The Xp Bodypart Checker: Xp Bodypart Checker successfully divided radiographs depending on the body part. Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered a practical way to detect and fix common labeling errors in large radiographic…
Venus: The brightest planet
[caption id="attachment_2833" align="alignnone" width="800"] Venus and the moon by EarthSky[/caption] Venus is much brighter than any other planet viewed in Earth’s sky. It’s the third-brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon. Why is Venus…
Estonia
Description The Baltic country of Estonia – with the political borders in white – is pictured in this mosaic of eight scans by Sentinel-1A’s radar from October to December 2014. The scans were recorded in…
John Glenn: The first American to orbit Earth
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit Earth. Launched from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14, Glenn's Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft completed a successful three-orbit mission, reaching…
Making Smarter, Much Faster Multicore Chips
[caption id="attachment_2822" align="alignright" width="320"] Daniel Sanchez, Nathan Beckmann and Po-An Tsai have found that the ways in which a chip carves up computations can make a big difference to performance. -- Courtesy of Bryce Vickmark[/caption]…