Archive for July 26th, 2010

Firewalls, VPNs, and Other Network Safeguards:Security Disciplines for protection of your Network connectivity

LikeThe trend toward increasing network connectivity has increased the threat to information resources. There are many tools available to mitigate the risk of exposure of justice information systems that results from interconnection to public and private networks. This discipline focuses on those that are in the most common use and represent a minimum level of [...]

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Introduction: Computer Viruses

LikeAny computer connected to the internet faces a dauntingrange of electronic threats. Perhaps the biggest single threat to any computer is the humble software bug. Seemingly innocuous programming errors can be exploited to force entry into a computer and also provide the weak spots that allow computer worms and viruses to proliferate. Many software bugs [...]

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Single gene could be key to a baby’s first breath (23 July 2010)

LikeIt’s probably the first thing you ever did by yourself, but how did you know what to do? It’s long been a mystery how newborn mammals draw their first breath after life in a fluid-filled womb – and more importantly why this mechanism fatally fails in some individuals. Now a single gene is providing some [...]

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IF YOU thought depression was caused by low Serotonin levels, think again.

LikeSerotonin cell discoveries mean rethink of depression ………     (22 July 2010) IF YOU thought depression was caused by low serotonin levels, think again. It looks as if the brain chemistry of a depressed person is much more complex, with mounting evidence suggesting that too much serotonin in some brain regions is to blame. [...]

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Black hole_new Theory “a tunnel between universes—a type of wormhole. “

LikeLike part of a cosmic Russian doll, our universe may be nested inside a black hole that is itself part of a larger universe. In turn, all the black holes found so far in our universe—from the microscopic to the supermassive—may be doorways into alternate realities. According to a mind-bending new theory, a black hole [...]

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