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Wait, are you supposed to shut down your computer?
I’m going to let you in on a secret: I don’t really shut down my computer. When I’m done with my workday, I usually just unplug my laptop and close the lid. I think most people do this. Shutting off your computer every night has downsides. If you just put your computer to sleep, everything
INTERNET COMPUTER PRICE ANALYSIS & PREDICTION (January 25) – ICP Faces Rejection After Slight Bounce, Targets $6 With This Head And Shoulder Pattern
Despite witnessing a lot of reduction since the start of this month, ICP still holds 21% gains in the last 30 days but is likely to register more losses once the price falls below the $10.5 level. ICP entered this month on a bullish note but quickly lost steam after topping at $16.3. It initiated
New computer tools can reconstruct 3D brain from biobank photos
Examples of inputs and outputs from the MADRC dataset. Credit: (2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.91398.1 Researchers have developed a suite of free tools for analyzing vast amounts of brain dissection photographs at brain banks worldwide to enhance understanding of neurodegenerative diseases. The study, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as
Lack of computer access linked to poorer mental health during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing social restrictions disrupted young people’s social interactions and resulted in several periods during which school closures necessitated online learning. A new study by the University of Cambridge has highlighted how lack of access to a computer was linked to poorer mental health among young people and adolescents during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Computer chip made using mushroom skin could be easily recycled
The base of computer chips and batteries tends to be made from unrecyclable plastic, but using skin from a certain species of mushroom instead would reduce electronic waste Technology 11 November 2022 By Alex Wilkins Ganoderma lucidum grows a skin on its root-like mycelium that has the right qualities to work with electronicsShutterstock/ukjent Using mushroom
AI computer maker Graphcore unveils 3-D chip, promises 500-trillion-parameter ‘ultra-intelligence’ machine
Graphcore, the six-year-old, Bristol, England-based maker of artificial intelligence chips and systems, on Thursday announced a new chip called "Bow" that makes use of two semiconductor die stacked one on top of the other, which it said will speed up applications such as deep learning training by forty percent while cutting energy use. The company…
A simple test for water pollution involving engineered strands of DNA can report levels of contamination, and this biological system can carry out logical operations like those done by computers Technology 17 February 2022 By Matthew Sparkes The DNA computer – although not set up for a formal analysisJulius Lucks/Northwestern University A biological computer controlled…
Computer Scientists Eliminate Pesky Quantum Computations
computational complexityBy Nick ThiemeJanuary 19, 2022For years, intermediate measurements made it hard to quantify the complexity of quantum algorithms. New work establishes that those measurements aren’t necessary after all.Samuel Velasco/Quanta MagazineAs quantum computers have become more functional, our understanding of them has remained muddled. Work by a pair of computer scientists has clarified part of…
Computer model of blood enzyme may lead to new drugs for cardiovascular disease
Lp-PLA2 in its “closed” conformation (left) and “open” conformation (right) once bound to the phospholipid monolayer. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Membrane-associated proteins play a vital role in a variety of cellular processes, yet little is known about the membrane-association mechanism. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is one such protein with an important role in…
The Year in Math and Computer Science
SERIES2021 in ReviewBy Bill AndrewsDecember 23, 2021Mathematicians and computer scientists answered major questions in topology, set theory and even physics, even as computers continued to grow more capable.Mathematicians and computer scientists had an exciting year of breakthroughs in set theory, topology and artificial intelligence, in addition to preserving fading knowledge and revisiting old questions. They…