Cryptographers Show How to Hide Invisible Backdoors in AI | Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cryptographers-show-how-to-hide-invisible-backdoors-in-ai-20230302/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cryptographers-show-how-to-hide-invisible-backdoors-in-ai-20230302/
Quanta Magazine
Cryptographers Show How to Hide Invisible Backdoors in AI | Quanta Magazine
Cryptographers have shown how perfect security can undermine machine learning models.
Paradox Reveals the Quantum Geometry Wizardry in Superconductivity’s “Magic Angle”
https://scitechdaily.com/paradox-reveals-the-quantum-geometry-wizardry-in-superconductivitys-magic-angle/
https://scitechdaily.com/paradox-reveals-the-quantum-geometry-wizardry-in-superconductivitys-magic-angle/
SciTechDaily
Paradox Reveals the Quantum Geometry Wizardry in Superconductivity’s “Magic Angle”
Scientists identify quantum geometry as crucial to process. Researchers have produced new evidence of how graphene, when twisted to a precise angle, can become a superconductor, moving electricity with no loss of energy. In a study published on February 15…
Jupiter and Venus from Earth
Image Credit & Copyright: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230306.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230306.html
Temperature-stable tuberculosis vaccine safe, prompts immune response in first-in-human trial
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-temperature-stable-tuberculosis-vaccine-safe-prompts.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-temperature-stable-tuberculosis-vaccine-safe-prompts.html
Medicalxpress
Temperature-stable tuberculosis vaccine safe, prompts immune response in first-in-human trial
A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibodies and responses from the cellular ...
Bees follow linear landmarks to find their way home, just like the first pilots
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bees-linear-landmarks-home.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bees-linear-landmarks-home.html
phys.org
Bees follow linear landmarks to find their way home, just like the first pilots
Scientists have shown that honeybees retain a memory of the dominant linear landscape elements in their home area like channels, roads, and boundaries. When transported to an unfamiliar area, they seek ...
Chemistry course corrections tackle bias
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00644-7?error=cookies_not_supported&code=946cd0d1-d205-4456-b6b4-3f8181d1e992
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00644-7?error=cookies_not_supported&code=946cd0d1-d205-4456-b6b4-3f8181d1e992
Nature
Chemistry course corrections tackle bias
Nature - The University of York’s efforts to decolonize how chemistry is taught holds lessons for other chemistry educators.
As Kenya’s crops fail, a fight over GMOs rages | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/as-kenyas-crops-fail-a-fight-over-gmo-rages/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/as-kenyas-crops-fail-a-fight-over-gmo-rages/
Ars Technica
As Kenya’s crops fail, a fight over GMOs rages
Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president OK'd a controversial new crop.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester: A Masterpiece of Science and Art | Ancient Origins
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/codex-leicester-0018014
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/codex-leicester-0018014
Ancient Origins
Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester: A Masterpiece of Science and Art
Have you ever wanted to explore the mind of one of history's greatest polymaths? The Codex Leicester gives history experts and art gurus alike the opportunity to do so.
The First Disease Caused by Ingested Plastic Was Just Described by Scientists : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-disease-caused-by-ingested-plastic-was-just-described-by-scientists
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-disease-caused-by-ingested-plastic-was-just-described-by-scientists
ScienceAlert
The First Disease Caused by Ingested Plastic Was Just Described by Scientists
It’s tearing birds apart from the inside.
Juno Just Snapped Some of The Best And Clearest Images of Io Yet : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/juno-just-snapped-some-of-the-best-and-clearest-images-of-io-yet
https://www.sciencealert.com/juno-just-snapped-some-of-the-best-and-clearest-images-of-io-yet
ScienceAlert
Juno Just Snapped Some of The Best And Clearest Images of Io Yet
More like I-oooo.
Speeding up extreme fast-charging capability in lithium-ion batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-extreme-fast-charging-capability-lithium-ion-batteries.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-extreme-fast-charging-capability-lithium-ion-batteries.html
Tech Xplore
Speeding up extreme fast-charging capability in lithium-ion batteries
Current society is transitioning en masse from fossil fuels to renewable resources and electric batteries. Despite the urgency to switch to greener methods, core challenges related to efficiency and sustainability ...
Long COVID Sufferers More Than Twice As Likely To Experience Heart Problems
https://scitechdaily.com/long-covid-sufferers-more-than-twice-as-likely-to-experience-heart-problems/
https://scitechdaily.com/long-covid-sufferers-more-than-twice-as-likely-to-experience-heart-problems/
SciTechDaily
Long COVID Sufferers More Than Twice As Likely To Experience Heart Problems
Long COVID more than doubles the risk of developing new cardiac symptoms. Experiencing lasting symptoms months after catching COVID-19, also known as long COVID, was found to more than double a person’s likelihood of developing cardiovascular issues. This…
Scientists Discover How To Generate New Neurons in the Adult Brain
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-how-to-generate-new-neurons-in-the-adult-brain/
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-how-to-generate-new-neurons-in-the-adult-brain/
SciTechDaily
Scientists Discover How To Generate New Neurons in the Adult Brain
A team of biologists has discovered how to awaken neural stem cells and reactivate them in adult mice. Some areas of the adult brain contain quiescent, or dormant, neural stem cells that can potentially be reactivated to form new neurons. However, the transition…
Deep Field: The Large Magellanic Cloud
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230307.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230307.html
An internal thermometer tells seeds when to germinate, researchers find
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-internal-thermometer-seeds-germinate.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-internal-thermometer-seeds-germinate.html
phys.org
An internal thermometer tells seeds when to germinate, researchers find
Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant, as it will leave the stage of seed resistant to various environmental constraints (climatic conditions, absence of nutritive elements, etc.) to become ...
Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization, impacting cities' insect diversity
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-wings-webs-bugs-winners-urbanization.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-wings-webs-bugs-winners-urbanization.html
phys.org
Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization, impacting cities' insect diversity
Cities are bursting with life, both human and animal. The smallest of them—insects, spiders and ants—are easily overlooked, but their presence—or absence—in cities has wide-reaching effects. Scientists ...
Single-pulse real-time billion-frames-per-second planar imaging of ultrafast nanoparticle-laser dynamics
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-single-pulse-real-time-billion-frames-per-second-planar-imaging.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-single-pulse-real-time-billion-frames-per-second-planar-imaging.html
phys.org
Single-pulse real-time billion-frames-per-second planar imaging of ultrafast nanoparticle-laser dynamics
The soot produced by unburnt hydrocarbon flames is the second largest contributor to global warming, while also harming human health. Researchers have developed state-of-the-art, high-speed imaging techniques ...
World-first study into global daily air pollution shows almost nowhere on Earth is safe
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-world-first-global-daily-air-pollution.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-world-first-global-daily-air-pollution.html
phys.org
World-first study into global daily air pollution shows almost nowhere on Earth is safe
In a world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the globe, a Monash University study has found that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001% of the global population ...
Archaeologists dug for evidence of the Rosetta Stone's ancient Egyptian rebellion—here's what they found
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-archaeologists-dug-evidence-rosetta-stone.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-archaeologists-dug-evidence-rosetta-stone.html
phys.org
Archaeologists dug for evidence of the Rosetta Stone's ancient Egyptian rebellion—here's what they found
The Rosetta Stone is not known for its content, but as a lexicon of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The decree inscribed on the stone, however, discusses a violent revolt—largely lost to history—that shaped ...
Elementary schoolers prove EpiPens become toxic in space — something NASA never knew | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/elementary-schoolers-prove-epipens-become-fatally-toxic-in-space-something-nasa-never-knew
https://www.livescience.com/elementary-schoolers-prove-epipens-become-fatally-toxic-in-space-something-nasa-never-knew
livescience.com
Elementary schoolers prove EpiPens become toxic in space — something NASA never knew
It took a group of elementary school students to teach NASA that EpiPens can turn toxic in space.