http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A security solution which protects against the most serious threat to online banking customers, responsible for millions in annual losses, is being rolled out across Europe by a Cambridge University spin-out. http://phys.org/news285490818.html Technology Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:42 EST news285490818 Coaxing a humble skin cell to become a jack-of-all-trades pluripotent stem cell is feat so remarkable it was honored earlier this month with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Stem cell pioneer Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, showed that using a virus to add just four genes to the skin cell allowed it to become pluripotent, or able to achieve many different developmental fates. But researchers and clinicians have been cautious about promoting potential therapeutic uses for these cells because the insertion of the genes could render the cells cancerous. http://phys.org/news270397466.html Biology Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:40:07 EST news270397466 (Phys.org)—Three Simon Fraser University scientists are among six researchers who've made a discovery that could help revolutionize antibiotic treatment of deadly bacteria. http://phys.org/news269868124.html Biology Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:22:36 EST news269868124 Chinese telecom giant Huawei is perplexed at its treatment in the West, with the United States fearful it is a Trojan horse for cyber warfare even as Europe eagerly courts its business. http://phys.org/news267160819.html Technology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:40:01 EST news267160819 Australia's hopes of blocking a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters looked uncertain with the opposition speaking out against the move and a key independent lawmaker expressing reservations. http://phys.org/news266641264.html Biology Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:01:16 EST news266641264 (Phys.org)—Man-made structures such as harbours, tourist facilities, oil rigs and aquaculture farms provide ideal sanctuaries for jellyfish polyps to flourish and may explain an apparent increase in jellyfish blooms in many coastal waters around the world. http://phys.org/news266218004.html Biology Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:40:01 EST news266218004 A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common "housekeeping" enzyme in a way that enables the enzyme to recognize and disarm the antibiotic. http://phys.org/news251378174.html Chemistry Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:16:57 EST news251378174 Just as U.S. companies are coming to grips with threats to their computer networks emanating from cyber-spies based in China, a noted expert is highlighting what he says is an even more pernicious vulnerability in smartphones. http://phys.org/news249309126.html Technology Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:32:16 EST news249309126 An Israeli hacker published details of what he claimed were more than 200 Saudi-owned credit cards online overnight in a revenge attack after a similar move by "Saudi" hackers earlier this month. http://phys.org/news245481158.html Technology Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:20:01 EST news245481158 (AP) -- Data from Norway's oil and defense industries may have been stolen in what is feared to be one of the most extensive data espionage cases in the country's history, security officials said Thursday. http://phys.org/news240767713.html Technology Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:56:03 EST news240767713 Personal computers at the head office and local branch offices of the Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry have been infected with computer viruses and have repeatedly been accessed by servers abroad, according to the ministry. http://phys.org/news239862734.html Technology Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:50:01 EST news239862734 (PhysOrg.com) -- Governments all over the world are wrestling with the legalities of computer snooping in their efforts to catch people doing illegal things, or to prove that wrongful acts have been committed after the fact. Now comes a blog posting by a well-known hacker group that calls itself the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), accusing the German government of overstepping its bounds by infecting suspected criminal’s computers with a Trojan horse program that allows it to do more than has been granted by law. http://phys.org/news237544005.html Technology Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:27:04 EST news237544005 (AP) -- So far, no company has been able to even come close to rival the success of Apple's iPad, but with the expected unveiling of its version of a tablet computer Wednesday, analysts say Amazon has a real chance. http://phys.org/news236358380.html Electronics Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:06:37 EST news236358380 Mucosal epithelia do not have any receptors on the outer membrane for the absorption of viruses like hepatitis C, herpes, the adenovirus or polio, and are thus well-protected against pathogenic germs. However, certain viruses, such as the human immunodeficiency virus HIV, still manage to enter the body via the mucous membrane. Just how this infiltration occurs on a molecular level has been a mystery. Three hypotheses were discussed: firstly, that it's caused by mechanical damage to the mucous membrane; secondly, the presence of previously unknown receptors on the mucous membrane cells; and, thirdly, that the viruses are smuggled in via a kind of Trojan horse. Now, for the first time, cell biologists from the University of Zurich have succeeded in identifying the infection mechanism for adenoviruses. http://phys.org/news230463088.html Biology Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:31:44 EST news230463088 (PhysOrg.com) -- A security official at the Department of Homeland Security recently released a statement that confirmed the idea that some foreign-made computer components are actually being designed to make the job of launching a cyber attack against a U.S. company or consumer easier to do. http://phys.org/news229611337.html Technology Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:55:59 EST news229611337 (PhysOrg.com) -- Plutonium gets taken up by our cells much as iron does, even though there's far less of it to go around. http://phys.org/news229610302.html Chemistry Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:38:41 EST news229610302 Two young hackers were convicted in Germany Thursday of stealing new songs from stars such as Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey and offering them for sale on the Internet, a court said. http://phys.org/news227441811.html Technology Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:17:00 EST news227441811 (PhysOrg.com) -- The idea that someone can get into your car without your permission isn't a new one. It's about as old as the coat hanger, but that was back in the days when you locks had a pull up button. We tend to think that digital car locks are safer, because it takes a higher level of sophistication to get into them, when Physorg reported on it in January, it was security professionals who were stealing the cars, but now it may be easier to boost you car, with the most innocuous of devices. http://phys.org/news219676776.html Technology Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:20:50 EST news219676776 (PhysOrg.com) -- As new platforms make their way into the market there will always someone who is looking to exploit them for illegal or unethical ends. More proof of that fact has come today when Google was forced to removed a large number of apps from the official Android App Market. http://phys.org/news218296314.html Technology Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:52:15 EST news218296314 A unique strategy developed by researchers at Cardiff University is opening up new possibilities for improving medical imaging. http://phys.org/news217159102.html Chemistry Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:59:56 EST news217159102 A German teenager under criminal investigation for allegedly stealing pictures and unreleased songs from top pop stars has sent a letter of apology to Lady Gaga, a newspaper reported Wednesday. http://phys.org/news211033279.html Technology Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:50:01 EST news211033279 In 1989, before the Internet revolution, Suleyman Anil was the lone man in charge of the security of NATO's IT system, armed with a single computer. http://phys.org/news209274767.html Technology Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:20:02 EST news209274767 Danfeng Yao, an assistant professor in the computer science department at Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, will use a $530,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to develop software that will differentiate human-user computer interaction from that of malware. http://phys.org/news183661885.html Technology Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:50:01 EST news183661885 (AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations that go over computers instead of a regular phone line. http://phys.org/news171131038.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:00:03 EST news171131038 (AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information. http://phys.org/news170483110.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:26:44 EST news170483110 In a feat of trickery, Dartmouth Medical School immunologists have devised a Trojan horse to help overcome ovarian cancer, unleashing a surprise killer in the surroundings of a hard-to-treat tumor. http://phys.org/news166891473.html Nanotechnology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:44:58 EST news166891473 Maybe Hugh McTavish wasn't so tough after all. Seven years ago, doctors told McTavish he needed chemotherapy to treat his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. McTavish, then a 40-year-old patent attorney, was young and fit, so he asked for a higher dose. The doctor smiled and politely declined. http://phys.org/news166272729.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:10:01 EST news166272729 Australian researchers are set to begin human trials of a tiny nano-cell that acts as a "Trojan horse" against cancer cells, a breakthrough they say may curb the need for debilitating chemotherapy. http://phys.org/news165478894.html Nanotechnology Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:22:03 EST news165478894