Simulations at Sandia National Laboratory demonstrate that raising the number of processor cores on chips that were personal might actually worsen the performance of several complicated applications. The Sandia scientists simulated important calculations for drawing…
Custodian of the world’s shark attack records, the University of Florida, is also now overseeing a national records set for another toothy marine predator: the sawfish. “Postcards from the turn of the 20th century often…
As the worldwide population continues to grow exponentially, our social connections to one another remain relatively modest, as if we’re all protagonists in the Kevin Bacon game inspired by “Six Degrees of Separation,” a Broadway…
Research workers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in The Netherlands have managed to crack the alleged McEliece encryption this technique. This system is a nominee for the safety of web traffic in the exact…
Next year’s federal budget may not contain a penny more for research and education if Republican Senator John McCain (AZ) is elected U.S. president and has his way with Congress. That fiscal message that was…
Taking a cue from machines that gently flex patients’ knees to assist them recover quicker from operation that was joint, bioengineering researchers at UC San Diego have shown that sliding forces used to cartilage surfaces…
Think of a ostrich on steroids, then put in an eagle’s hunting skills. That the image of South American birds called terror birds, that dwelt from 60 million to 2 million, or phorusrhacids. This week…
The 20-year restoration of Michelangelo’s frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel has left visitors in awe of the unique majesty of the work’s and the brilliance of the blue that graces the Last…