deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Weakness of 2G mobile phone networks revealed
A fast and relatively simple attack on second generation digital mobile phone communications highlights the need to update security on older mobile networks. [caption id="attachment_10319" align="alignright" width="300"] A fast and relatively simple attack on second…
Stretchy Optical Fibers for implanting in the body
[caption id="attachment_10316" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT researchers have developed a stretchy optical fiber in which they have injected multiple organic dyes (yellow, blue, and green regions). In addition to lighting up, the dyes act as a…
Study links changes in collagen to worse pancreatic…
[caption id="attachment_10309" align="alignright" width="182"] Cole Drifka[/caption] A study in the current journal Oncotarget provides the first evidence linking a disturbance of the most common protein in the body with a poor outcome in pancreatic cancer.…
Pure clear polymers
A clean, green, metal-free approach to making high-performance polycarbonates. [caption id="attachment_10306" align="alignright" width="300"] KAUST researchers have developed a greener way to make the common polymer used in CDs and many other applications. © 2016 Alamy…