It’s looking more and more likely that a critical zero-day vulnerability that went unfixed for more than a month in Microsoft Exchange was the cause of one of the UK’s biggest hacks ever—the breach of the country’s Electoral Commission, which exposed data for as many as 40 million residents. Electoral […]
In what is believed to be a world first discovery, University of Otago researchers have found wheat gluten causes brain inflammation in mice. The research, led by Associate Professor Alex Tups, and published in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology, may be of importance for human physiology. « Mice are an excellent model […]
Liquid magma may be moving through an extinct volcano beneath Japan, causing an ongoing earthquake swarm. A huge swarm of earthquakes that has been rocking Japan for three years appears to be the result of fluids moving through an extinct, collapsed volcano, new research suggests. The swarm is happening on […]
A new study from Tulane University has identified a new treatment for a chronic immune system disease that can prevent children from eating. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is triggered by food allergies or airborne allergens which causes a type of white blood cell, eosinophils, to build up in the lining of […]
In this particular type of autoimmune disease, the brain becomes inflamed as immune cells start attacking healthy cells and tissue. A teenage girl suddenly began experiencing depression, seizures and involuntary episodes in which she’d hit her head or scratch her arms and then not recall doing so. Doctors discovered that […]
BERLIN — A plume of Sahara dust that has blanketed parts of southern and central Europe in recent days caused a short, sharp spike in air pollution across the region, researchers said Tuesday. The European Commission’s Copernicus satellite monitoring program said measured levels of particles smaller than 10 micrometers — […]
Whitney Port is speaking out about her recent pregnancy loss. During an appearance Tuesday on the “Being Bümo” podcast with Chriselle Lim, the “Hills” alum, 35, explained that learning the baby had a “chromosomal issue” is helping her grieve. “Basically I got a D&C [dilation and curettage] and they did […]
