Articles by Bob Yirka
Tech Xplore / Hackers could use smartwatches to eavesdrop on air-gapped computers via ultrasonic signals
A security specialist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has found evidence that it might be possible to infiltrate an air-gap computing system using a smartwatch. Mordechai Guri has published a paper outlining his ideas ...
Phys.org / Ancient Tumat puppies identified as wolves, not early domesticated dogs
A team of archaeologists, natural scientists, evolutionary specialists and paleontologists affiliated with a number of institutions across Europe, and also Russia and the U.K., has found evidence strongly suggesting that ...
Phys.org / Feather-legged lace weaver spider kills prey by covering it with toxic silk
A research team has found that a common spider kills its prey with poison but does not inject it into them—instead, it covers them with a web of silk and then covers the silk with regurgitated toxins. In their study published ...
Phys.org / Ocean acidification may have crossed 'planetary boundary' five years ago
A team of planetary scientists, ecologists, and marine biologists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and one in the U.K., has found evidence suggesting that parts of the world's oceans have already passed what ...
Phys.org / Rats in Australia may have genetic mutation that increases resistance to widely used poisons
A team of wildlife management specialists, environmental toxicologists and geneticists at the Conservation and Biodiversity Research Center, Edith Cowan University, in Australia, has found that some black rats living in Australian ...
Phys.org / New simulations show how much colder European winters would get if AMOC collapses
A pair of meteorologists in the Netherlands has used new simulations to show just how cold many of Europe's cities could get if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) were to collapse due to global warming. ...
Tech Xplore / Chinese researchers debut world's first AI-based processor chip design system
A team of engineers, AI specialists and chip design researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designed, built and tested what they are describing as the first AI-based chip design system. The group has published ...
Medical Xpress / Bicycling tied to reduced dementia risk and greater hippocampal volume retention
A team of geriatricians, neurologists, nutritionists and public health specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across China, working with a pair of colleagues from Australia, has found that of all the transportation ...
Phys.org / Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran
A pair of archaeologists working at a dig site in an ancient cemetery in western Iran have discovered the skull of a young girl that shows evidence of cranial modification. In their paper published in the International Journal ...
Tech Xplore / Debut of LLM-enabled humanoid robot at event met with mixed reviews by human attendees
A team of roboticists at the University of Canberra's Collaborative Robotics Lab, working with a sociologist colleague from The Australian National University, has found humans interacting with an LLM-enabled humanoid robot ...
Phys.org / Six decades of data show most phytoplankton populations have been shrinking by up to 2% per year
A trio of oceanographers and mathematicians at Dalhousie University, in Canada, has found evidence that the populations of two major types of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean have been decreasing by approximately ...
Phys.org / Starlink satellites fall to Earth faster during increased solar activity, study finds
A trio of heliophysicists and satellite trackers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute at the University of Maryland has found evidence showing that Starlink satellites reenter ...
Phys.org / Oldest physical evidence of butterflies or moths discovered in 236-million-year-old poop
A team of paleontologists affiliated with several institutions in Argentina, working with a colleague from the U.K., has discovered evidence of scales from lepidopterans in dung samples recovered from a dig site in Talampaya ...
Phys.org / Retinal prosthesis woven from tellurium nanowires partially restores vision in blind mice
A team from Fudan University, the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Shaoxin Laboratory, all in China, has developed a retinal prosthesis woven from metal nanowires ...
Phys.org / Ancient trees find sanctuary on temple grounds across China
A team of ecologists, arborists and environmentalists affiliated with several institutions across China, working with a colleague from Australia, has found that many old trees are finding sanctuary on temple grounds across ...
