Category: Editorial Environmental Transportation

Wide range of cars emit more pollution in realistic driving tests, data shows

Diesel cars made by Renault, Nissan, Hyundai, Citroen, Fiat and Volvo among others emitted far more NOx in more rigorous tests, research shows Source: Wide >>>

Posted: September 30, 2015 in Editorial, Environmental, Transportation

New theory of stealth dark matter may explain universe’s missing mass | Nubleno

Source: New theory of stealth dark matter may explain universe’s missing mass | Nubleno

Posted: September 29, 2015 in Cosmology

The First Gear Discovered in Nature

U.K. scientists find the first biological gears on a jumping insect half the size of a fire ant. Source: The First Gear Discovered in Nature

Posted: September 29, 2015 in Biological

British doctors hail ‘cure for blindness’ with successful treatment of age-related macular degeneration

British surgeons have taken a “big step forward” towards curing the most common form of blindness by developing and successfully performing a ground breaking operation. >>>

Posted: September 29, 2015 in Biological

With the EOS M3, Canon finally has a worthy mirrorless camera

Source: With the EOS M3, Canon finally has a worthy mirrorless camera

Posted: September 28, 2015 in Camera, Gadgetry

Some Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot models consuming around 50% more fuel than official results, new study reveals | ADEMLOOS

Some Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot models consuming around 50% more fuel than official results, new study reveals Source: Some Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot models consuming >>>

Posted: September 28, 2015 in Editorial, Energy, Environmental, Fossil Fuels, Transportation

Audi and Skoda say 3.3m cars have ‘cheat’ emissions software – BBC News

Audi and Skoda say they have a total of 3.3 million cars fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emission >>>

Posted: September 28, 2015 in Editorial, Environmental, Transportation

First light-based memory chip puts SSDs on notice

Source: First light-based memory chip puts SSDs on notice

Posted: September 28, 2015 in Computer, Storage

Cookies can facilitate attacks on secure web sites

A new directive from CERT warns that inadequately secure cookie authorisation opens up an attack vector for secure websites, with all modern browsers vulnerable. Source: >>>

Posted: September 27, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Security

Mathematician Suspicious of Election Fraud Hires Lawyer to Force Kansas to Hand Over Voting Records

“I don’t understand why those patterns are there.” Source: Mathematician Suspicious of Election Fraud Hires Lawyer to Force Kansas to Hand Over Voting Records

Posted: September 27, 2015 in Computer, Security