Quails could be the unknown reservoir of Tuscany and Sicilian viruses
Quails could be the unknown reservoir of the Toscana virus (TOSV) and the Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus (SFSV), mosquito-borne pathogens that can infect domestic animals and also cause disease in humans. This conclusion is drawn from a study published.....»»
Gone fishing: Highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as "bait"
Cambridge researchers have developed a new test that "fishes" for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as bait and gives highly accurate results in under an hour......»»
COVID, RSV and the flu: A case of viral interference?
Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) Three years into the pandemic, COVID-19 is still going strong, causing wave after wave as case numbers soar.....»»
Spark Mail 2.11 Review: e-mail organizer with Gatekeeper & Smart Inbox
Spark is a fully-customizable inbox organizer for power users with multiple email accounts that easily screens unknown senders and sorts e-mail into categories of importance.Schedule email sessions on desktop when using SparkMany of us have multiple.....»»
Two previously unknown bacterial species identified from patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Investigators at University Medical Center Utrecht (the Netherlands) and Yale University (USA) have isolated and characterized two new bacterial species from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The previously unknown bacterial species, wh.....»»
Fortinet says hackers exploited critical vulnerability to infect VPN customers
Remote code-execution bug was exploited to backdoor vulnerable servers. (credit: Fortinet) An unknown threat actor abused a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiOS SSL-VPN to infect government and government-relat.....»»
A new antimicrobial cotton textile with Cu ions in nanofibers
Cotton textiles are ubiquitous in daily life, and they are also one of the primary mediums for transmitting viruses and bacteria. Conventional approaches to fabricating antiviral and antibacterial textiles generally load the functional additives onto.....»»
Rackspace ransomware attack was executed by using previously unknown security exploit
The MS Exchange exploit chain recently revealed by Crowdstrike researchers is how the Play ransomware gang breached the Rackspace Hosted Exchange email environment, the company confirmed last week. The exploit chains CVE-2022-41082, a RCE flaw, and C.....»»
How to Measure Ripples in Spacetime
Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wash through our planet......»»
Bayesian inference massively cuts time of X-ray fluorescence analysis
How can the component elements of an unknown material, such as a meteorite, be determined? X-ray fluorescence analysis can be used to identify an abundance of elements, by irradiating samples with X-rays and analyzing the spectrum they emit, detectin.....»»
Researchers reveal how geminiviruses cause devastating disease in worldwide crops
Geminiviruses are a group of single-stranded circular plant DNA viruses that cause devastating diseases in many economically important crops including tomato, tobacco, cotton, corn, wheat, beans, and cassava worldwide. Due to their small genome size.....»»
IronNet’s latest NDR updates provide broader visibility of cyber threats
IronNet enhances its network detection and response (NDR) solution, IronDefense, enabling early visibility of unknown cyber threats that have slipped past endpoint and firewall detection and entered the network, whether on-premises or in the cloud. W.....»»
Eating viruses can power microorganism"s growth and reproduction
Over a single day, in the placid waters of a single pond, a million virus particles might enter a single-celled organism known for the minuscule hairs, or cilia, that propel it through those waters......»»
Fly away home: rare Eastern Sarus cranes released in Thailand
As the sun came up, 13 Thai Eastern Sarus cranes were released over a rippling reservoir in northeast Thailand, the latest effort to revive the almost-extinct species in the kingdom......»»
Mapping the "landscape of fear" of sea turtles in the Bahamas
Many sea turtles live their adult lives in predator-free environments due to overfishing of their main predator, the tiger shark. Because of this, it is largely unknown how sharks impact turtle grazing behavior. Wageningen researchers have discovered.....»»
Users report horizontal lines on iPhone 14 Pro display at startup
An unknown number of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max users report seeing green and yellow horizontal lines across their devices' displays.Source: user 1LastOutlaw on RedditIt's not clear how many users are affected, but in the last ten days there.....»»
High-voltage cryo-electron microscopy reveals tiny secrets of "giant" viruses
Despite their name, giant viruses are difficult to visualize in detail. They are too big for conventional electron microscopy, yet too small for optical microscopy used to study larger specimens. Now, for the first time, an international collaboratio.....»»
New model highlights importance of virus size in SARS-CoV-2 replication
As the world recovers from the economic and social impacts of COVID-19, researchers like Mattia Bacca continue to study SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses to be better prepared for future pandemics......»»
Researchers compile world"s first "atlas" of airborne microbes
Bacteria are truly abundant across the Earth's surface, from the soil to the oceans. The microbial population of the air that surrounds us is comparatively unknown, but a research expedition led by PolyU scientists is about to change that. After near.....»»
Executives take more cybersecurity risks than office workers
Ivanti worked with cybersecurity experts and surveyed 6,500 executive leaders, cybersecurity professionals, and office workers to understand the perception of today’s cybersecurity threats and find out how companies are preparing for yet-unknown fu.....»»
Starvation shown to cause cell remodeling
Body cells burn off fat reserves when nutrient supply from food ceases. A team led by Professor Volker Haucke and Dr. Wonyul Jang from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) has now discovered a previously unknown mechanis.....»»