(Phys.org) —DNA damage is a fact of life. On any given day, an organism's DNA will suffer between 10,000 and 1,000,000 breaks or other damage. These problems are repaired by enzymes in our cells that fix the breaks, remove ...
Biotechnology
Oct 8, 2014
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When the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry in 2002, sophisticated computer models were key to determining what happened.
Computer Sciences
Aug 4, 2014
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Researchers at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering and the University of British Columbia have developed the first tool of its kind for diagnosing failures in complex networked applications like Skype, Firefox, and ...
Software
May 13, 2014
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Application performance modeling is an important methodology for diagnosing performance-limiting resources, optimizing application and system performance, and designing large-scale machines. However, because creating analytical ...
Consumer & Gadgets
May 6, 2014
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A European research project named REPARA and coordinated by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is studying how to improve parallel computing applications to increase their performance and energy efficiency, as well as ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 11, 2014
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During the past decade information technologies have driven the productivity gains essential to U.S. economic competitiveness, and computing systems now control significant elements of critical national infrastructure. As ...
Software
Mar 7, 2014
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It's an annoyance for the individual computer user: You've updated your operating system, and now you need to reboot. This is so the computer can switch to the modified source code.
Software
Jan 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Researchers have discovered a mountain-high trove of stolen credentials. Some two million compromised accounts were found on a Netherlands based server using a botnet controller, with the nickname "Pony." In ...
Software titan Adobe Systems warned that hackers stole credit card numbers and other information relating to nearly three million customers.
Internet
Oct 4, 2013
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Over the past few years, there has been a growing awareness that many experimentally established "facts" don't seem to hold up to repeated investigation.
Other
Sep 20, 2013
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