For the first time, the top 10 supercomputers in the world operate at a petaflop scale as China continues to move up the high-performance computing charts to chase the U.S. Japan’s K Computer, which can crunch more than 8 quadrillion calculations per second, is the top supercomputer, ac... Read more...
Christine Lagarde can count on at least one thing Wednesday during her first news conference as chief of the International Monetary Fund: few softball questions. The former French finance minister is under pressure on many fronts. Lagarde must convince the developing world that her IMF will be a ... Read more...
The UK performs poorly in an international league table showing how many disadvantaged pupils succeed "against the odds" at school. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has studied how pupils from poor backgrounds can succeed academically. It says that "self-confide... Read more...
Oh say can you see…the end of American independence? This Fourth of July, the United States celebrates its 235th year of freedom from British rule. That’s emancipated us from yeasty marmite, pesky ‘u’s in our ‘neighbors’ and from having to ask God to “save the Queen”. Phew.... Read more...
If you read the ingredients label on a loaf of bread, you will usually find an ingredient listed there as L-cysteine. This is a non-essential amino acid added to many baked goods as a dough conditioner in order to speed industrial processing. It's usually not added directly to flour intended for ... Read more...
When it comes to America’s cybersecurity, I’ve been concerned about China’s motivations and actions since at least 2008. In The Coming Cyberwar in The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, I detailed rumors of a suspected Chinese cyberattack that took out 9,300 square mil... Read more...
As if the Great Firewall is not enough, the Chinese government is now looking into monitoring the movement of 17 million cellphone users in Beijing, China by tracking the signal of their mobile devices. Purportedly to improve Beijing’s public travel and reduce traffic congestion, the new in... Read more...
A road excavation in China turned into an archaeological dig when workers unearthed a 700-year-old mummy. A wooden coffin containing the find was found during preparations for a road-expansion project in the eastern part of the country. Workers discovered the tomb, which had been buried for hund... Read more...