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The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours of Monday (November 17). If you’re prepared to wake up early (or stay up late), you might be able to spot up to 15 meteors per hour in the moonless night sky.The Leonid meteor shower will be active from November 6th to 30th, but the evening peak, when Earth passes through the densest part of the meteor shower, will occur between midnight and dawn on November 17th.This year’s Leonid meteor shower will provide one of the best viewing windows in recent years, thanks to a nearly moonless night.…
Scientists have developed a completely new type of microchip that uses microwaves instead of traditional digital circuits to perform its operations.The processor can run faster than traditional CPUs and is the world’s first fully functional microwave neural network (MNN) that can be mounted on a chip, scientists reported in a study published Aug. 14 in the journal Nature Electronics.High-bandwidth applications such as radar image processing require high-speed processing. Scientists are pursuing this new approach to computing because microwaves operating in the analog spectrum can meet the processing needs of these applications. you may like “Because it can be instantaneously distorted…
AI-powered supply chain attacks increased by 156% last year. Learn why traditional defenses are failing and what CISOs must do now to protect their organizations. Download the entire CISO’s expert guide to AI supply chain attacks here. TL;DR AI-powered supply chain attacks are exploding in size and sophistication. Malicious package uploads to open source repositories have increased by 156% over the past year. AI-generated malware has game-changing characteristics. Polymorphic by default, context aware, semantically camouflaged, and temporally evasive. Actual attacks are already happening, from the 3CX breach that affected 600,000 companies to the NullBulge attacks that weaponized Hugging Face and…
November 11, 2025Ravi LakshmananSoftware supply chain/malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package named “@acitons/artifact” that typosquats the legitimate “@actions/artifact” package in order to target repositories owned by GitHub. “We believe the purpose was to run this script during the build of a GitHub-owned repository, extract tokens available in the build environment, and use those tokens to publish new malicious artifacts as GitHub,” Veracode said in its analysis. The cybersecurity company said it observed six versions of the package (4.0.12 to 4.0.17) that included post-installation hooks to download and execute malware. However, the latest version available for download from…
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a new Android remote access Trojan (RAT) called Fantasy Hub that is marketed on Russian-speaking Telegram channels based on a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model. According to the seller, the malware allows control and espionage of the device, allowing attackers to collect SMS messages, contacts, call logs, images, and videos, as well as intercept, reply to, and delete incoming notifications. “This is a MaaS product with seller documentation, videos, and a bot-driven subscription model that lowers the barrier to entry and helps novice attackers,” Zimperium researcher Vishnu Pratapagiri said in a report last week. “Because it…
Physicists studied an unusual molecule to determine for the first time how magnetism is distributed within the nucleus of a radioactive atom.Generally speaking, the laws of nature do not change. If you throw a ball in Seattle or Tokyo, it will fall the same way. Physicists call this “symmetry” and use symmetry as a guide to how the universe should behave. That is what keeps the world consistent. If the laws of physics worked differently on Tuesday, the universe would be in chaos.But parts of nature don’t seem to follow this perfect balance. For example, it might seem fair to…
The Swedish government has announced an investment of SEK 95 million to establish an innovation platform dedicated to advancing green technology and reducing the country’s carbon footprint. The initiative brings together key partners – Sweden’s RISE Research Institutes, AstraZeneca and Scania – in a strong public-private partnership aimed at transforming Sweden into a global leader in sustainable innovation. Eva Busch, Sweden’s Minister of Energy and Enterprise, explained: “Sweden has a unique opportunity to lead the green transition of our industry. “Through strong public-private partnerships, we are building an ecosystem where large and small businesses work together to drive innovation, competitiveness,…
A delegation of senior British officials is visiting China to explore opportunities for scientific cooperation that will benefit both countries. These researchers are working on some of the UK’s biggest challenges, including climate change and health, and their work will be strengthened by new opportunities to collaborate with Chinese experts. A UK delegation, made up of people from the national academies, the university sector and UKRI, and led by Minister for Science Vallance, will meet Chinese politicians, academics and business leaders in Beijing today. The talks will allow the UK and China to agree on specific areas in which they…
The UK Government has announced a new £60m strategy to replace animal testing with cutting-edge human-based technology. The plan, announced by Science Minister Vallance, aims to phase out animal testing more quickly and is one of the most ambitious roadmaps of its kind in the world. This comprehensive strategy outlines a vision to maintain the highest standards of public health and environmental safety while moving to safer, more ethical and scientifically advanced alternatives. Commenting on this ground-breaking initiative, Lord Vallance said: “In our country of animal lovers, no one wants to see suffering. Our plan supports efforts to eliminate animal…
As the issue of space debris becomes more pressing, Kseniia Hryshchuk, Space Environment Engineer at 3S-Northumbria, considers how we can create a more sustainable space environment. What is space sustainability? This is an open-ended question. In theory, it refers to ensuring that we remain able to conduct space activities indefinitely without degrading the orbital environment. In practice, it is often used loosely, with little clarity or accountability, and it is becoming a bit of a buzz phrase. Space sustainability primarily deals with the impact of human activities in space. So, anything from launch vehicles to satellites and space stations, and…