Animal-linked influenza D multiplies efficiently in human respiratory tissue, hinting at spillover

The influenza D virus that researchers say has been flying under the radar since its detection in animals in 2011 can vigorously make copies of itself in human cells and lung tissue samples, a new ...

Polymer physics reveals DNA loops are formed by single molecular motors

Scientists from Skoltech and the University of Potsdam have developed a physical theory that sheds light on how molecular ...
Neowin

Microsoft to strip AI-generated recaps from Loop in surprising move

Microsoft has announced that it will remove AI functionality from Loop in late May, specifically Copilot-generated Recaps. This will remove AI-generated recap creation, but retain manual recap editing ...
Nashville Scene

Out of the Loop: Digging Into the Music City Loop

In July, billionaire Elon Musk’s The Boring Company announced a plan to build a parallel pair of 9.5-mile-long underground tunnels stretching from the Nashville International Airport to the downtown ...
KHOU 11

Man hit, killed after getting out of his car on West Loop at Westheimer, police say

HOUSTON — The I-610 West Loop headed south was totally shut down at Westheimer Road for hours Saturday morning after a man got out of his car and was hit by another car, Houston police say. The ...
Polygon

I turned D&D’s Death House into a Doctor Who time-loop nightmare

A few months after my Dungeons & Dragons players wrapped up Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, I set them on a new homebrew adventure outside the city limits for an arc I casually dubbed Uncharted. Far to the ...
Bleeping Computer

Veeam warns of critical flaws exposing backup servers to RCE attacks

Data protection company Veeam Software has patched multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication solution, including four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. VBR is enterprise data ...
Forbes

McLaren F1 Extends Partnership With Loop As ‘Official Earplug Partner’

2025 Drivers’ World Champion Lando Norris wearing Loop hearing protection. Loop, the Belgian company that designs high-tech ear protection, has extended its partnership with the McLaren Mastercard ...
Chicago Tribune

Editorial: What Chicago’s Loop needs, in a single word

The annual meetings of the Chicago Loop Alliance are no place for truth-telling about the self-evident problems of the Chicago Loop. As Friday’s big gathering at Willis Tower made clear, this is a ...
Wareable

Polar Loop (Gen 2) review: Lost in the shuffle

The Polar Loop (Gen 2) is a solid piece of hardware, but it's by no means a straightforward subscription-free alternative to Whoop. That might be the case for some existing Polar watch users craving a ...
The Chronicle

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya talks 'replication crisis' at Duke panel, omits funding cuts

Discussion of the National Institutes of Health’s contentious moves over the past year to cut research funding for universities was notably absent during a Tuesday virtual fireside chat with NIH ...