DF In a breakthrough, researchers from Korea have successfully engineered E. coli bacteria to produce thermally stable plastics similar to polystyrene and PET. This achievement is significant as it marks the first time microbes have produced polymers made entirely of monomers with aromatic sidechains. The team constructed a novel metabolic pathway that enabled the bacteria to … Read more
Scientists have created the world’s fastest microscope, capable of capturing images of electrons in flight by hitting them with one- quintillionth-of-a-second electron pulses. This feat is remarkable, as electrons travel at roughly 1367 miles per second (2,200 kilometers per second), making them capable of circumnavigating the Earth in only 18.4 seconds. The new device, a … Read more
Oil giant Halliburton has acknowledged an “issue” affecting certain company systems, which is reportedly linked to a cyberattack. According to sources familiar with the matter, the cyberattack appears to be impacting business operations at Halliburton’s Houston campus and some global networks. The company would not confirm or deny the nature of the incident but stated … Read more
For the first time, scientists have obtained high-resolution images of the North Star’s surface using the CHARA Array on Mount Wilson in California. The images revealed previously unknown features on Polaris’ surface, including large bright and dark spots that change over time. Polaris is a Cepheid variable star, which means it brightens and dims periodically. … Read more
Hackers have exploited a recently patched PHP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-4577) to deploy a new backdoor malware called Msupedge on a university’s Windows systems in Taiwan. The attackers likely gained access to the compromised systems by exploiting the flaw, which was patched in June. Msupedge is a notable backdoor that uses DNS traffic to … Read more
The European Space Agency’s Juice mission has achieved two historic firsts on its journey to study Jupiter’s icy moons. The spacecraft, launched in April 2023, conducted its first flyby of the moon and Earth in succession, as well as the first double gravity assist maneuver. On August 19, Juice flew by Earth’s moon at 5:15 … Read more
Researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Oxford, in collaboration with the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), have developed a high-resolution fluorescence microscope that can capture even the tiniest cell structures. The new microscope boasts a resolution better than five nanometres (five billionths of a metre), roughly equivalent to the width of a hair split … Read more
Microsoft has started testing a new feature in the latest Dev Channel Insider build of Windows 11 that allows users to jump to specific apps on the taskbar by pressing a letter key after pressing WIN + T. This feature is part of the Windows 11 Build 26120.1542, which also includes other changes and improvements. … Read more
Imagine being able to surf the internet on your old Windows XP machine without feeling like you’re stuck in the past. Thanks to a dedicated developer, that’s now possible with MyPal68, an open-source modern web browser built specifically for Windows XP. MyPal68 is based on Firefox 68 and is designed to provide a decent browsing … Read more
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a machine learning model, AutMedAI, which can predict autism in children under two with nearly 80% accuracy. The model uses a set of 28 parameters easily gathered before the age of 24 months, including information about children that can be obtained without extensive assessments and medical tests. The study, … Read more