After years of vexed negotiations, few predicted a new Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. But not only did the February 27 agreement offer a genuine resolution of the thorny border problem – it also marked a big…
A graphical depiction of steganography. The sender receives a plaintext message, a source of randomness, and a private key, and outputs a stegotext. The receiver…
Two years ago, one City practitioner memorably told me that the freshly agreed deal between London and Brussels on financial services amounted to a “nothingburger”.This sad sandwich, the text of which was agreed but never signed,…
Scientists have successfully recorded brain activity from freely moving octopuses, a feat made possible by implanting electrodes and a data logger directly into the creatures.
The study, published online in Current Biology on February 23,…
Scientists at the University of East Anglia are a step closer to creating a new generation of light-activated cancer treatments.
The futuristic sounding treatment would work by switching on LED lights embedded close to a tumour, which would…
Strikes by university support staff over the next two weeks have been called off after a breakthrough in negotiations over pay, Unison has announced.Five unions – Unison, UCU, GMB, Unite and EIS – issued a joint statement with the…