New synthetic origin of replication lets multiple plasmids coexist in one bacterial cell

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," goes the old adage, which Rice University professor James Chappell completely ignored in a ...
Women's Health

When walking actually counts as 'active' exercise – and the exact pace that matters

The health and wellness world is obsessed with steps. I mean, God forbid you leave the house without some kind of tracking device to register your all-important daily steps! Joking (and potential data ...
Bleeping Computer

New Veeam vulnerabilities expose backup servers to RCE attacks

Veeam released security updates to patch multiple security flaws in its Backup & Replication software, including a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-59470, this ...
Everyday Health

Active vs. Inactive Secondary-Progressive MS: Understanding the Difference — and Why It Matters

If you have secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), your doctor may have described it as “active” or “inactive.” You may be wondering what these terms mean and why they matter. “If we’re at a ...
Science Daily

Scientists detect virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery

Scientists have found protein fragments from the COVID-19 virus hidden inside tiny cellular packages in the blood of long COVID patients, offering the first potential measurable biomarker for the ...
Runner's World

What is active recovery?

It’s no secret that recovering well after a workout helps you to become a faster, stronger and less injury-prone runner. When we first think of recovery, we might picture kicking back and putting our ...
Bleeping Computer

New Veeam RCE flaw lets domain users hack backup servers

Veeam has released security updates today to fix several Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) flaws, including a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-23121, this ...
Education Week

6 Active Reading Strategies to Engage Students (DOWNLOADABLE)

After nearly two decades instructing both students and teachers, Jennifer Throndsen has identified three key tools to scaffold literacy instruction for developing readers: active reading, background ...
Frontiers

An additional replication origin causes cell cycle specific DNA replication fork speed

Accurate genome duplication is essential for all living cells. In Escherichia coli and most other bacteria, a circular chromosome is replicated bidirectionally at high speed. Two replisomes, assembled ...
News Medical

Sweetener saccharin revives old antibiotics by breaking bacterial defences

Once seen only as a sugar substitute, saccharin now shows powerful antimicrobial potential—disrupting biofilms, triggering bacterial lysis, and even rearming antibiotics against resistant superbugs.
MacRumors

Apple Now Has More Than 2.35 Billion Active Devices Worldwide

There are more than 2.35 billion active iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices worldwide, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today in the earnings call covering the first fiscal quarter of 2025. 2.35 ...