AJAX Apps Ripe Targets for JavaScript Hijacking
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A pervasive vulnerability that allows an attacker to take over any Web browser and silently intercept sensitive data input occurs in Web 2.0 settings from Yahoo to ASP .Net to Google, security firm Fortify says.
Scientists find rabies-based vaccine could be effective against HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Rabies, a relentless, ancient scourge, may hold a key to defeating another implacable foe: HIV. Scientists at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia have used a drastically weakened rabies virus to ferry HIV-related proteins ...
Study ties hurricanes to Sahara
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A U.S. government study suggests that the relatively tame 2006 hurricane season may have been tied to activity in Africa's Sahara desert.
Weighing the financial risks of nuclear power
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Enticed by the gleam of government subsidies, many companies are rushing to invest in nuclear power, expecting that new technology and safer reactors will make them as good an investment as other types of power plants.
Cure for cancer one step closer
Apr 03, 2007 |
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The cure for cancer is one step closer this week with the first collections of cancer tissue taking place at the new Wesley Research Institute Tissue Bank.
Blood sugar's manufacture limited by building blocks' supply
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Researchers have discovered a factor that controls blood sugar's manufacture in a novel way: by limiting the supply of its building blocks. The findings are reported in the April issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, publis ...
With rat genome as guide, human breast cancer risk refined
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Combing the genomes of the rat and the human, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found swaths of genetic code that can be used to assess the risk of human breast cancer.
Researchers discover connection between allergic diseases and autoimmune diseases
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A new study by researchers at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center and the University of Washington (UW) identifies a connection between allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema, and autoimmune ...
Study may lead to drought-resistant plants
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have determined how plants pass signals of stress due to lack of water or salinity from chloroplast to nuclei.
Entry-Level Workers Head into a Mixed Market
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A new report sheds light on a tight entry-level market with little hope for improved wages for recent college graduates, almost half of whom expect to move back in with their parents to make ends meet.
Genomic test could help detect radioactivity exposure from terrorist attacks
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In the event of a nuclear or radiological catastrophe -- such as a nuclear accident or a “dirty bomb” -- thousands of people would be exposed to radiation, with no way of quickly determining how much of the deadly substance ...
Researchers take new approach to studying how cells respond to pathogens
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A Sandia National Laboratories research team led by Anup Singh is taking a new approach to studying how immune cells respond to pathogens in the first few minutes and hours of exposure. Their method looks at ...
British moms to have birth choice by 2009
Apr 03, 2007 |
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British mothers will have a choice of where they give birth by 2009, the health secretary pledged.
Scientists study social memory formation
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A team of Canadian and French scientists has identified the internal part of the prefrontal cortex as key to memorizing social information.
Flaw Fixed in Unix-like Systems
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A file integer underflow vulnerability could be exploited to trigger buffer overflow in unpatched Unix-like systems.
