Image source, Getty Images Item information Author, Joe neat Role, Cyber Correspondent, BBC World Service Twitter, @joetidy 2 hours ago A gang of cybercriminals causing major disruption to several London hospitals have published sensitive data stolen from an NHS blood testing company. Qilin has been trying to extort money from NHS provider Synnovis since hacking … Read more
Image source, Getty Images Item information Author, Joe neat Role, Cyber Correspondent, BBC World Service Twitter, @joetidy 1 hour ago A gang of cybercriminals causing major disruption to several London hospitals have published sensitive data stolen from an NHS blood testing company. Qilin has been trying to extort money from NHS provider Synnovis since hacking … Read more
Land-dwelling leeches can seem like peaceful creatures. But be careful when they’re out for blood. A thirst for blood may have led to acts of surprising athleticism, as documented in a pair of videos released Thursday by two scientists alongside a study in the journal Biotropica. In each, a brown pillar of flesh and muscle, … Read more
Nearly 200 years ago, human blood was said to have been incorporated into a ceremonial tomb that legend has it built in a royal palace complex in what is now Benin. Now, an investigation into the proteins found within the tomb’s walls reveals evidence that the legend is true. According to a new study, the … Read more
The Milky Way is a big place. Within several of its planets lie the remaining clones, creatures ripped from your body that will cause gradual cellular degeneration if you don’t locate and extract the vital fluid before it’s too late. There are only five left, but you don’t know where they are, and there are … Read more
Physicists are one step closer to developing a complete mathematical theory that can predict how blood and other special fluids flow. This bizarre behavior has puzzled researchers for decades. Not that we’ve tried it, but blood actually deforms a bit when it’s bumped, and strangely enough, it thickens when a strong, sudden force is applied … Read more
Credit: Cell host and microbe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.008 A team of UC Davis Health researchers has discovered that a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug, mesalamine, can replace the work of good bacteria in fighting the nasty fungus Candida albicans in the intestines. C. albicans, or candida, is known to cause fungal infections. In some cases it … Read more
Scientists have created a miniature ‘blood vessel-on-a-chip’ to study how snake venom can cause deadly internal bleeding – and to help develop new antivenoms to stop it. The new 3D model contains cells that line human blood vessels, known as endothelial cellsjust like the extracellular matrix, or physical framework that supports these cells. The device … Read more
During the final day of the BLAST R6 Major Manchester, Ubisoft revealed all the details about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 9 Season 2, Operation New Blood. While the game’s upcoming season won’t feature a brand new operator, Ubisoft has been working on reimagining Recruit, which will be known as Striker (attacker) and Sentry … Read more
Scientists have discovered a link between a complication of the COVID-19 vaccine and the complication caused by a rare ‘cold blood disease’. The research, led by Flinders University and international experts, deepens our understanding of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (known as VITT). Following the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, governments around … Read more