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An international team of researchers has developed a scanning tool to make websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks.

The black box security assessment prototype, tested by engineers in Australia, Pakistan and the UAE, is more effective than existing web scanners which collectively fail to detect the top 10 weaknesses in web applications.

UniSA mechanical and systems engineer Dr. Yousef Amer is one of the co-authors of a new international paper that describes the development of the tool in the wake of escalating global cyberattacks.

An autonomous vehicle is able to navigate city streets and other less-busy environments by recognizing pedestrians, other vehicles and potential obstacles through artificial intelligence. This is achieved with the help of artificial neural networks, which are trained to “see” the car’s surroundings, mimicking the human visual perception system.

But unlike humans, cars using artificial neural networks have no memory of the past and are in a constant state of seeing the world for the first time—no matter how many times they’ve driven down a particular road before. This is particularly problematic in adverse weather conditions, when the car cannot safely rely on its sensors.

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Science is magic, or at least, scientists can make sound waves do some pretty incredible things these days.

Neuro-Protection & Neuro-Regeneration R&D For Optic Pathologies — Dr. Thomas V. Johnson, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Dr. Thomas V. Johnson III, M.D., Ph.D. (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/thomas-johnson) is a glaucoma specialist and the Allan and Shelley Holt Rising Professor in Ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute, at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a member of the Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) Repopulation, Stem cell Transplantation, and Optic nerve Regeneration (RReSTORe) consortium (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wilmer/research/storm/rrestore/index.html), an initiative focused on advancing translational development of vision restoration therapies for glaucoma and other primary optic neuropathies by assembling an international group of more than 100 leading and emerging investigators from related fields.

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Artificial intelligence; it’s everywhere! Our homes, our cars, our schools and work. So where, if ever, does it stop? And how close to ourselves can our devices reasonably get? For this video, Unveiled uncovers plans to use human brain implants to improve the performance of our brains! What do you think? Are neural implants a good thing, or a bad thing?

This is Unveiled, giving you incredible answers to extraordinary questions!

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A new theory suggests that mutations have few straightforward ways to establish themselves in cells and cause tumors.

For many researchers, the road to cancer prevention is long and difficult, but a recent study by Rice University scientists suggests that there may be shortcuts.

A theoretical framework is being developed by Rice scientist Anatoly Kolomeisky, postdoctoral researcher Hamid Teimouri, and research assistant Cade Spaulding that will explain how cancers brought on by several genetic mutations might be more readily recognized and perhaps prevented.

There are still questions about the Moon readiness of Artemis 1 after Monday’s wet dress rehearsal was not without its problems.

This kind of reconfigurable design could reduce electronic waste and allow one chip to be used for multiple applications.

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Amazon showed off a “fully autonomous mobile robot” called Proteus that can move carts around its warehouses, and even interact with humans, all on its own. The company also has other robots it’s working on.

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