You'd think electronic financial trading would be extra secure, but not so much: One of the most popular application-layer protocols in the financial industry leaves these money applications wide open to attack, according to researchers.

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The FCC team found that stacking the coatings one on top of another enhanced the anti-reflective properties of each layer.

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He says the old system was not perfect, but it worked - and he fears the new one will become less effective because of a new layer of management.

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The new microscope, called Multi-View SPIM (MuVi-SPIM) shines a thin sheet of light on the embryo, illuminating one layer of the embryo at a time to prevent light damage.

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One favoured solution involves yet another layer of technology that would allow the driver to control on-board systems using spoken commands.

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Their Helicon Double Layer Thruster uses radio waves to ionise one of the inert, or noble gases - a group which includes krypton, xenon and argon.

BBC: Glow from argon plasma. Image: LPTP, Ecole Polytechnique