science
Malware turns PCs into eavesdropping devices
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have demonstrated malware that can turn computers into perpetual eavesdropping devices, even without a microphone.
In the...
The world’s first demonstration of spintronics-based artificial intelligence
Three kinds of patterns, "I", "C", and "T", expressed in 3x3 blocks used for the associative memory operation experiment.Credit: Tohoku University
Researchers at Tohoku University...
HIV patients have nearly twice the heart attack risk
3D print of HIV. Image Credit: Flickr/NIAID
Risk for heart attack, stroke is vastly underestimated in HIV patients
Current methods to predict the risk of heart...
Music in the brain: The first imaging genetic study linking dopaminergic...
The relationship of sound environments with mood and emotions is highly variable across individuals, study shows.Image Credit: Flickr/Jackson Romie
Sounds, such as music and noise,...
Coffee-ring phenomenon explained in new theory
Despite a decent amount of server space and speed, assistant professor of mechanical engineering Hassan Masoud, center, his doctoral student Saeed Jafari Kang, right,...
133 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in...
A new rainforest beetle from Madagascar. © California Academy of Sciences
In 2016, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 133 new plant and...
Why big brains are rare
The brain of Gnathonemus petersii is larger in proportion to its body than a human's. To keep up with the energy demands of its...
New ultrasound technique is first to image inside live cells
Credit: University of Nottingham
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a break-through technique that uses sound rather than light to see inside live...
New knowledge of one of the world’s rarest birds
The Rufous-headed Robin is related to the Common Nightingale, and similarly has a beautiful song.Photograph: Pete Morris
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in...
Ultra-small nanocavity advances technology for secure quantum-based data encryption
This stylized rendering of the cross-section of the metallic hybrid nanocavity coupled to a quantum dot shows vertical emission into free space. Credit: Yousif...
Nylon fibers made to flex like muscles
This image shows the fabrication steps from raw circular filament to a fully functional bending artificial muscle. The bottom filament is a raw circular...
