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Your toddler is likely to get 12 or more illnesses in their first year at nursery – but they’ll build immunity, too
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (451+ words) Lucy van Dorp receives funding from the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowshp Programme. University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Our new study brings together information from different sources to understand how the immune systems of…...
Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (691+ words) Doug Jacobson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Iowa State University provides funding as…...
Why Islamic finance could provide an ethical model for funding the green transition
3+ week, 5+ day ago (853+ words) PhD Candidate, Aston University Abdul Wase Samim does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Aston…...
Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (738+ words) Saman Zonouz receives funding from the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (DOE CESER) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Georgia Institute of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. To understand…...
Online ‘brainrot’ isn’t ruining children’s minds – it’s a new way of navigating the modern internet
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (621+ words) Loughborough University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. "Brainrot" is what many people call the chaotic, fast-moving memes, sounds and catchphrases that spread across TikTok, Roblox and online gaming and into playgrounds. An example is the endlessly…...
Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (293+ words) Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Director, UB Media Forensic Lab, University at Buffalo Siwei Lyu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has…...
Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defences
4+ mon, 9+ hour ago (1067+ words) Professor, Artificial Intelligence & Mathematical Modeling Lab, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Abbas Yazdinejad is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab (AIMMlab), University of Toronto. He will be joining the Department of…...
Lupus may be triggered by a common virus – new research
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (890+ words) Associate Professor in Viral and Tumour Immunology, University of Birmingham Graham Taylor has previously received funding from Cancer Research UK, Blood Cancer UK, the UK Medical Research Council, Melanoma UK, and the University of Birmingham to support his research team....
The warning signs are clear: We’re heading toward a digital crisis
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (756+ words) Dean Curran received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. People's…...
Beyond Qantas’ data leak, Australian finance companies are also at risk of offshore hacks
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (869+ words) Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Toby Murray receives funding from the Department of Defence and Google. He is Director of the Defence Science Institute, which receives funding from the Commonwealth and State…...