Fingerprint recognition could be vulnerable to AI attack
Device manufacturers need to get smarter about security systems that rely on fingerprint recognition. The systems could be vulnerable to attack by artificial intelligence...
Outbred mice perhaps better than inbred mice for most animal studies
More than half of all non-human subjects of biomedical research are mice. Most of them are inbred mice. In other words, the parents of...
Wage transparency narrows gender pay gap, study finds
Wage transparency reduces the gender pay gap by seven percent, economists from business schools in France, the US, and Denmark have found. Requiring employers...
Next generation 5G mobile network may improve road safety
Finnish researchers say that the next generation 5G mobile network may improve road safety. By using fast data transmission solutions, we'll be able to...
Retail Tech Predictions for 2019
Depending on who you ask, the retail apocalypse is either already happening or just about to start. Online retail has become so competitive that...
Scientists convert wet biological waste into fuel we can blend with diesel
A team of scientists has converted wet biological waste into diesel-compatible fuel. We are now a step closer to producing renewable engine fuels from...
Spanish is increasingly adopted in the US
It is hard to deny that Spanish is the second most influential language in the United States of America. Almost 60 million of Americans...
How the economy of Ireland has changed since the 1970s
For the first seventy-five years of the 20th century, the Republic of Ireland's (Ireland's) economy was much weaker than Northern Ireland's. Agriculture represented an...
Material that thickens as you stretch it discovered by scientists
Scientists at the University of Leeds have discovered a material that thickens as you stretch it. It is the first synthetic material that thickens...
Device sucks drinking water from desert air
Researchers at KAUST in Saudi Arabia have developed a device that sucks drinking water from dry desert air. KAUST stands for King Abdulla University...