Monthly Archive: June 2018
David Szondy – This first gram of yellowcake was produced from uranium captured from seawater with modified yarn (Credit: PNNL) The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in association with LCW Supercritical Technologies has made an important breakthrough for the nuclear industry by …
Michael Irving – Researchers at TU Delft have developed a new technique for generating quantum entanglement links on demand, opening the door for practical quantum networks (Credit: Cheyenne Hensgens)With more sensitive data than ever being shared – and stolen – online, more secure …
The Federal Trade Commission has charged three individuals and nine businesses with bilking more than $125 million from thousands of consumers with a fraudulent business education program called MOBE (“My Online Business Education”). A federal court halted the scheme and froze the defendants’ …
FTC Returns Money to Consumers Deceived into Buying Business Coaching Program The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 3,633 checks totaling more than $969,000 to people who lost money to a deceptive telemarketing scheme that promoted business coaching services to people who wanted to …
Many social wasps are generalist predators too, which means they control populations of a wide range of species, but rarely wipe any single species out. They are one of the most unwelcome signs of summer. Buzzing through beer gardens, attacking innocent picnics, …
Michael Irving – The 4.5-km (2.8-mi) wide asteroid Florence, which whizzed past Earth last week, has been found to have two moons orbiting it (Credit: NASA/JPL) Recently, Earth was buzzed by asteroid 3122 Florence, the largest space rock NASA has seen come this …
Ben Coxworth – If aphids have the choice between wheat seedlings with (right) and without CBT-ol treatment (left), they avoid the treated seedlings (Credit: W. Mischko / TUM) Although it’s associated with nasty cigarettes, the tobacco plant is also a potential source …
Nick Lavars – Safer Pro, built into a wristwatch-like device – A discreet piece of smart jewelry that sends an alert to loved ones and tracks her location when a woman feels in danger has taken out the US$1 million XPrize for …
Protecting your devices from cryptojacking By Jason Adler – Assistant Director, Midwest Region – Instead of min(d)ing their own business, are scammers using your computer as their virtual ATM? Three years ago, the FTC warned the public and took action against cryptojacking. That’s …
– on September 28, 2017 – You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black holes normally suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA detected something mighty bizarre at the supermassive black hole Markarian 335. Two …