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With carbon dioxide emissions continuing to rise and drive up global temperatures, many scientists are pursuing technologies that can capture the gas before it enters the atmosphere. Scientists at Newcastle University have happened upon a particularly … Continue reading Carbon capture membrane assembles its own silver structures
Bronze Age swords make for impressive museum displays, but how were they used? To find the answer, scientists teamed up with history enthusiasts to combine laboratory studies with staged experimental fights using replica weapons to generate marks on th… Continue reading Combat experiments reveal fighting techniques of Bronze-Age warriors
It turns out that there still are new things under the sun – or in this case, under the water. Scientists have recently discovered not one but two previously-unknown species of the six-gill sawshark, which is itself rarely seen.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Two rare sawshark species newly discovered in West Indian Ocean
According to a recent Newcastle University study, if you want to build a replica of Stonehenge, get some lard – lots of it. By studying neolithic pottery from a site near the ancient stone circle, archaeologists suggest that the traces of pig… Continue reading How do you build Stonehenge? Add lard
Criminals have cloned a UK university’s website in an attempt to phish for unsuspecting students’ cash and personal information.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Online criminals clone UK university’s website to phish for cash
University researchers created a browser-based JavaScript that leverages a phone’s smart device sensor data to steal PINs. Continue reading Phone Hack Uses Sensors To Steal PINs
A research paper describes vulnerabilities enabling distributed guessing attacks which allow an attacker to collect payment card data across a number of sites without triggering alerts. Continue reading Distributed Guessing Attack Reels in Payment Card Data