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Google Confirms CVE-2026–21385 in Qualcomm Android Component Exploited

There are currently no details on how the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. However, Google acknowledged in its monthly Android security bulletin that “there are indications that CVE-2026–21385 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.”

Google’s March 2026 update contains patches for a total of 129 vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw in the System component (CVE-2026–0006) that could lead to remote code execution without requiring any additional privileges or user interaction. In contrast, Google addressed one Android vulnerability in January 2026 and none last month.

Also patched by Google are multiple critical-rated bugs: a privilege escalation bug in Framework (CVE-2026–0047), a denial-of-service (DoS) in System (CVE-2025–48631), and seven privilege escalation flaws in Kernel components (CVE-2024–43859, CVE-2026–0037, CVE-2026–0038, CVE-2026–0027, CVE-2026–0028, CVE-2026–0030, and CVE-2026–0031).

Abstract: This study challenges the long-standing notion of fibroblasts as passive bystanders in atopic dermatitis

Richard L. Gallo & team discover dermal fibroblasts respond to IL4 and IL13, producing Ccr3-binding chemokines, and driving T cell recruitment in atopic dermatitis:

The figure shows reduction of T cells (red) in an CCR3 antagonist-treated mouse model of atopic dermatitis.

Address correspondence to: Richard L. Gallo, Department of Dermatology, MC0869, UCSD, 9,500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California, 92,093, USA. Phone: 858.822.4608; Email: [email protected].

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Department of dermatology, UCSD, la jolla, california, USA.

Abstract: The changing landscape of urothelial carcinoma: on the edge of paradigm shift

In this Review Joshua J. Meeks discusses advancements in biomarkers and novel therapeutics that are likely to dramatically improve survival of patients with Bladder Cancer.

1Departments of Urology and.

2Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

3Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Address correspondence to: Joshua J. Meeks, Department of Urology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Phone: 312.695.8146; Email: [email protected].

Simulations show a path to ‘ideal glass’ with crystal-like entropy

The types of glass that we encounter in everyday life, such as window glass or smartphone screens, are disordered solids. This means that they consist of particles locked in place, like those in solids, but arranged randomly, similarly to how they would be in a liquid.

Almost a century ago, Walter Kauzmann, who was a chemistry professor at Princeton University at the time, was confronted with the possible existence of a so-called ideal glass, an amorphous system with the entropy of a crystal. This is a glass in which particles are still arranged randomly, but the particles fill space so efficiently that there is only one possible arrangement, as opposed to the many disordered arrangements of conventional glass.

Kauzmann’s theoretical proposals inspired numerous other physicists to explore the idea of this perfectly equilibrated glass. Previous studies suggested that this elusive state could not be reached using conventional cooling processes.

Abstract: Can we lower cardiovascular disease in prediabetes using antioxidants that target mitochondrial oxidative stress?

In this Research Article, Sanjana Dayal report on a link between prediabetes, platelet activation, and thrombosis:

The images show platelet accumulation after 5 minutes of continuous flow on a collagen-coated chamber.

Address correspondence to: Sanjana Dayal, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 100D EMRB, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa, 52,242, USA. Phone: 319.335.7712; Email: [email protected].

What does it mean to compute? Framework maps hidden computations running inside natural dynamic systems

Some computers are easy to spot. Artificial, human-built computers like those found in smartphones and laptops are abstract dynamic systems with observable computational elements like input, output, energy cost, and logical processes. Other computers aren’t so readily recognized.

Scientists have argued that many natural dynamic systems—from cells to brains to turbulence in fluids—carry out computations, too. However, it’s not always been clear what these dynamic systems are computing, or how they might be harnessed to solve tasks, says SFI Professor David Wolpert.

Frequently distracted? Your brain rhythms may be to blame

Scientists may have new answers to why pop-ups or notifications grab our attention. Turns out our attention is on a cycle, shifting seven to 10 times per second. This rhythmic occurrence may be crucial for survival, as it prevents us from becoming overly focused on one thing in our environment. It could help us to see a car backing up in a parking lot while we search for where we parked, or to duck to avoid a low-hanging tree branch on a walk while watching a kid ride a bike.

However, these windows that shift our attention could also make us more susceptible to distractions, especially in modern times. As we live in a world surrounded by screens, digital alerts, and other visual stimuli, these frequent and innate windows for shifting attention may make it easier to be pulled away from a task.

“For our ancestors who had to continue to monitor the environment for predators while foraging for food, this was a beneficial trait,” said Ian Fiebelkorn, Ph.D., assistant professor of Neuroscience at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester and senior author of a study out in the journal PLOS Biology. “But in our modern environment, with laptops open in front of us and a smartphone nearby, rhythmically occurring windows for beneficial attentional shifts might also work against us. That is, rhythmically occurring windows for attentional shifts are also associated with increased susceptibility to distracting information.”

Researchers pioneer next-generation AI semiconductors with ‘thermal constraining’ technique

A research team led by Professor Taesung Kim from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University has developed a technology that precisely controls the internal structure of semiconductors using heat, much like stamping out “bungeoppang” (fish-shaped pastry) in a mold. The team report that this approach improves the performance of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. With this technology, complex AI computations can be processed more quickly using significantly less electricity than before. The findings are published in the journal ACS Nano.

Most computers and smartphones we use today operate based on the “von Neumann architecture.” This structure is similar to having a desk (the processor) and a bookshelf (the memory) placed far apart.

Each time you study, you have to go back and forth to get a book, which takes time and effort. To solve this problem, a method called “in-memory computing” has been proposed, in which computation is carried out directly inside the memory. The key component that enables this approach is the “ferroelectric transistor,” which is the focus of this study.

Android mental health apps with 14.7M installs filled with security flaws

Several mental health mobile apps with millions of downloads on Google Play contain security vulnerabilities that could expose users’ sensitive medical information.

In one of the apps, security researchers discovered more than 85 medium-and high-severity vulnerabilities that could be exploited to compromise users’ therapy data and privacy.

Some of the products are AI companions designed to help people suffering from clinical depression, multiple forms of anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and bipolar disorder.

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