Scientists comment on the Microsoft Azure cloud outage.   Dr Saqib Kakvi, from the Department of Information Security at Royal … read more

A study published in Science looks at screening for genes that encode proteins of concern to strengthen biosecurity.    Prof Natalio Krasnogor, … read more

Scientists comment on a reporter cyber-attack at European airports including Heathrow.   Rimesh Patel, former Chair of Institution of Engineering … read more

Quantum physics has long been something that has eluded public understanding. But behind the paradoxes and probabilities is a technology … read more

A study published in Nature looks at Microsoft Azure Quantum on measuring topological qubits.    Professor George Booth, Professor of … read more

Scientists comment on the Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.    Louis Barson, Director of … read more

Scientists comment on the global IT outage.    Prof Omer Rana, Cardiff University Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security … read more

Scientists react to news of a cyber attack on London hospitals.    Professor John Clark, Professor of Computer and Information … read more

A study, published in Nature Machine Intelligence, looked at a new algorithm to improve the safety of driverless cars.   … read more

Elon Musk has presented his Neuralink brain computer interface in a live demonstration.    Dr Tennore Ramesh, Non-Clinical Lecturer in … read more

A study, published in the European Heart Journal, looked at o study looking at an algorithm to detect coronary artery disease … read more

The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) have published* an interim report detailing how grades have been awarded for … read more

Two papers published in Nature Medicine looked at deep-learning analyses, one of CT scans and one of eye scans. read more

Cybersecurity is one of the defining challenges of our age.  Malicious access to connected devices and systems threatens our safety … read more

Healthcare is increasingly dependent on computers: in the management of hospital systems, monitoring of patient health, diagnostics, and in medical devices and implants themselves. read more

A new study published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health suggests that cyberbullying comes second to traditional bullying, and that the latter causes more harm. read more

Low physical activity is a risk factor for a number of diseases, and researchers publishing in the BMJ Open have examined a possible association between activity and time spent in front of television or computer screens at weekends. The research team looked Norwegian adolescents and report that in boys, “screen time” was negatively associated with bone mineral density. read more

Cyber attacks – malicious or mischievous attempts to disrupt or damage via computer systems – are becoming commonplace. At the same time we are becoming increasingly reliant on personal computing devices and highly interconnected systems regulating everything from communications and transport to energy and finance. A panel of engineers came to the SMC to discuss where the weak points are and what we are doing – and failing to do – to protect ourselves. read more

Authors behind studies in a special edition of the Journal of Mental Health came to the SMC to discuss the ground-breaking projects that aim to provide access to mental health services through the internet, both on computers and mobile phones. read more

LulzSec are a group of hackers, affiliated to the Anonymous group, whose leader was arrested by the FBI and cooperated to give information about other hackers. read more