Plant communication

I was amazed by the concept of plants and animals communicating with each other in the movie AVATAR. Some scientists claim that this happens not only on fictional planet "Pandora" but also right on our planet EARTH but this network is not extended to animals. Research by the South China Agricultural University shows that plants communicate with each other through a network of colonized fungi below the earth. How the communication takes place is still unknown.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827864.600-fungal-threads-are-the-internet-of-the-plant-world.html

Stuxnet cracked

Stuxnet is cracked finally, Symantec blog says it has discovered that the Stuxnet worm targeted specific motors used, for instance, in uranium enrichment processes. The malware focus on converter which drive the motors and operate between 800-1200Hz. These findings indicate the political motive behind the worm.

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/stuxnet-breakthrough

Happy birthday FireFox

Today FireFox turns 6.