How genetically encoded sensors have lit up neuroscience Summary Genetically encoded sensors — proteins engineered to fluoresce in response to ions or specific neurochemicals — have transformed how researchers observe…
Flexible perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with a dual buffer layer Summary This work introduces a dual-buffer-layer design to tackle mechanical stress and interfacial delamination in flexible perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.…
Want a younger brain? Learn another language Summary A large study of more than 86,000 healthy people aged 51–90 across 27 European countries suggests that speaking multiple languages is associated…
Antibodies unleashed against pancreatic cancer Summary Researchers have developed an antibody that blocks a mechanism pancreatic cancer cells use to evade destruction by the immune system and, in preclinical tests,…
Previously unknown Landfall spyware used in 0-day attacks on Samsung phones Summary Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a previously unknown Android spyware family called LANDFALL that exploited a critical Samsung…
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history Summary A nine-track tape reel labelled “UNIX Original From Bell Labs V4 (See Manual for format)” was discovered in…
Surprise ‘tail’ found on an iconic galaxy may rewrite its history Summary The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s very first test image has revealed a previously unnoticed stellar stream — a…
Newly identified Android spyware appears to be from a commercial vendor Summary Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 uncovered LANDFALL, a “commercial grade” Android spyware campaign that ran for…
Congressional Budget Office implementing new security controls following cyberattack Summary The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) disclosed a cybersecurity incident after an alleged nation-state actor breached its systems and may have…
Cybercrims plant destructive time bomb malware in industrial .NET extensions Summary Security researchers at Socket discovered nine malicious NuGet packages, published in 2023–2024 by a user named shanhai666, that include…
