Category: Physics

ALICE precisely compares light nuclei and antinuclei

The ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has made a precise measurement of the difference between ratios of the mass and electric >>>

Posted: August 17, 2015 in Physics

Netflix Saves Us From Over 130 Hours of Commercials a Year

One of the best things about being a Netflix subscriber is the ability to binge watch your favorite TV shows without commercial interruptions. But we had no

Posted: August 17, 2015 in Social

Electric Cars Will Evolve Rapidly By 2018, Split Into Segments By Price

Source: Electric Cars Will Evolve Rapidly By 2018, Split Into Segments By Price

Posted: August 15, 2015 in Energy, Transportation

Germans are so scared of surveillance they microwave their ID cards – The Washington Post

  When it comes to privacy, Germans can’t take a joke. Source: Germans are so scared of surveillance they microwave their ID cards – The >>>

Posted: August 15, 2015 in Computer, Security

AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic

Newly disclosed N.S.A. documents show that the agency gained access to billions of emails through a “highly collaborative” relationship with AT&T. Source: AT&T Helped N.S.A. >>>

Posted: August 15, 2015 in Computer, Security

Dallas Buyers Club: Court rules in favour of film’s illegal downloaders | afr.com

More than 4700 people who illegally downloaded a Hollywood blockbuster have won a reprieve from the Federal Court of Australia. Here’s why. Source: Dallas Buyers >>>

Posted: August 14, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Social

How this hacker can virtually ‘kill’ you, and what to do about it – CSMonitor.com

At the DEF CON hacker conference, Kustodian CEO Chris Rock demonstrated how fraudsters could artificially ‘kill’ someone for a profit or prank due to vulnerabilities >>>

Posted: August 14, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Security

OwnStar Wi-Fi attack now grabs BMW, Mercedes, and Chrysler cars’ virtual keys | Ars Technica

Using SSL proxy, attack decrypts user data, allowing remote access to vehicle. Source: OwnStar Wi-Fi attack now grabs BMW, Mercedes, and Chrysler cars’ virtual keys >>>

Posted: August 14, 2015 in Computer, Security

Your Doctor Can Now Examine an Exact 3D Replica of Your Heart in Virtual Reality

EchoPixel uses virtual reality to help doctors visualize each patient’s unique anatomy and internal structure in a floating 3D image. Source: Your Doctor Can Now >>>

Posted: August 14, 2015 in Biological

Samsung announces 16TB SSD | ZDNet

Not just the world’s highest capacity SSD, but the world’s highest capacity drive of any type. The PM1633 uses Samsung’s new 48 layer V-NAND, itself >>>

Posted: August 12, 2015 in Computer, Storage