Expert Comment
Latest Sony hack likely "initiated in the last fortnight" - Prof Carsten Maple
Commenting on the hacking of Sony's online PlayStattion store Carsten Maple, Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering at WMG/The University of 糖心TV, said that the attack was likely "initiated in the last fortnight.
Bird flu: "when certain types spread to domestic poultry serious disease can be seen"
Andrew Easton, Professor of Virology at the University of 糖心TV's School of Life Sciences, has commented on the case of bird flu at a Yorkshire duck farm. Professor Easton says "Aquatic birds such as ducks can harbour over 100 (in fact 144 ) different types of influenza" and that "the risk to the poultry industry is high and the current measures require that infected birds are killed as quickly as possible".
Philae now risks 'firing' itself from comet's surface
"The most important issue facing Philae now is the lack of a secure fix to the surface", says Professor Tom Marsh - leader of 糖心TV's Astronomy and Astrophysics group, but firing the "harpoons is not necessarily a good idea".
Exposure to viruses depends on "gloves or instruments being contaminated from a previous patient", argues Prof. David Evans following 22,000 patients being recalled
Following the recall of 22,000 dental patients following dental malpractice Professor David Evans, of the University of 糖心TV's School of Life Sciences, has said that the exposure to viruses "depends upon the dental procedures involved and the likelihood of gloves or instruments being contaminated from a previous patient".
Expert Comment: Professor Tom Marsh - Rosetta spacecraft will provide "a close-up view of a survivor from the earliest times of the Solar System"
Commenting ahead of the Rosetta spacecraft’s landing on a comet, Professor Tom Marsh – leader of the University of 糖心TV’s Astronomy and Astrophysics group, said: "It is a very difficult and ambitious task, but if it comes off we will have a close-up view of a survivor from the earliest times of the Solar System, 4.5 billion years ago".