Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

Keir Starmer declares 'months' timeline for social media age clampdown in UK

UK prime minister Keir Starmer has set a "months" timeline for the long-brewing plan for a social media age limit, signaling ...
IEEE

Optimal Inverse Design Based on Memetic Algorithms—Part II: Examples and Properties

Abstract: Optimal inverse design, including topology optimization and evaluation of fundamental bounds on performance, which was introduced in Part 1, is applied to various antenna design problems. A ...
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...
IEEE

An Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving Large-Scale Robust Multiobjective Optimization Problems

Abstract: Robust multiobjective optimization problems (RMOPs) widely exist in real-world applications, which introduce a variety of uncertainty in optimization models. While some evolutionary ...
Ars Technica

Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...