China used tiny chips in US computers to steal secrets: report | Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley

Image source: ezzat.info Chinese spies reportedly used tiny chips in computer equipment in data centers to steal U.S. corporate secrets Oct. 4, 2018 (TechXplore) -- Tiny chips inserted in U.S. comput ...

New extremely distant solar system object found during hunt for Planet X | Scott Sheppard, Chad Trujillo and David Tholen

The orbits of the new extreme dwarf planet 2015 TG387 and its fellow Inner Oort Cloud objects 2012 VP113 and Sedna as compared with the rest of the Solar System. 2015 TG387 was nicknamed 'The Goblin' ...

2018 Nobel Medicine Prize awarded for cancer research | Johnson, Pollard, Dickson, Vaish and Ringstrom

An illustration of James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo provided by the Nobel Assembly. Photograph: Nobel Assembly Oct. 1, 2018 -- STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo ...

Neglected baby beetles evolve greater self-reliance | Benjamin J. M. Jarrett

Scanning electron microscope image of the head of a burying beetle larva. Credit: Claudia Grossman Sept. 28, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Beetles neglected by their parents evolve bigger mandibles, a new study ...

Tesla without Musk at the wheel? It's what the SEC now wants | Tom Krisher And Alexandra Olson

Elon Musk at the 2015 Tesla Motors Annual Meeting. Credit: Steve Jurvetson, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Sept. 28, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Tesla without Elon Musk at the wheel? To many of the electric car maker's c ...

Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' | Morten Moshagen

Dark factor figure. Credit: University of Copenhagen Sept. 27, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- New research reveals a common denominator of all dark personality traits that can be defined as the general tend ...

An economic model to help policymakers understand willingness to deal with climate change efforts | Bob Yirka

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Two economists -- one with the London School of Economics and Political Science, the other with Princeton University -- have created a model to ...

Genome duplication drives evolution of species | Timothy Paape and Kentaro Shimizu

The plant species Arabidopsis kamchatica, which belongs to the rockcress genus, originated from the combination of two species. Credit: Lucas Mohn, UZH Sept. 25, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Many wild and cult ...

Schoolyard tree cover predicts math performance in high-poverty urban schools | Ming Kuo

Students in low-income, high-poverty Chicago schools had better test scores when there were more trees in the schoolyard, according to a new study by Ming Kuo of the University of Illinois. Credit: M ...

Molecule capable of halting and reverting neurodegeneration caused by Parkinson's disease identified | Salvador Ventura

Image credit: topag.mpg.deSept. 25, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- The small SynuClean-D molecule interrupts the formation of the alpha-synuclein amyloid fibers responsible for the onset of Parkinson's dise ...

Unhealthy lifestyle responsible for 45,000 predicted cases of bowel cancer in next decade | Claire M Vajdic

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 25, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- A large proportion of bowel cancers in Australia are preventable by adopting a healthy lifestyle -- particularly for men, a new study shows ...