Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 438
Jul 14, 2022
Enhanced performance in fusion plasmas through turbulence suppression
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: futurism, particle physics
AbstractAlpha particles with energies on the order of megaelectronvolts will be the main source of plasma heating in future magnetic confinement fusion react… See more.
Experiments at the Joint European Torus tokamak show improved thermal ion confinement in the presence of highly energetic ions and Alfvénic instabilities in the plasma.
Jul 14, 2022
New rapid radio burst 3 billion light-years distant has been found
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
Jul 14, 2022
Hypergraphs Reveal Solution to 50-Year-Old Problem
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
In 1973, Paul Erdős asked if it was possible to assemble sets of “triples” — three points on a graph — so that they abide by two seemingly incompatible rules. A new proof shows it can always be done.
Jul 14, 2022
Odd living matter defies the golden rule of mechanics
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in category: futurism
Jul 13, 2022
Partial mycoheterotrophs: The green plants that feed on fungi
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Circa 2018
Since plants can’t pick up and move to greener pastures if conditions are tough, some have evolved interesting and sneaky strategies to make a living.
Jul 13, 2022
Why Does the School Day End Two Hours Before the Workday?
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
This mismatch creates a child-care crisis between 3 and 5 p.m. that has parents scrambling for options.
Jul 13, 2022
Zuckerberg gives up, will not require Facebook login for Oculus/Meta Quests
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
If you’ve been holding off on an Oculus/Meta Quest because it requires a Facebook account, boy do we have good news for you.
Jul 13, 2022
Knowledge distillation for better convergence in multitask learning
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
At NAACL HLT, Amazon scientists will present a method for improving multitask learning. Their proposed method lets the tasks converge on their own schedules, an… See more.
Allowing separate tasks to converge on their own schedules and using knowledge distillation to maintain performance improves accuracy.
Jul 13, 2022
New UEFI Firmware Vulnerabilities Impact Several Lenovo Notebook Models
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Researchers at ESET have discovered three new buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the UEFI firmware of several Lenovo Notebook devices.