Malware sneaks into online ads: researchers
Hackers are increasingly slipping malicious software into online advertising, creating risks for the Internet economic model, security researchers said Tuesday.
Security
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Nearest ancestor of living bears discovered from Gansu, China
In the last ten years or so, a number of skulls of Indarctos, Agriotherium and Ursavus have been collected from the Late Miocene deposits in the Linxia Basin. Since so far no complete Ursavus skull has ever been found and ...
Archaeology
Aug 5, 2014
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Space scientist sums up where we're at in the search for life on other planets
(Phys.org) —Sara Seager, astronomer, planetary scientist and professor at MIT, has published an analysis of the current situation regarding the search for life outside of our own planet in the journal Proceedings of the ...
Humans leaving a permanent mark on deep Earth
Human forays deep underground, such as boreholes, mines and nuclear bomb tests, are leaving a mark on the planet's geology that will last for hundreds of millions of years, say scientists.
Earth Sciences
Aug 5, 2014
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Dynamic calibration of pressure sensors using shock tube
Scientists at NPL's Dynamic Pressure Sensor Facility have published a paper, Towards a shock tube method for the dynamic calibration of pressure sensors, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.
General Physics
Aug 5, 2014
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Pheromones regulate aggression of non-mother female mice toward pups in wild-derived mice
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laboratory mouse strains are produced by artificial selection – the process by which humans breed animals over ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2014
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Social networking is key to helping bugs spread, study shows
Fresh discoveries about how bacteria co-operate with each other when causing infection could help scientists identify animal diseases that might transmit to people.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 5, 2014
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Shell clusters reveal Pilbara's cyclone past
Evidence showing tsunamis or other waves caused by cyclones have previously reached more than 10m above sea level in WA, has raised questions about the capacity of coastal infrastructure according to a study of the Pilbara ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 5, 2014
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Tongue-in-cheek 'Kardashian-index' raises awareness of cult of celebrity in sciences
(Phys.org) —Neil Hall, a genomics professor with the University of Liverpool, has kicked up a bit of an Internet storm. He's written a paper and has had it published in the journal Genome Biology, suggesting (with tongue ...
More habitat 'clumps' needed in restoration efforts
In order for reptiles and mammals to successfully recolonise rehabilitated mine sites an improvement in coarse woody debris (CWD) use for restoration is needed, local research suggests.
Ecology
Aug 5, 2014
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