Targeted interventions to contain pandemics, minimize societal disruption
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to more than 218 million infections and over 4.5 million deaths as of Sept. 3, 2021. Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), such as case isolation, quarantining contacts, and the complete lockdown of entire countries, w.....»»
Looking for risky viruses now to get ahead of future pandemics
Most of what scientists know about viruses in animals is the list of nucleotides that compose their genomic sequence—which, while valuable, offers very few hints about a virus's ability to infect humans......»»
Refuting the standard model of electroporation
Strong electric fields can be used to create pores in biomembranes. The method is known as electroporation. Inducing such defects in membranes in a targeted manner is an important technique in medicine and biotechnology, but also in the treatment of.....»»
Fake ChatGPT Chrome extension targeted Facebook Ad accounts
ChatGPT has garnered a lot of questions about its security and capacity for manipulation, partly because it is a new software that has seen unprecedented growth (hosting 100 million users just two months following its launch). Security concerns vary.....»»
Women on corporate boards increase company buyout value, finds study
If you own stock in a company targeted for acquisition, the behavior and makeup of the company's board of directors—particularly whether it includes women—could be worth a lot of money for you......»»
Sexual minority families fare as well as—and in some ways better than—"traditional" ones, finds pooled data analysis
Sexual minority families—where parental sexual orientation or gender identity is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms—fare as well as or better than "traditional" families with parents of the opposite sex, finds a pooled.....»»
Scientists develop novel approach to enhance drug delivery for treatment of brain tumors in children
Mount Sinai Health System and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have developed a new drug delivery approach that uses nanoparticles to enable more effective and targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs to treat brain tumors in children.....»»
Twitter users were unable to view tweets in latest service disruption under Musk
Twitter's timeline page appeared to experience a prolonged outage on Wednesday morning, marking the latest service disruption for the platform under new owner Elon Musk......»»
Apple suppliers become largest job creator in India"s electronics despite occasional disruption halts
As Apple suppliers pick up their pace of investing in India, Apple has become the largest blue-collar job creator in India's electronics manufacturing industry. However, suppliers also witnessed occasional incidents that have led to production disrup.....»»
Study: Streamflow timing in Pakistan will become three times faster by end of century
Nature has remained in balance for a long time, but climate change due to modern human activities is disrupting the balance of the natural system. The disruption makes it more difficult for humans—who must work with nature to survive—to predict t.....»»
Report: Policymakers in Singapore should act to overcome climate adaptation shortcomings
Far-reaching interventions are needed to overcome shortcomings in Singapore's approach to climate adaptation projects......»»
How an early-warning radar could prevent future pandemics
A tool called metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens. Enlarge (credit: Wladimir Bulgar via Getty Images) On December 18, 2019, Wuhan Central Hospital admitted a patient with symptoms common for the wint.....»»
Why UK supermarkets are rationing food and how to prevent future shortages
Calls for the government to provide better support to U.K. food producers have intensified recently as supermarkets have been forced to ration sales of some fresh produce. Weather-related disruption has caused supply shortages of vegetables from plac.....»»
Microsoft announces automatic BEC, ransomware attack disruption capabilities
Last year, Microsoft announced automatic attack disruption capabilities in Microsoft 365 Defender, its enterprise defense suite. On Wednesday, it announced that these capabilities will now help organizations disrupt two common attack scenarios: BEC (.....»»
Writing on glass and silica indicates novel direction for chiral optical property tailoring
From fundamental physics of light-matter interaction to fabrication of targeted optical properties in highly complex optical engineering, the femtosecond (fs) laser plays a crucial role in laser manufacturing. Ultrashort light pulses can precisely de.....»»
Place-based investment will support left-behind towns, but only a targeted approach can truly resolve people"s struggles
A leading strategy expert at Bayes Business School says failing to target individual local improvement plans will result in the deepening struggles of left-behind towns in the U.K......»»
macOS targeted by evasive crypto-jacking malware
An investigation has discovered a new evasive crypto-jacking malware on macOS distributed through pirated versions of Final Cut Pro.New malware targets macOSJamf Threat Labs has spent the past few months tracking a family of malware that recently res.....»»
What can we learn from the latest Coinbase cyberattack?
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has fended off a cyberattack that might have been mounted by the same attackers that targeted Twillio, Cloudflare and many other companies last year. Leveraging smishing and vishing, the attackers tried to trick Coinb.....»»
Ford technology deal with China"s CATL targeted for U.S. review by GOP senator
Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, called for an immediate Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. review of the licensing agreement between Ford and China's CATL......»»
Survivors of Utah"s eugenic sterilization program still alive in 2023
At least 830 men, women and children were coercively sterilized in Utah, approximately 54 of whom may still be alive. They were victims of a sterilization program that lasted for fifty years in the state and targeted people confined to state institut.....»»
Potential Intel competitor HF Core Storage put on US sanction list
In December 2022, the US revealed its latest sanction list on Chinese semiconductor companies. Analysis pointed out that the corporations targeted by the US are mostly rising stars in China's semiconductor sector. Besides Yangtze Memory (YMTC), anoth.....»»