch: The sculpture he acquired in 1909 was an as-yet unknown production of th.....»»
DNA methylation from bacteria and microbiome using nanopore technology
Bacterial DNA methylation occurs in diverse sequence contexts and plays important functional roles in cellular defense and gene regulation. An increasing number of studies have reported that bacterial DNA methylation has important roles affecting cli.....»»
Fireflies have a potential—protective "musical armor" against bats
A new study at Tel Aviv University reveals a possible defense mechanism developed by fireflies for protection against bats that might prey on them. According to the study, fireflies produce strong ultrasonic sounds—soundwaves that the human ear, an.....»»
Startups must curb bureaucracy to ensure agile data governance
Being excessively cautious can prevent organizations from realizing the benefits of data-driven collaboration. Play offense, not defense. Jon Loyens Contributor Share on Twitter.....»»
Two plant immune branches more intimately connected than previously believed
Plant inducible defense starts with the recognition of microbes, which leads to the activation of a complex set of cellular responses. There are many ways to recognize a microbe, and recognition of microbial features by pattern recognition receptors.....»»
Do you know the way to Berkelium, Californium?
Heavy elements known as the actinides are important materials for medicine, energy, and national defense. But even though the first actinides were discovered by scientists at Berkeley Lab more than 50 years ago, we still don't know much about their c.....»»
Apple Fined $2 Million in Brazil for Selling iPhones Without a Charger
Brazil's consumer protection agency Procon-SP has fined Apple nearly $1.92 million for selling iPhone without a charger, reports Engadget (citing two technology blogs.) Apple's move was a violation of the country's Consumer Defense Code, according t.....»»
Victoria University of Wellington accidentally nukes files on all desktop PCs
"I always do that. I always mess up some mundane detail!"—Michael Bolton Enlarge / Victoria University of Wellington is in New Zealand. We offer no further defense of this image. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Last Friday, IT staff a.....»»
Hidden link between cellular defense systems
Researchers have discovered that heparanase, HPSE, a poorly understood protein, is a key regulator of cells' innate defense mechanisms......»»
Relativity Space lands first Department of Defense launch contract
Relativity Space already has a significant volume of launch contracts on the books – more pre-sales for its Terran 1 rocket than any other launch vehicle in history, in fact, according to CEO and co-founder Tim Ellis. But its latest customer is a k.....»»
Xiaomi granted reprieve against investment ban
Xiaomi was designated a CCMC in January, one of the final acts by Donald Trump's outgoing administration. A 1999 law requires the Defense Department to compile a catalog of companies owned or controlled by the People's Liberation Army. The Pentagon h.....»»
Stressed-out bacteria provide insights to antibiotic resistance
For a bacterium, the world can be a tough place to survive, a constant competition for food and space. Some bacteria, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, secrete toxic molecules that act as a defense mechanism against nearby competitor bacteria. This natura.....»»
Xiaomi Wins Court Ruling Blocking US Restrictions On It
"A federal judge in Washington blocked the Defense Department from restricting U.S. investment in the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi Corp," reports Bloomberg: In the final days of the Trump administration, the Defense Department placed Xiaom.....»»
Air pollution: The silent killer called PM2.5
Millions of people die prematurely every year from diseases and cancer caused by air pollution. The first line of defense against this carnage is ambient air quality standards. Yet, according to researchers from McGill University, over half of the wo.....»»
The Department of Defense is establishing a working group to focus on climate change
The U.S. Department of Defense is setting up a working group to focus on climate change. The new group will be led by Joe Bryan, who was appointed as a special assistant to the Secretary of Defense focused on climate earlier this year. The move is on.....»»
Chemical signal in plants reduces growth processes in favor of defense
In a new study in PNAS, an international team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown that Arabidopsis thaliana plants produce beta-cyclocitral when attacked by herbivores and that this volatil.....»»
Developing the distinctive look of the original X-COM: UFO Defense
Devs speak in an excerpt from Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense. Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the ma.....»»
DARPA Taps Intel To Help Build the Holy Grail of Encryption
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has signed an agreement with Intel to add it to its Data Protection in Virtual Environments project, which aims to create a practically useful form of fully homomorphic encryption. From a repor.....»»
Microsoft"s $10 Billion Pentagon Deal at Risk Amid Amazon Fight
Microsoft is in danger of losing a contract to provide $10 billion of cloud computing services to the Pentagon, a deal the government has threatened to scrap altogether after years of legal squabbling. From a report: The U.S. Defense Department said.....»»