Poppy Seed Tea Can Trigger a Morphine Overdose
Food and drinks containing unwashed poppyseeds can make people test positive for opioids—and can in some cases be fatal.....»»
Dying stars could seed interstellar medium with carbon nanotubes
Evidence suggests that carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes consisting of pure carbon, could be forged in the envelopes of dust and gas surrounding dying stars. The findings propose a simple, yet elegant mechanism for the formation and survival of complex ca.....»»
ZITADEL raises $2.5 million to enhance its open-source identity management platform
ZITADEL announces $2.5M in seed funding led by Nexus Venture Partners. The funding will help ZITADEL provide developers with a much-needed open-source alternative for their identity management needs and evolve its solution, scale sales growth, and nu.....»»
443ID emerges from stealth and raises $8 million to launch its first products
443ID announced its emergence from stealth mode and the closing of an $8 million seed funding round. Bill Wood Ventures and Silverton Partners co-led the round. The fresh capital has enabled 443ID to hire experts spanning the identity and access mana.....»»
Porsche partnership will fund 6 startups
Porsche will partner with Los Angeles-based UP.Labs to seed six mobility startups by 2025......»»
Copper makes seed pods explode
Plants have evolved numerous strategies to spread their seeds widely. Some scatter their seeds to the wind, while others tempt animals and birds to eat their seed-filled fruits. And a few rare plants—such as the popping cress Cardamine hirsuta—ha.....»»
Physical mechanisms explaining DNA and RNA twist changes
The double-helix structure of DNA is deformed by environmental stimuli, which will then affect gene expression, and eventually trigger a sequence of cellular processes. Recent research led by a physicist from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) obse.....»»
How the Biggest Clubs Make their Players Fitter
Have you ever wondered why big football clubs always seem to have better and fitter players? A great player must at least have a dose of talent, but an overdose of fitness. This is the difference between the bigwigs and those struggling to stay afloa.....»»
Fears of lumpy skin disease resurgence at Eid festival
While Pakistan has managed to confine an outbreak of lumpy skin disease that affects cattle and buffaloes there are fears that cattle fairs ahead of the religious festival Eid-ul-Azha might trigger a second wave......»»
High prices make wealthy people feel entitled to unsustainable goods
High prices may not deter wealthy people from buying unsustainable goods—instead, they might actually trigger those in the upper class to buy these products, according to a new study......»»
What happens when plants have stress reactions to touch
A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. However, the molecular models for explaining this process have been quite spartan so far. Now researchers at Lund Uni.....»»
How do typhoons trigger coastal algal blooms?
A research team led by Prof. Yin Baoshu from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has revealed how typhoons trigger coastal algal blooms......»»
CipherMode Labs raises $6.7 million and launches CipherCore
CipherMode Labs announced it has closed $6.7 million in seed financing led by Innovation Endeavors with participation from Pillar VC, the National Science Foundation, and several technology executives. CipherMode is also announcing the release of its.....»»
Dig emerges from stealth and raises $11 million to secure data in public clouds
Cloud data security company Dig emerged from stealth, announcing $11M in seed funding for the cloud Data Detection and Response (DDR) solution. The seed round was led by Team8, with cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike, through their Falcon Fund, and Cybe.....»»
For wetland plants, sea-level rise stamps out benefits of higher carbon dioxide
Wetlands across the globe are in danger of drowning from rising seas. But for decades, scientists held out hope that another aspect of climate change—rising carbon dioxide (CO2)—could trigger extra plant growth, enabling coastal wetlands to grow.....»»
Discovering a new way by which aerosols rapidly form and grow at high altitude
Aerosol particles can form and grow in Earth's upper troposphere in an unexpected way, reports the CLOUD collaboration in a paper published today in Nature. The new mechanism may represent a major source of cloud and ice seed particles in areas of th.....»»
This simple cyberattack is still among the most effective
Even if they don't trigger any warnings, emails with HTML attachments should be considered dangerous......»»
Startup Raises $17 Million To Develop Smart Gun
Biofire Technologies has raised $17 million in seed funding to further develop its smart gun, which uses a fingerprint sensor to unlock the trigger. Axios reports: Biofire's guns only can be fired by authorized users, which should exclude kids or tee.....»»
BalkanID raises $5.75 million and launches a solution to provide visibility into risky entitlements
BalkanID announced $5.75 million in seed funding and the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solution. BalkanID’s solution leverages artificial intelligence and workflow automation to prov.....»»
devOcean launches out of stealth and raises $6 million to lead cloud-native security operations
devOcean announced its launch out of stealth as well as the completion of a $6 million seed financing round. The funding round was led by Glilot Capital Partners with participation from angel investors, including Former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelbeck.....»»
Carvana job cuts trigger market sell-off, staff backlash
Carvana Co.'s disclosure that it cut 2,500 employees set off reactions in the stock market and among social media users who said they were employees and that they received little or no heads-up that they would be let go......»»