The rapid rise of mobile devices has left many security gaps in its wake—with sources of concern including operating systems with flaws, configuration issues, vulnerable apps and public networks. All in all, it is estimated ...
Security
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In 2003, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Hayabusa probe. Its mission was to rendezvous with asteroid 25143 Itokawa in 2005. Once there, it studied a number of things about Itokawa, including ...
Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2016
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Scientists working for WCS's (Wildlife Conservation Society) New York Aquarium and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) now have an "ear" for the New York region's biggest "voices and singers"— the whales of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2016
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Researchers from the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter and the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), together with researchers from the Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba (Japan), have discovered ...
Superconductivity
Jun 28, 2016
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Stable flies and house flies are a concern in livestock and poultry farming because they can transmit harmful pathogens, and animals can harm themselves while trying to avoid bites from the flies. Researchers at the University ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2016
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A government investigation into confusing gear shifters like the one in the SUV that crushed and killed Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin found 266 crashes that injured 68 people.
Business
Jun 28, 2016
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A flock of cranes that ended up at the centre of a once-in-200-year flood has given researchers a rare insight into how wildlife copes with extreme weather.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2016
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Astronomers have identified a family of incredible galaxies that could shed further light on the transformation of the early Universe known as the 'epoch of reionisation'. Dr David Sobral of Lancaster University will present ...
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2016
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Machine-learning techniques that mimic human recognition and dreaming processes are being deployed in the search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system. A deep belief neural network, called RobERt (Robotic Exoplanet ...
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2016
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Western Australia's urban sprawl may be closing in on the future of the state's fragile native plant and bird population, according to a recent study.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2016
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