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
The SMC hosted the Nuffield Council on Bioethics for the launch of their public consultation on ethical issues raised by new technologies and devices that intervene in the brain. The technologies could be used in health contexts as well as various military applications or in the development of computer games, and there are ethical issues over the possible consequences for individuals and society of some applications. read more
A study in the journal Fertility and Sterility suggested a possible effect of a wifi-connected laptop on the health of sperm samples, when placed nearby in a container. read more
A large collaborative study compared the brain structure of heavy video-gamers and non-gamers and found specific differences, although not a causal link between gaming and structural change. read more
This briefing marked the opening of the Centre for Information Technologies (CSIT), based at Queen’s University Belfast. The centre addresses cybercrime issues as well as developing AI applications for tackling conventional crime. Issues under discussion included the real time analysis of internet traffic to identify and stop threatening behaviour, AI technology to analyse CCTV footage, and high-speed data processors to combat internet malware. read more
Representatives from the British Computer Society (BCS) came to the Science Media Centre to brief journalists on the results of their Data Guardianship Survey. read more
In a statement, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced a programme of research into the potential health effects of wi-fi networks. read more
