How the microbiome affects the immune system

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The building blocks of life-long health are the subject of a cutting-edge review examining how a newborn’s lung microbiome affects the immune system for years to…

A blueprint for a quantum computer in reverse gear

Could Bartenders Close the Tech Skills Gap in Cybersecurity?

Despite recent high-profile tech industry layoffs, demand for cybersecurity professionals remains high yet unfilled. With so many tech industry workers looking for their next job, why aren’t these displaced workers…

Microsoft expands AI access to public

Microsoft corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi says the firm has done away with a waitlist and made generative AI features available to anyone using a Microsoft account. Microsoft on Thursday…

Mysterious flashes: Now we have double the number of known ‘repeating fast radio bursts’

Astronomers in the Canadian-led CHIME/FRB Collaboration – including researchers from the University of Toronto – have doubled the number of known repeating sources of mysterious flashes of radio waves, known as…

Restricting flavored e-cigarettes may reduce their use among teens and young adults: Study

No smoking sign. Credit: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Getting many adolescents and young adults to stop using e-cigarettes may be as simple as doing away with flavored…

Viewpoint fact check: Honeybees aren’t disappearing and GMOs do not cause colony collapse disorder

Myth: The honeybees are disappearing Fact: In 2020 the EU had approximately 19 million honeybee hives, managed by 615,000 beekeepers. These hives altogether produced 275,000 tonnes of honey. Beekeeping is practiced…

Skeleton found in rock shelter corresponds with the relatively unknown Janambre Culture |

The Janamabre were an ethnic group of nomadic hunter-gatherers that opposed the colonisation of the northeast of New Spain, Mexico, between the 17th and 18th centuries. At the time, the…

Sleep Spindles Play a Role in Soothing PTSD Anxiety and Enhancing Memory Retention

Summary: Brief bursts of brain activity during sleep known as sleep spindles could potentially help regulate anxiety in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers believe that the study’s findings…

AMD fTPM vulnerability uncovered