New way to design lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines
A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more efficient vehicles and wind turbines.
Glasses can...
Can gold hold up as electronics shrink to nanoscale?
Deep inside computer chips, tiny wires made of gold and other conductive metals carry the electricity used to process data.
But as these interconnected circuits...
Researchers expose vulnerabilities of password managers
Some commercial password managers may be vulnerable to cyber-attack by fake apps, new research suggests.
Security experts recommend using a complex, random and unique password...
Intel processors are still vulnerable to attack
Computer scientists at KU Leuven have once again exposed a security flaw in Intel processors.
Jo Van Bulck, Frank Piessens, and their colleagues in Austria,...
Scientists find new way to extend Moore’s Law
A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics.
Step by step, scientists are figuring out new ways to extend Moore's Law.
The latest reveals...
New technique could protect web browser from buggy third-party libraries
Researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University and Mozilla have developed a new framework to improve...
Data centers aren’t the energy hogs we thought
Although demand for data has increased rapidly, massive efficiency gains by data centers have kept their energy use roughly flat over the past decade,...
‘Surfing attacks’ could hack your Siri, Google
Ultrasonic waves can activate Siri on your smartphone and have it make calls, take images, or read the contents of a text to a...
Data centers use less energy than you think
If the world is using more and more data, then it must be using more and more energy, right? Not so, says a comprehensive...
‘Surfing attack’ hacks Siri, Google with ultrasonic waves
Ultrasonic waves don't make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read...