Fallout from cyberattack on Atlanta computers still unclear (Update)
More than 24 hours after a ransomware cyberattack targeting the city of Atlanta's computer network was discovered, the fallout still wasn't clear.
Security
Mar 23, 2018
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Facebook fallout—Americans' privacy at risk across entire tech, information industry
As fallout from the revelation of Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook user information continues, many are mistakenly calling this incident a breach. Facebook is right to claim this incident was no breach — this ...
Internet
Mar 23, 2018
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Monitor climate change, not predators, to protect lake diversity
Climate change and other environmental factors are more threatening to fish diversity than predators, according to new research from the University of Guelph.
Environment
Mar 23, 2018
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Molecule discovered in dirt could help against multi-resistant bacteria
Mom always said you could get germs from playing in the dirt. Now, scientists have taken that advice a step further: a Rockefeller University team collected more than 2,000 soil samples from nearby New York City parks, and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 23, 2018
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Germany was covered by glaciers 450,000 years ago
The timing of the Middle Pleistocene glacial-interglacial cycles and the feedback mechanisms between climatic shifts and earth-surface processes are still poorly understood. This is largely due to the fact that chronological ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2018
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Researchers make breakthrough in light trapping technology for industrial multicrystalline silicon solar cells
Scientists from the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a low-cost and effective technique to texture diamond-wire sawn (DWS) multicrystalline ...
Materials Science
Mar 23, 2018
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A new laser source for infrared chemical imaging: a promising tool for early cancer diagnostic
Sébastien Février, researcher at XLIM (CNRS/Université de Limoges), and his team demonstrated that a bench-top, optical fibre-based laser source can be used to perform infrared spectromicroscopy with a precision rivaling, ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 23, 2018
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Why the world needs the humble glass sponge
Recent research from the University of Alberta reveals how fishing practices like trawling may be affecting the health of sponges that act like natural water filters.
Environment
Mar 23, 2018
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Exposed: The path of ransomware payments
The murky ecosystem of ransomware payments comes into focus in new research led by Damon McCoy, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Ransomware attacks, which ...
Security
Mar 23, 2018
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Native forest protections are deeply flawed, yet may be in place for another 20 years
State governments are poised to renew some of the 20-year-old Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) without reviewing any evidence gathered in the last two decades.
Environment
Mar 23, 2018
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