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According to a study published in the journal Nature, immune cells mutate as they fight off pathogen infection. Immune cells called lymphocytes are part of the acquired immune system and include memory B cells and memory T cells, both of which undergo some degree of genetic mutation in order to recognize and defend against pathogens. […]

In macOS 12.0.1 Monterey, Apple fixed a process injection vulnerability CVE-2021-30873. The vulnerability affects all macOS AppKit-based apps, and the researchers exploited the vulnerability to escape sandboxes , escalate root privileges, and bypass SIP filesystem restrictions. Process injection refers to the ability of one process to execute code in another process. In Windows, it is

Excessive alcohol consumption shortens telomeres , according to a study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Telomeres are regions of DNA repeating sequences that cover chromosomes, like the plastic tips at the end of shoelaces. Telomere length shortens as people age normally, and shorter telomeres are associated with many diseases of old age, such as

Reuters reported that the European Space Agency (ESA) held preliminary technical discussions with SpaceX to temporarily use SpaceX’s launch vehicle, the Falcon 9, because the war in Ukraine made it difficult to use Russia’s Soyuz rockets. SpaceX’s rockets could help fill the temporary gap in Europe, but the final decision will depend on when the

The world’s largest smartphone market is in trouble. Mobile phone shipments in China fell 14.7% in the second quarter, with Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo all reporting sharp declines in sales, according to IDC. The reasons for the drop in sales are thought to include a drop in demand due to the strict Covid Zero policy,

Compared to the global average, the Arctic is indeed warming faster than previously thought, according to a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The Arctic plays an important modulating role in the global climate system. But past reports have said that the polar regions are warming at an average rate two to

Earlier this year, U.S. Space Command confirmed the first known interstellar object to hit Earth: it crashed near Manus Island in Papua New Guinea on January 8, 2014. Avi Loeb, a professor of astrophysics at Harvard University, believes that the object may have been made by an alien civilization, but if it can’t be found

The language of the same name, Kusunda, spoken by a small indigenous tribe in Nepal, the Kusunda, is considered unique by linguists , it is not related to all known languages, its origin is unknown, it lacks negative sentences, no words for “yes” or “no”, and There is no vocabulary for direction. According to the

According to a study published in the journal Nature, studies in mice found that the cold environment helped suppress tumor growth . The researchers demonstrated that mice living at 4 degrees Celsius had suppressed tumor growth compared to normal temperatures, an effect that also applies to other cancer types. Low temperatures not only have an

“Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in New York state with at least one stab in the neck and abdomen and is currently undergoing surgery at a local hospital. Salman Rushdie was born in Mumbai, British India, moved to the UK at the age of fourteen, and now lives in New York, USA. His

The Central Meteorological Observatory issued the first high temperature red warning: It is expected that during the day on August 13, central and southern Shaanxi, eastern Sichuan, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei, southern Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, northern and eastern Guizhou will be As well as the eastern part of the southern Xinjiang

India blocked the website and download link of the VLC player project, and Indian users visiting the website displayed the message “The website has been blocked by order of the Ministry of Electronic Information Technology under the IT Act 2000”. India has not publicly announced the blockade of VLC. Indian media said the reason behind

The Netherlands Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) announced the arrest of a 29-year-old man in Amsterdam for his alleged involvement in the development of the cryptocurrency mixer project Tornado Cash. The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned Tornado Cash for helping the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group launder more than $455 million, a