Computer Immune Systems

Combat ‘Burn Pits’ Ruin Immune Systems, Study Shows

23 May 2012

Since returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, an untold number of soldiers have come down with puzzling health problems. Many of them are pointing the finger at a single culprit: the open-air "burn pits" that incinerated trash -- from human waste to computer parts -- on military bases overseas. Now, a new study is offering up some the most damning scientific evidence to date that links burn ...

IndonesianFoodMart.com Recalls "Tempeh Starter Yeast" because of Health Risk of Salmonell

23 May 2012

Indonesianfoodmart.com of Rockville, MD, is recalling all packages of "Tempeh Starter Yeast" because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may ...

DNA Binary Data Storage Achieved

22 May 2012

A great deal of information about a person is stored within their DNA. For example, their height, blood type, and particulars of their metabolism and immune system are all in that double helix. While all of this information is important for life, it is not so important for computation. Researchers at the Stanford University Medical Center have spent the past three years to develop a mechanism to ...