South Africa begins own production of groundbreaking HIV-prevention drug to make it affordable within the continent
By Harry Markham - South Africa will soon begin production of the groundbreaking HIV-prevention drug, long-acting cabotegravir (CAB-LA), finally making the life-saving treatment affordable within the African continent. The treatment, which must...
Bitcoin: four reasons why the price should surge in 2024
Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading and Hossein Jahanshahloo, Cardiff University The year 2023 will be remembered as turbulent for cryptocurrencies, with numerous important developments that ultimately helped to “clean up” the space to potentially...
Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered 18 vulnerabilities in crucial software components of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). RPKI is an Internet standard meant to protect Internet traffic from being hijacked by hackers. By now, all affected vendors provided patches for their products. The vulnerabilities could have had devastating consequences: Internet hijacks have already been exploited, e.g., for phishing passwords and other sensitive information, tricking certificate authorities into issuing fraudulent Web certificates, stealing cryptocurrency, distributing malware, and poisoning caches of DNS servers. The ATHENE team consisting of Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann and...
Recycling tyres and plastics with an ancient heating method
Thermal decomposition is helping to green two major EU manufacturing industries. By Michael Allen - For thousands of years, humans have converted wood into charcoal...
Raising a child to 18 in the UK costs more than £200,000 – here’s why
Thilo R. Huning, University of York and Isabelle Huning, University of York - Before having our first baby last year, we wondered whether we had the money, time and...
The Body Shop was the scent of my youth – and it’s young people who could resurrect the brand
Caroline Spence, De Montfort University - I’m exactly the right age (46) to look back with nostalgia on the significant part that The Body Shop played in my teen years. I can clearly remember the excitement of Saturdays in town, scraping pennies together to buy little pots of fruit-scented eye gel or lip balm, and the fact that every...
Why it’s so difficult to figure out what to do with your life – and three steps to take
Marina Milosheva, Edinburgh Napier University - What do you want to be when you grow up? Practically from the moment you start talking, you’re asked this question. As a child, you’re encouraged to make...
Raising a child to 18 in the UK costs more than £200,000 – here’s why
Thilo R. Huning, University of York and Isabelle Huning, University of York - Before having our first baby last...
