Organoids are helping scientists study the coronavirus. A test tube containing brain organoids. Photo: Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Johns Hopkins University TThe tiny drops of brain tissue that Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD, grows in his laboratory at Johns Hopkins University have little to do with it. Barely visible, …
Read More »UT makes sweeping changes in response to athletes’ requests, but maintains’ The Eyes of Texas’
Football The school will rename RLM Hall, erect the Julius Whittier statue, rename the field in honor of Earl Campbell, Ricky Williams Posted on Jul 13, 2020 History highlights UT will permanently honor Heman M. Sweatt as UT’s first black student. Longhorns will erect a statue for Julius Whittier, the …
Read More »Body found in lake where ‘Glee’ actress Naya Rivera disappeared, authorities say
The body, which has not been identified, was discovered Monday morning in Lake Piru. “Recovery is in progress,” VCSO tweeted. A press conference is scheduled for 5 pm ET. Authorities have been searching for Rivera, 33, since Wednesday. That afternoon he had gone to the lake and rented a pontoon …
Read More »Linus Torvalds: I hope the Intel AVX-512 ‘dies a painful death’
Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds expects to see the end of Intel’s 512-bit vector extensions and admits he has an “irrational hatred” of the floating point (FP) benchmarks used to demonstrate their value. Torvalds criticized the instructions for the Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) in a mailing list chat. …
Read More »Why Tesla’s shares rose again on Monday
What happened Another day, another new stop for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) values. Shares of the electric car maker soared to 16.2% on Monday. At 11:50 amEDT, the stock rose approximately 12%. This raises the shares more than 600% in the last 12 months and more than 300% to date. Shares …
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