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Nov 25, 2022

Millions of Android Devices Still Don’t Have Patches for Mali GPU Flaws

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

A set of 5 vulnerabilities in Arm’s Mali GPU driver has remained unpatched on millions of Android devices for months, despite the chip maker releasing.

Nov 25, 2022

Scientists Discover a Link Between Mitochondria and Cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

A multi-gene expression signature in tumors is associated with aggressive disease and poor patient outcomes, and it has the potential to become a genetic cancer biomarker.

The human cell’s primary source of energy, the mitochondria plays an important role in the metabolism of cancer cells. In a study recently published in PLOS ONE, researchers from throughout the world, including Dario C. Altieri, M.D., president and chief executive officer, director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center, and Robert and Penny Fox Distinguished Professor at The Wistar Institute, have identified a particular gene signature indicative of mitochondrial reprogramming in tumors that is associated with a poor patient outcome.

Nov 25, 2022

Scientists are looking into this last-minute strategy to save the planet from asteroid disaster

Posted by in category: space

Imagine a GPS for an asteroid-blocking spacecraft.


Based on the recent DART mission, scientists are working on perfecting a last-minute mission to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth.

Nov 25, 2022

What is the future of immunotherapy?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

I want patients to know that we are making advances every day. There are treatments that can offer cures, and we plan to deliver more.

I encourage patients to talk with their physicians about innovative treatment options and consider participating in clinical trials so we can move the field forward. Together, we can unlock the promise of immunotherapy.

Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and Immunology and director of scientific programs for the James P. Allison Institute.

Nov 25, 2022

Zapping brain cancer with long needles opens door to new treatments

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, neuroscience

University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have developed a new method of killing brain cancer cells while preserving the delicate tissue around it. The technique also has a remarkable side-benefit: making chemotherapy treatment of brain cancer suddenly possible.

The technique involves placing long needles through the skull and sending pulses of into a glioblastoma tumor—the pernicious variety of brain cancer that caused Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie’s death.

“A safer and more effective cancer treatment may be clinically possible,” said Dr. Mike Moser (MD), USask College of Medicine general surgery researcher and co-author of a study published recently in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

Nov 25, 2022

JWST Captured a Breathtaking and Powerful Image of a Galaxy located 500 Light-years away from us

Posted by in category: cosmology

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole.

Webb’s powerful infrared gaze produced this detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies. This image provides a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.

The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight. Its appearance, much like that of the wheel of a wagon, is the result of an intense event – a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not visible in this image. Collisions of galactic proportions cause a cascade of different, smaller events between the galaxies involved; the Cartwheel is no exception.

Nov 25, 2022

Alien Mineral Harder Than Diamond was recently Found In Israel

Posted by in category: futurism

The discovery of a completely new mineral this week by the precious stone mining company Shefa Yamim in northern Israel has both geologists and the general public in awe.

Carmeltazite, often known as “Carmel Sapphire,” may be advertised as a mineral more precious than diamonds.

The mineral was discovered encrusted with sapphire during mining in volcanic rock in northern Israel’s Zevulun Valley near Mt. Carmel, and it was aptly named “carmeltazite” after its discovery site. During density tests, it was determined to be harder than diamond.

Nov 25, 2022

The early universe in a quantum gas

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

With a Bose–Einstein condensate in a magnetic field, researchers can see hints of particle production in expanding space—and they can run the experiment more than once.

Nov 25, 2022

Russia says its ‘doomsday plane’ can now communicate with its deep sea nuclear submarines

Posted by in categories: existential risks, military

The test strengthens Russia’s nuclear command and control systems amid rising tensions with the West.

Russian defense officials are claiming a successful test of the Ilyushin Il-80 deep-sea communication system, allowing the Russian ‘Doomsday’ plane to communicate with deep-sea nuclear submarines in the event of a nuclear war.

According to the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, the Il-80 ‘Flying Kremlin’ successfully communicated with Russian nuclear submarines located deep underwater using ultra-long wave signals, enabling the Russian President to communicate and coordinate Russian military activity in the event of nuclear conflict.

Nov 25, 2022

Musk says color-coded verification system for Twitter will come into effect next Friday

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, government

Elon Musk announced in a tweet today (Nov .25) that Twitter would launch its delayed color-coded “Verified” service on Friday next week.

The new service would feature a “gold check” for companies, a grey one for government accounts and the existing blue one for individuals, regardless of whether they are celebrities or not. See the tweet for yourself below:

“Painful but necessary”