By Paul Krill An Oracle-developed, low-latency Java garbage collector geared to large heaps could move to the open source community, if a proposal to do so gets community approval. Votes are due by …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: October 2017
What’s new in the Anaconda distribution for Python
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Anaconda, the Python language distribution and work environment for scientific computing, data science, statistical analysis, and machine learning, is now available in a broadly revised 5.0 edition. Version 5.0.1, released this …read more Source:: OpenSource
Small asteroid or comet ‘visits’ from beyond the solar system
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•A small, recently discovered asteroid — or perhaps a comet — appears to have originated from outside the solar system, coming from somewhere else in our galaxy. If so, it …read more Source:: Science
New technique produces tunable, nanoporous materials
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•A collaborative group of researchers describe a new technique for creating novel nanoporous materials with unique properties that can be used to filter molecules or light. …read more Source:: Science
Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain
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•Scientists have used functional MRI to show how the brain re-maps motor and sensory pathways following targeted motor and sensory reinnervation (TMSR), a neuroprosthetic approach where residual limb nerves are …read more Source:: Science
Apache PredictionIO: Easier machine learning with Spark
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•By Serdar Yegulalp The Apache Foundation has added a new machine learning project to its roster, Apache PredictionIO, an open-sourced version of a project originally devised by a subsidiary of Salesforce. What …read more Source:: OpenSource
‘Mega-carnivore’ dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago
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•An international team of scientists has discovered the first evidence that a huge carnivorous dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million year ago. …read more Source:: Science
6,000-year-old skull could be from the world’s earliest known tsunami victim
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•Scientists have discovered what they believe is the skull of the earliest known tsunami victim, a person who lived 6,000 years ago in Papua New Guinea. The skull itself was …read more Source:: Science
Blood test can effectively rule out breast cancer, regardless of breast density
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•Videssa® Breast, a multi-protein biomarker blood test for breast cancer, is unaffected by breast density and can reliably rule out breast cancer in women with both dense and non-dense breast …read more Source:: Science
Neuroscientists improve human memory by electrically stimulating brain
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•Neuroscientists have discovered precisely where and how to electrically stimulate the human brain to enhance people’s recollection of distinct memories. …read more Source:: Science