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Plans to stabilize Earth"s climate rely on emerging carbon removal technology—we need to get moving, say researchers

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels continue to rise and 2024 is likely to be the world's hottest year on record......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgDec 8th, 2024

Supramolecular sorting machine separates aromatic and aliphatic compounds

How can aromatic compounds be separated from aliphatic compounds efficiently without having to rely on energy-intensive processes? In an article published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, chemists from Heinrich Heine University.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated News4 hr. 15 min. ago

Eyes on the sun: Naked thallium-205 ion decay reveals history over millions of years

The sun, the essential engine that sustains life on Earth, generates its tremendous energy through the process of nuclear fusion. At the same time, it releases a continuous stream of neutrinos—particles that serve as messengers of its internal dyna.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News6 hr. 15 min. ago

Court forces removal of login box in WordPress vs WP Engine battle [U]

You may be aware of a bizarre feud between WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and website hosting platform WP Engine. If not, you’ll find a recap below. But things took a very silly turn today when the WordPress login acquired a new checkbox re.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated News7 hr. 46 min. ago

Hedgehogs" hibernation patterns show surprising flexibility

Research has found hedgehogs living in the same, semi-rural area have wide variation in hibernation timing and pattern, with some entering hibernation as much as three months later than others. The researchers say this flexibility could help them ada.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News9 hr. 15 min. ago

Cato Networks extends SASE-based protection to IoT/OT environments

With the introduction of Cato IoT/OT Security, Cato Networks is enabling enterprises to simplify the management and security of Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) devices. Cato IoT/OT Security converges device discovery and clas.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated News11 hr. 14 min. ago

BadRAM: $10 hack unlocks AMD encrypted memory

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2024-21944, aka BadRAM) affecting ADM processors that can be triggered by rogue memory modules to unlock the chips’ encrypted memory. The SPD chip can be modified using an off-the-s.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated News11 hr. 14 min. ago

Brazilian beef and leather companies fall short in tackling deforestation, a study finds

The next United Nations climate conference, COP30, will be held in Belem, the capital of an Amazon region where widespread deforestation mainly driven by cattle farming has turned the surrounding rainforest from a vital carbon sink into a significant.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News12 hr. 47 min. ago

US moves to save once-common monarch butterflies from extinction

The United States is moving to grant federal protection to the monarch butterfly—a once-common species recognizable by its striking black and orange patterns that has faced a dramatic population decline in recent decades......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News12 hr. 47 min. ago

Open source malware up 200% since 2023

Sonatype’s 2024 Open Source Malware Threat Report reveals that the number of malicious packages has surpassed 778,500 since tracking began in 2019. In 2024, researchers examined how threat actors leverage malicious open-source packages to targe.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated News13 hr. 46 min. ago

Deformable mirror technology takes laser welding and 3D printing to new heights

Yongcui Mi has developed a new technology that enables real-time shaping and control of laser beams for laser welding and directed energy deposition using laser and wire. The innovation is based on the same mirror technology used in advanced telescop.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News21 hr. 47 min. ago

Two key proteins boost tomato"s phosphorus efficiency and plant health

Phosphorus is a critical nutrient for plant growth, yet it is often locked away in soils and inaccessible to plants. The natural process of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS), in which plants exchange carbon for essential nutrients with fungi, is.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News21 hr. 47 min. ago

Micron’s $6B CHIPS funding should have more strings attached, critics say

Micron's NY fabs are the only CHIPS projects undergoing full environmental review. Micron Technology will receive more than $6.1 billion after the US Department of Commerce finali.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”

Company boasts "AI workers" that never complain about work-life balance. Since the dawn of the generative AI era a few years ago, the march of technology—toward what tech compan.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

Rethinking the quantum chip: Engineers present new design for superconducting quantum processor

Researchers at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have realized a new design for a superconducting quantum processor, aiming at a potential architecture for the large-scale, durable devices the quantum revolution dem.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

Graphene stacking discovery could herald new era for quantum applications

Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, is known for its exceptional properties: incredible strength (about 200 times stronger than steel), light weight, flexibility, and excellent conduction of elect.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

How African countries can build systems to share climate information at the local level

African countries collectively have emitted very little of the greenhouse gases that have caused climate change, but are badly affected by climate-induced floods, droughts and heat waves. To withstand some of the most devastating extreme weather even.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

Understanding bribery: Why people choose to give bribes

McGill-led researchers developed a model of the factors that go into citizens' calculations about whether to bribe officials, information that can help authorities fight corruption......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

Sink to source: Arctic is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs

After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of carbon dioxide emissions, a US agency said Tuesday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

First-ever Mediterranean mako shortfin shark tagged for conservation

Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are critically endangered not only in the Mediterranean but a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

New set of human rights principles aims to end displacement and abuse of Indigenous people

For more than a century, conservationists have worked to preserve natural ecosystems by creating national parks and protected areas. Today the Earth faces a global biodiversity crisis, with more than 1 million species at risk of extinction. This make.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024