‘Surfing Attack’ – New Way to Hack Siri, Google Assistant With Ultrasonic Waves
Researchers use ultrasound waves vibrating through tables to access cellphones. Ultrasonic waves don’t make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone…
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Researchers Gain Control Over Transparency With Tuning Optical Resonators
Method has ramifications for quantum computing, communications, and more. In the quantum realm, under some circumstances and with the right interference patterns, light can pass…
‘Zee Burst’ – Ghost Particles Studied Through Ultra-High Energy Events
With ‘Zee burst,’ physicists propose new resonance beyond the standard model. Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis have proposed a way to use data…
More Efficient Thermal Cooling Method Bioinspired by Plants
McKelvey Engineering Mechanical Engineer Creates Bioinspired Evaporation Technique When drops of water touch the surface of a lotus flower leaf, they form beads and roll…
When Task Is Complex, Chimpanzees More Likely to Teach Skills and Share Tools
Study has implications for evolution of technology and culture in humans. Teach a chimpanzee to fish for insects to eat, and you feed her for…
Experimental Cultivation of Seed Crops Lost to History Reveals Much Higher Yields Than Expected
‘Lost Crops’ Could Have Fed As Many as Maize Make some room in the garden, you storied three sisters: the winter squash, climbing beans and…
Does Drinking Alcohol Literally Shrink the Brain?
New research challenges traditional idea about relationship between alcohol use and brain size. For years, researchers have observed that alcohol consumption is associated with reduced…
New Drug Compound Halts Alzheimer’s, Appears to Reverse Some Neurological Damage
New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that levels of the tau protein can be reduced, and some of the…
New Dark Matter Detector Will Be 100 Times More Sensitive to Dark Matter
A team of scientists is building a supersized version of the dark matter detector Lux, called Lux-Zeplin, which will be roughly 100 times more sensitive…
New State of Matter Known as “Disordered Hyperuniformity” Discovered in the Cells in a Chicken’s Eye
Researchers have discovered the first known biological occurrence of a potentially new state of matter known as “disordered hyperuniformity” in the cells in a chicken’s…
DNA Study Reveals Clues about Primate Evolution
In a new DNA study, an international team of scientists reveal clues to human and ape evolution, finding that the evolutionary history of ancestral great…
Grains of Sand from Core-Collapse Supernova Found in Meteorites
In a newly published study, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis report finding tiny grains of silica, which they believe came from a core-collapse…
Nanoparticles Carrying Bee Venom Kill HIV
In a newly published study, scientists from Washington University School of Medicine show how nanoparticles carrying melittin fuse with HIV, killing the virus and leaving…
Super-Tiger Helps Explore Cosmic Rays
It has been roughly 100 years since cosmic rays first became an object of curiosity to the science world, but now scientists are finally close…
Vaporization Simulation of Earth Helps Explain the Atmospheres of Super-Earths
In an effort to better understand what astronomers should see when they look at the atmospheres of super-Earths, scientists are using computer simulations to see…
Images of Brain Connectivity Help Predict Intelligence
A newly published study from neuroscientists at Washington University in St. Louis provides evidence that neural connections between the lateral prefrontal cortex and the rest…
Biochemical Systems That Modulate the Levels of Plant Hormones
An international team of scientists has begun to put a molecular face on the biochemical systems that modulate the levels of plant hormones to defend…
Cartilage Healing Genes Protect Against Arthritis
Joint pain is common among older adults and osteoarthritis is something many active people will face as they age. Scientists at Washington University School of…
