Researchers recreate ancient Egyptian blues

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world’s oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago. Reporting in the journal, NPJ Heritage Science, the researchers used a variety of raw materials and heating times to develop 12 recipes for the pigments, providing useful information…

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Alex Warren Beats Ed Sheeran’s Historic Record

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” spends its twelfth week at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles chart, … More setting a new record for the decade and beating Ed Sheeran. Alex Warren performs onstage at the 2025 American Music Awards held at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by…

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are government pledges on track?

Rob England and Tom Edgington BBC Verify Getty Images The prime minister has made tackling illegal immigration and “restoring order” to the asylum system a priority for the government. Sir Keir Starmer has promised to “smash the gangs”. It follows predecessor Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats”. Yet small boat crossings have reached record…

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RDPGuard 9.9.9 – Privilege Escalation

# Exploit Title: RDPGuard 9.9.9 – Privilege Escalation # Discovered by: Ahmet Ümit BAYRAM # Discovered Date: 09.05.2025 # Vendor Homepage: https://rdpguard.com # Software Link: https://rdpguard.com/download.aspx # Tested Version: 9.9.9 (latest) # Tested on: Windows 10 (32bit) # # # Steps to Reproduce # # # # 1. Prepare a .bat file containing…

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Synthetic compound shows promise against multidrug resistance

Antimicrobial resistance directly causes more than 1 million deaths every year and contributes to more than 35 million more, according to the World Health Organization. Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus sp., 2 gram-positive pathogens highly likely to develop resistance to known treatments, can cause dangerous hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections. This week in Microbiology Spectrum, researchers describe…

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