It’s time to stop the victim-blaming and insist on safer software
admin Like many in the IT security profession, I welcomed the recent remarks made by outgoing CISA chief Jen Easterly, in which she pointed out that making software safer may…
April 2025
U.S. production of all types of coal has declined over the past two decades
In-brief analysis April 8, 2025 In 2023, the United States produced 578 million short tons (MMst) of coal, or less than half of the amount…
UK authority’s search for answers over deleted Julian Assange emails comes too late to retrieve data
Is it possible that a public authority destroyed the email account of a lead lawyer assigned to a high-profile and controversial legal case, while the case was still ongoing?…
Unraveling microenvironment modification in an atomically dispersed bimetallic FeCu catalyst in the oxygen reduction reaction
The important effect of microstructure in Fe–Cu bimetallic catalysts on the mechanism of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was theoretically and experimentally investigated. Three types of Fe sites regulated by…
What is the impact of US tariffs on datacentre equipment costs?
There has been turmoil across global financial markets following the introduction of the new US tariffs, and datacentre equipment providers that source parts and electronic components and manufacture their…
Redox Mediated Dimerisation of a cyclo-As8 Complex
Reduction as well as oxidation of the cyclo-As8 complex (A, Cp’’ = 1,3-tBu2C5H3) are demonstrated to afford controlled dimerisation to unprecedented As16 species. The dication 2+ slowly disproportionates in solution,…
Over £18m stolen from Santander UK customers in first three months of year
Over £18m was stolen from Santander customers in the UK during the first three months of this year, according to the bank. In its quarterly report on scams, the…
Pyridine-N-oxide Catalyzed Asymmetric N-Acylative Desymmetrization of Sulfonimidamides
Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01270H, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Cui-Mei Guo, Fang-Yuan Zhang, Yin Tian, Ming-Sheng…
Boost to push-to-talk services will see MCPTT, PTT revenue soar by end of 2028
Carrier-integrated and over-the-top (OTT) solutions for critical push-to-talk (PTT) services over mobile and broadband PTT services have been in existence for more than 20 years. Now, the sector is…
Point defect formation at finite temperatures with machine-learning force fields
Point defects dictate the properties of many functional materials. The standard approach to modelling the thermodynamics of defects relies on a static description, where the change in Gibbs free energy…