By Fahmida Y. Rashid Organizations have plenty of choices when looking at open source software, but the challenge lies in picking the right project to fit their needs. The CII Best Practices Badge program …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: May 2016
Bipolar disorder has genetic links to autism, study shows
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There may be an overlap between rare genetic variations linked to bipolar disorder (BD) and those implicated in schizophrenia and autism, new research suggests. …read more Source:: Science
OpenSSL patches two high-severity flaws
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By Fahmida Y. Rashid OpenSSL has released versions 1.0.2h and 1.0.1t of its open source cryptographic library, fixing multiple security vulnerabilities that can lead to traffic being decrypted, denial-of-service attacks, and arbitrary …read more Source:: OpenSource
The contented shall inherit the Earth: The glum? Not so much
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The survival of the fittest might just be the survival of the steadfast instead. Researchers say having a positive attitude is advantageous in a computational model that simulates evolution. …read more Source:: Science
Robots outperform expert surgeons on open bowel surgery in pigs
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Putting surgery one step closer into the realm of self-driving cars and intelligent machines, researchers show for the first time that a supervised autonomous robot can successfully perform soft tissue …read more Source:: Science
Our brain uses statistics to calculate confidence, make decisions
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The brain produces feelings of confidence that inform decisions the same way statistics pulls patterns out of noisy data. This feeling of confidence is central to decision making, and, despite …read more Source:: Science
New method allows first look at key stage of human development, embryo implantation
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Almost nothing is known about the stage of human development called implantation, when the developing embryo attaches to the uterus. Now scientists have devised a method that replicates implantation in …read more Source:: Science
Coastal birds rely on tides and moon phases
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Coastal wading birds shape their lives around the tides, and new research shows that different species respond differently to shifting patterns of high and low water according to their size …read more Source:: Science
Researchers identify new autism blood biomarker
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Early intervention is the key to the best treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which affects about 1 in 70 children. Unfortunately, most children are not diagnosed until about age …read more Source:: Science
Medical errors now third leading cause of death in United States
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Analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year period, patient safety experts have calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S. Their …read more Source:: Science