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The Ebola emergency shines a light on the urgent need for new vaccines
Vaccines for a suite of lethal viruses – including the one behind the unfolding Ebola emergency – must be...
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Your body clock has seasonal rhythms and it matters for vaccines
Many people have the sense that their health ebbs and flows with the seasons. Now, research suggests that our...
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How Melbourne’s AI and Data Center Flywheel Is Accelerating Research Innovation
This sponsored article is brought to you by Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) supported by Business Events Australia.Melbourne’s reputation as a global events city, from the Australian Open tennis and Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix to hosting NFL regular season...
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Agentic AI for Robot Teams
This presentation highlights recent efforts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to advance agentic AI for collaborative robotic teams. It begins by framing the core challenges of enabling autonomy, coordination, and adaptability across heterogeneous systems, then introduces a...
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Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability Actively Exploited, in a Bad Week for Microsoft – Slashdot
Forbes describes it as "definitely already out there, and under active exploitation according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, urging all organizations to prioritize timely remediation as the attack vector poses a significant risk.""We have issued...
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‘We Still Can’t See Dark Matter. But What If We Can Hear It?’ – Slashdot
"We may have accidentally detected dark matter back in 2019," writes ScienceAlert."What if instead of trying to see dark matter, scientists attempted to hear it instead?" asks Space.com:
New research suggests dark matter could leave a tiny but discernible...
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Us Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media – Slashdot
Test scores "are lower than they were a decade ago in school districts across the U.S.," reports Times magazine, citing new data released Wednesday by Stanford researchers. "Reading scores were down roughly 0.6 grades in 2025...
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The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material
During the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert—the world's very first test of an atomic bomb—a new material spontaneously formed. It was discovered only recently, by an international research team coordinated by geologist...
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The UK Finally Starts Reforming Its ‘Computer Misuse Act’ – Slashdot
Computer Weekly reports on "the long-awaited reform of Britain's outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 — which has hamstrung the work of the nation's cyber security professionals and researchers for years."The Computer Misuse Act was passed 35...
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The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush | TechCrunch
The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry, according to a lengthy social media post from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das. Das described San Francisco as “pretty frenetic right now,” as “the divide in...
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House blocks Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s war powers resolution on Lebanon
Washington — The House rejected a war powers resolution on Thursday to constrain President Trump...