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Dec 6, 2019
Unpatched systems are still one of the significant attack vectors to launch cyberattacks
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cybercrime/malcode, futurism
Leaving a vulnerable system unpatched can invite troubles for an organization. The issue can turn worse when the organization suffers a cyberattack that can result in, but not limited to, compromise of confidential data, DDoS attacks or stealing of customers’ details.
According to a report released by Recorded Future, it has been found that the same vulnerabilities kept showing up year-after-year. An interesting aspect of the report was that most of these vulnerabilities were found to be exploited via phishing attacks and exploit kits that specifically target flaws in Microsoft products.
Dec 6, 2019
Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, quantum physics, space travel
O.o.
A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has performed calculations showing hollow spherical bubbles filled with a gas of positronium atoms are stable in liquid helium.
The calculations take scientists a step closer to realizing a gamma-ray laser, which may have applications in medical imaging, spacecraft propulsion, and cancer treatment.
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Evolutionary stories like the grandmother hypothesis are easy to construct from mathematical models, but how well do they reflect reality?
Dec 6, 2019
New tool for rapidly analyzing CRISPR edits reveals frequent production of unintended edits
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
Amidst rising hopes for using CRISPR gene editing tools to repair deadly mutations linked to conditions like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease, a study in Communications Biology describes a new innovation that could accelerate this work by rapidly revealing unintended and potentially harmful changes introduced by a gene editing process.
“We’ve developed a new process for rapidly screening all of the edits made by CRISPR, and it shows there may be many more unintended changes to DNA around the site of a CRISPR repair than previously thought,” said Eric Kmiec, Ph.D., director of ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute and the principle author of the study.
The study describes a new tool developed at the Gene Editing Institute that in just 48 hours can identify “multiple outcomes of CRISPR-directed gene editing,” a process that typically required up to two months of costly and complicated DNA analysis.
Dec 6, 2019
Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX teams on another successful resupply launch!
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space travel
Learn more about what’s on board the Dragon spacecraft headed to the International Space Station: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spx19-research
Dec 6, 2019
SLAC scientists invent a way to see attosecond electron motions with an X-ray laser
Posted by Roderick Reilly in category: particle physics
Called XLEAP, the new method will provide sharp views of electrons in chemical processes that take place in billionths of a billionth of a second and drive crucial aspects of life.
Dec 6, 2019
Simple machine learning scorecard for seizures is saving lives
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Computer scientists from Duke University and Harvard University have joined with physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Wisconsin to develop a machine learning model that can predict which patients are most at risk of having destructive seizures after suffering a stroke or other brain injury.
A point system they’ve developed helps determine which patients should receive expensive continuous electroencephalography (cEEG) monitoring. Implemented nationwide, the authors say their model could help hospitals monitor nearly three times as many patients, saving many lives as well as $54 million each year.
A paper detailing the methods behind the interpretable machine learning approach appeared online June 19 in the Journal of Machine Learning Research.
Dec 6, 2019
Researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Awesome!
A new approach to programing cancer-fighting immune cells called CAR-T cells can prolong their activity and increase their effectiveness against human cancer cells grown in the laboratory and in mice, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
The ability to circumvent the exhaustion that the genetically engineered cells often experience after their initial burst of activity could lead to the development of a new generation of CAR-T cells that may be effective even against solid cancers—a goal that has until now eluded researchers.
Dec 6, 2019
“This Could Be a Tragedy For Humanity” | The First Brain Chip Implant
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: computing, neuroscience
“It’s the first chip implanted into the human brain”
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