News tagged with patch
Scientists find 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch'
Scientists have just completed an unprecedented journey into the vast and little-explored "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch."
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Oceanic 'garbage patch' not nearly as big as portrayed in media: researchers
There is a lot of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, but claims that the "Great Garbage Patch" between California and Japan is twice the size of Texas are grossly exaggerated, according to an analysis ...
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Secure computers aren't so secure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even well-defended computers can leak shocking amounts of private data. MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks in order to shut them down.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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The Raging Windows Worm has attacked over 8.9 Million Computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week the global internet community was hit by the Downadup worm also know as Conficker, or Kido. This worm is now using multiple ways of infecting computers, including USB sticks. If s ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Ancient artifacts revealed as northern ice patches melt
High in the Mackenzie Mountains, scientists are finding a treasure trove of ancient hunting tools being revealed as warming temperatures melt patches of ice that have been in place for thousands of years.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2010 |
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A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic
(AP) -- Researchers are warning of a new blight at sea: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over a remote expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Scientists ready to set sail for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch,' in name of research
Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollution on Earth, a group of scientists will set sail from San Francisco Tuesday to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a massive vortex ...
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Microsoft patches 'critical' crack in Windows
Microsoft released an emergency patch for a "critical" crack in Windows operating system software that could let hackers take control of computers over the Internet.
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Particles magnetically 'click' to form superstructures
(Phys.org) -- Geomag, the popular children's toy, contains small metal spheres that can be magnetically connected with a click to build a variety of towers, bridges, and sculptures. In a new study, scientists ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Did bone ease acid for early land crawlers?
Here's an anatomical packing list for making that historic trip from water to land circa 370 million years ago: Lungs? Check. Legs? Check. Patches of highly vascular bone in the skin? In a new paper, scientists ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Opening the gate to the cell's recycling center
(PhysOrg.com) -- In cells, as in cities, disposing of garbage and recycling anything that can be reused is an essential service. In both city and cell, health problems can arise when the process breaks down.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Mexicans put faith in masks -- but do they work?
(AP) -- The cloth patches in green, blue and white are everywhere, clamped tight over the mouth and nose of teachers, toddlers, policemen and drunks. Even the statue at the church of St. Jude, patron of lost ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Microsoft hurries out patch for Internet Explorer hole
Microsoft on Tuesday will release an emergency patch for a weakness hackers are exploiting in earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Out Of The Woods For 'Ardi': Scientists Rip Habitat Claim for 'Breakthrough of the Year'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ardipithecus ramidus - a purported human ancestor that was dubbed Science magazine's 2009 "Breakthrough of the Year" - is coming under fire from scientists who say there is scant evidence for he ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 27, 2010 |
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