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Major DDoS attack knocks Twitter, Reddit, Spotify offline
Major internet services including Twitter, Spotify and Amazon suffered service interruptions and outages on Friday as a US internet provider came under a cyber...
New record for fusion
The interior of the fusion experiment Alcator C-Mod at MIT recently broke the plasma pressure record for a magnetic fusion device. The interior of...
Mobile system finds your location without the ‘cloud’
Rice University’s CaPSuLe system could allow mobile users to quickly determine their location indoors without having to communicate with the cloud, networks or other...
Scientists link single gene to some cases of autism spectrum disorder
Findings could provide clues about other genes involved in autism
Scientists have linked mutations in a single gene to autism in people who have a...
Oldest known planet-forming disk discovered
An artist's conception of this unusual system.Credit: Courtesy of Jonathan Holden/Disk Detective
A group of citizen scientists and professional astronomers, including Carnegie's Jonathan Gagné, joined...
CDC recommends only two HPV shots for younger adolescents
CDC today recommended that 11- to 12-year-olds receive two doses of HPV vaccine at least six months apart rather than the previously recommended three...
Non-metal catalyst splits hydrogen molecule
Hydrogen (H2) is an extremely simple molecule and yet a valuable raw material which as a result of the development of sophisticated catalysts is...
Researchers find new way to attack gastro bug
Electron micrograph of C. jejuni in chicken gut. Credit: Griffith University
A team at Griffith's Institute for Glycomics identified a unique sensory structure that is...
The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate – or is it?
Hubble’s High-Definition Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy. Credit: Nasa
Five years ago, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three astronomers for their...
Liquid-repellant tape adheres to any surface
The Kota lab at Colorado State University has created a superomniphobic tape that adheres to any surface and imparts liquid-repellant properties.Credit: Kota lab/Colorado State...
The nanostructured cloak of invisibility
Image of the Greek goddess Minerva as seen under a fused silica substrate with 450 nm nanopillars on both sides (left) compared to an...
