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Apr 29
2025

Printing the Future of Life: How 3D Collagen Scaffolds Grow Real Tissues

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have created a groundbreaking tissue engineering platform using 3D-printed collagen scaffolds called CHIPS.

By mimicking natural cellular environments, they enable cells to grow, interact, and form functional tissues — a major step beyond traditional silicone-based microfluidic models. The platform not only models diseases like diabetes but could also replace animal testing in the future. Plus, their designs are freely available to fuel broader scientific innovation.

3D bioprinting: turning science fiction into science reality.

Apr 29
2025

New Molecule Supercharges Perovskite Solar Cells for Higher Efficiency and Stability

KAUST is part of an international collaboration that has demonstrated how an ionic salt molecule, known as CPMAC, can significantly boost solar cell performance by 0.6%. A new study published in Science reveals that integrating a synthetic molecule significantly improves the energy efficiency and

Apr 29
2025

Ghost Highways in Memory Chips — The Secret Electron Shortcut to Lightning-Fast AI

A major breakthrough at POSTECH could dramatically boost AI speeds and device efficiency.

Researchers have, for the first time, decoded how Electrochemical Random-Access Memory (ECRAM) works, using a special technique to observe internal electron behavior even at extreme temperatures. This hidden mechanism, where oxygen vacancies act like shortcuts for electrons, could unlock faster AI systems and longer-lasting smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

Breakthrough at POSTECH: boosting AI efficiency.

Apr 29
2025

Today’s AI Risks Are Scarier Than Doomsday Predictions, Study Finds

A new University of Zurich study shows that people are more concerned about the immediate risks of AI, like bias and misinformation, than about distant existential threats. Most people are more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than about distant, theoretical threats

Apr 29
2025

AI to make laws in UAE? Country passes new regulatory intelligence system ‘powered by artificial intelligence’

With an aim to accelerate legislative reform, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet has launched a new AI-based regulatory intelligence system that will make laws for the country. Prime Minister of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in a post on social media said that this system will work on creating a comprehensive legislative plan that brings together all federal and local laws in the UAE, connecting them through artificial…

Apr 29
2025

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Broadcom and Commvault Flaws to KEV Database

CISA added Broadcom and Commvault vulnerabilities to KEV after confirming active exploitation.

Apr 29
2025

Hackers Exploit Critical Craft CMS Flaws; Hundreds of Servers Likely Compromised

Threat actors exploited Craft CMS zero-days CVE-2025–32432 and CVE-2024–58136, compromising 300 of 13,000 vulnerable servers.

Apr 29
2025

WooCommerce Users Targeted by Fake Patch Phishing Campaign Deploying Site Backdoors

Cybercriminals are targeting WooCommerce users with fake patch emails that use IDN homograph spoofing to deliver backdoor malware.

Apr 29
2025

FBI seeks help to unmask Salt Typhoon hackers behind telecom breaches

The FBI has asked the public for information on Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers behind widespread breaches of telecommunications providers in the United States and worldwide.

In October, the FBI and CISA confirmed that the Chinese state hackers had breached multiple telecom providers (including AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream) and many other telecom companies in dozens of countries.

As revealed at the time, while they had access to the U.S. telecoms’ networks, the attackers also accessed the U.S. law enforcement’s wiretapping platform and gained access to the “private communications” of a “limited number” of U.S. government officials.

Apr 29
2025

VeriSource now says February data breach impacts 4 million people

Employee benefits administration firm VeriSource Services is warning that a data breach exposed the personal information of four million people.

VeriSource is a Texas-based employee benefits administration and HR outsourcing solutions provider with diverse clients across the U.S.

The firm has begun data breach notifications to impacted individuals about a cybersecurity incident that occurred in February 2024, but the impact of which it took them until April 2025 to evaluate.