How safe are Google Chrome extensions? SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Two new reports reveal markedly different opinions about the security of Chrome browser extensions. Google says less than 1% of all installations contain malware, while university researchers say 280 million users installed extensions containing malware over a three-year period. Neither figure gives … Read more
Google this week reassured that vetting Chrome extensions catches most malicious code, even as it acknowledged that “as with any software, extensions can also pose risks.” Coincidentally, a trio of researchers from Stanford University in the US and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have just published a paper on recent data … Read more
Composite image of fluorescently labeled nuclei in each cell of five different C. elegans, captured in the Advanced Light Microscopy Unit at the CRG. Credit: Jeremy Vicencio, Nadia Halidi/Centro de Regulación Genómica Why do some people live longer than others? The genes in our DNA sequence are important and help prevent disease or maintain general … Read more
A geoengineering technique designed to lower high temperatures in California could inadvertently intensify heat waves in Europe, according to a study modeling the unintended consequences of regional tinkering with a changing climate. The article shows that targeted interventions to reduce temperatures in a given area for one season may provide temporary benefits for some population … Read more
A special cluster of stars swirling around the violent center of the Milky Way could become “immortal” by continually capturing and destroying dark matter particles in their cores, a new study suggests. Researchers discovered this using computer simulations of stellar evolution dark matter particles captured by the gravity of these stars can often collide and … Read more
Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence – especially generative AI – is the technology story of 2024. OpenAI, with the rollout of viral services like ChatGPT and billions in funding, may have absorbed the lion’s share of attention and money so far. But according to a new report from top VC Accel and Dealroom … Read more
LA JOLLA, California – Researchers at the Salk Institute have developed a groundbreaking technique called Telo-seq that will revolutionize our understanding of telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of our chromosomes. Telomeres play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of our genetic material, but their repetitive nature and length have long presented challenges … Read more
Astronauts on a future mission to Mars may not make it all the way to the Red Planet and back without experiencing kidney failure, new research shows. Although not usually considered one of the biggest dangers of space travel, traveling as far as Mars could change the structure and function of astronauts’ kidneys, leading to … Read more
The Y chromosome in primates – including humans – is evolving much faster than the X chromosome, new research in six primate species suggests. For example, humans and chimpanzees share more than 98% of their DNA across the entire genome, but only 14% to 27% of the DNA sequences on the human Y chromosome are … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! The main technique Mistele used in his research, gravitational lensing, is a phenomenon predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity. As part of the research, Mistele plotted the so-called Tully-Fisher relationship on a map to highlight the empirical relationship between … Read more