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This Computing whitepaper examines the pain points associated with application deployment and management in an increasingly hybrid and rapidly changing IT environment. In particular,...
The state of Linux security
25 years of Linux This year included the celebration of the Linux project. When a new security vulnerability hits the kernel, the distribution can create a related patch. Linux vuln...
The state of Linux security in 2017
Linux security (2017 edition) The year is closing, so it is time to review Linux security. With CVE number CVE-2017-1000367, an issue was discovered in the function get_process_ttyn...
Software-Defined Infrastructure at Uber
The only way for Uber to deliver the required level of network performance and availability is through software and automation, said Justin Dustzadeh, the head of global network and ...
One million Linux and open-source software classes taken
Then, you need to know Linux and open-source software. While we’re humbled at having reached one million folks, we remain aware of just how big the need is, said Clyde Seepersad, gen...
GDPR Compliance: Technical Requirements for Linux Systems
When speaking about stored data, it includes the handling of data at any given time, from the initial creation of the data, until the final deletion of it. The GDPR applies to all co...
You don’t know Bash: An introduction to Bash arrays
As a first step, you want to do a parameter sweep to evaluate how well the pipeline makes use of threads. In turn, this allows us to specify the index to access, e.g., echo ${allThre...
XENON1T Experimental data establishes most stringent limit on dark matter
But because the dark matter particles known as weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, cannot be seen and seldom interact with ordinary matter, their existence has never been...
The FDA Puts the Brakes on A Major CRISPR Trial in Humans
According to a CRISPR Therapeutics press release, the FDA has certain questions it wants resolved before it gives the go-ahead to the human CRISPR study. Finally, they reintroduce th...
The case of the relativistic particles solved with NASA missions
Scientists had previously identified certain factors that might cause particles in the belts to become highly energized, but they had not known which cause dominates. This process wa...
Supercomputers provide new window into the life and death of a neutron
Now, a team led by scientists in the Nuclear Science Division at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has enlisted powerful supercomputers ...
Scientists boost crop production by 47 percent by speeding up photorespiration
Increasing production of a common, naturally occurring protein in plant leaves could boost the yields of major food crops by almost 50 percent, according to a new study led by scient...
Physicists tune the dynamics of exotic quantum particles
Weyl fermions, massless quasiparticles that were predicted to exist in 1930 by mathematician H. Weyl, were first detected in solid crystals by three independent research groups in 20...
New machine learning approach could accelerate bioengineering
The scientists used the technique to automatically predict the amount of biofuel produced by pathways that have been added to E. coli bacterial cells. Trouble-shooting takes up 99% o...
From horizon to horizon: Celebrating 15 years of Mars Express
Fifteen years ago, ESA’s Mars Express was launched to investigate the Red Planet. On 2 June 2003, the Mars Express spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on a journey to ex...
Embattled GMO Golden Rice Is Now Allowed in US Food Supply
In the years since, that crop, named golden rice, hasn’t saved any lives. But now, that might change — the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the crop and deemed it...
Developing a culture of experimentation on your team
So the question for your innovative organization becomes How do we create a culture that allows us to be comfortable with trying out new ideas, methods, and activities using a scient...
Building Leadership in Open Source: A Free Guide
Contributing code is just one aspect of creating a successful open source project. The path toward leadership is not always straightforward, however, so the latest Open Source Guide ...
Black holes from an exacomputer
What happens when two black holes merge, or when stars collide with a black hole? This has now been simulated by researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Instit...
A photosynthetic engine for artificial cells
The mechanisms we have demonstrated should be the first step in the development of multiple regulatory networks for artificial cells that can exhibit homeostasis and complex cellular...
6 ways that scientists are hacking the planet
As much as humanity has altered this planet in ways that are harmful to itself and other species, some humans are now attempting to hack the planet, in big ways and small, for the go...
The First 10 Years of Software Defined Networking
In 2008, if you wanted to build a network, you had to build it from the same switch and router equipment that everyone else had, according to Nick McKeown, co-founder of Barefoot Net...
Red Hat Announces 2018 Women in Open Source Award Winners
SAN FRANCISCO - RED HAT SUMMIT 2018 - May 8, 2018 — Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced Dana Lewis, founder of the Open...
Quantum effects observed in photosynthesis
If the cap of the vial is locked with a quantum system, it may simultaneously be open or closed, so the cat is in a mixture of the states dead and alive, until we open the box and ob...
Quantum Dots Synthesized From Tea Leaves Could Be The Future Of Nanomedicine
We now have a clean, cheap way of manufacturing quantum dots, an advanced, microscopic tool that scientists are learning how to use to enhance everything from solar panels to cancer ...