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A research team sheds light on the synthesis of 2-aminonaphthalene-1,5-disulfonic acid (2-ANDSA) diazonium salt, demonstrating how advanced thermal analysis and theoretical modeling can reduce the threat of thermal runaway.
People hesitant about getting a COVID vaccine were more likely to consider getting the shot after hearing a myth explained and corrected with facts, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Science has continually proven the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines, including the mRNA technology behind their development. However, vaccine hesitancy remains common.
Millions of users of GitHub, the premier online platform for sharing open-source software, rely on stars to establish their software product's credibility. But new research from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science shows this star-based system has grown star-crossed.
Researchers in the Software and Societal Systems Department found that users increasingly buy or trade for fake stars. Some use their ill-gotten cachet to quickly build up the reputation of repositories, the GitHub homes for software projects. More diabolically, other bad actors use fake stars to attract unsuspecting users so they can steal their cryptocurrency, swipe their credentials or trick them into downloading malicious software.
From July 2019 to December 2024, the CMU researchers counted six million stars on GitHub that appear to be fakes.
A research team has isolated the anthracnose pathogen infecting greater yam and identified it as Colletotrichum alatae—the first report of this species in yam.
Carlos Moreno Yruela, who is currently a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, was selected in the ERC Starting Grants call to develop the CHEMTUBIO project at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). The project will study the chemistry of enzymes that erase microtubule modifications. These enzymes are essential for the functioning of our cells and have shown great promise as potential therapeutic targets for treating cancer, heart disease and neurological disorders.