A team of researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology at the Life Sciences Center of Vilnius University has made a breakthrough in understanding the mechanism of bacterial defense systems, particularly CRISPR-Cas10. This system acts as a sensor that detects viral infections and triggers a response to protect the bacterium. When a virus attacks, it sends … Read more
A team of neuroscientists has unraveled the mystery behind Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With The Pearl Earring” painting, which remains one of the world’s most popular works. By measuring brain output when viewing the portrait and other famous paintings, researchers discovered a unique neurological phenomenon they called “Sustained Attentional Loop.” This phenomenon keeps viewers captivated by … Read more
A recent study published in the journal Nature Astronomy has revealed that our galaxy, the Milky Way, may be part of an even larger cosmic structure called the Shapley Concentration. Led by astronomer R. Brent Tully of the University of Hawai’i, a team surveyed the motions of over 56,000 galaxies to understand these basins and … Read more
A new malware family called Gorilla (GorillaBot) has been discovered that is linked to the leaked Mirai botnet source code. This variant of the malware was identified by cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS last month and has issued over 300,000 attack commands with a high density between September 4 and September 27. The GorillaBot targets over 100 … Read more
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is collecting vast amounts of web data at an unprecedented rate. Its “Bytespider” web crawler outpaces competitors such as OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic, consuming data 25 times faster than OpenAI’s GPTbot and 3,000 times that of Anthropic’s ClaudeBot. As ByteDance continues to amass this vast amount of data, … Read more
The US government has filed two lawsuits to reclaim millions of dollars in cryptocurrency stolen by North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group. The group, suspected of stealing a significant portion of the funds from several virtual currency exchanges and transactions. According to court documents, the Lazarus Group is believed to have stolen approximately $28 million from … Read more
American Water Works, a leading water supplier serving over 14 million people, announced on Monday that its computer networks and systems were compromised by hackers. The company has paused billing to customers as it investigates the incident. The breach was discovered on Thursday, prompting American Water Works to take immediate action, including shutting down certain … Read more
NASA has turned off a crucial instrument aboard the Voyager 2 spacecraft, sacrificing it at 12.7 billion miles from Earth to prolong its mission life. The decision was made to conserve power as the probe’s energy supply dwindles. Voyager 2, launched in 1977, is now the most distant human-made object in space, traveling over 12.8 … Read more
A team of researchers led by Yu-Dai Tsai from the Los Alamos National Laboratory used data from the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission to investigate a possible fifth fundamental force in the universe. The team analyzed the tracking data of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which was returned to Earth in 2023. According to the researchers, anomalies in … Read more
NASA’s Curiosity rover has provided new insights into how Mars became uninhabitable, shedding light on the planet’s ancient climate. The rover, currently exploring Gale crater, used its instruments to measure the isotopic composition of carbon-rich minerals and discovered evidence that suggests extreme evaporation occurred in a climate that could only support transient liquid water. According … Read more