A Loud Whisper

Finally, we can talk smack—WITHOUT it coming back! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine talking to someone across a crowded room—without anyone else hearing! Jia-Xin Zhong and team from Penn State have discovered a way to create “audible enclaves.” They bent sound waves by

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Password Patrol

Yikes…fxz4319ldos?  ANOTHER password to remember?!!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.  Everything needs an online password these days!. Preferably a strong one, to ward off cyber criminals. But who’s to judge what makes a password STRONG?  Enter Steven Furnell from the University of Plymouth. He

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