We’ve known about SARS-CoV-2 for only three months, but scientists can make some educated guesses about where it came from and why it’s behaving in such an extreme way. From a report: The structure of the virus provides some clues about its success. In shape, it’s essentially a spiky ball. Those spikes recognize and stick to a protein called ACE2, which…
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How Accessibility Consultants Are Building a More Inclusive Video Game Industry Behind the Scenes
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last year, Forbes published an article titled “‘Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’ Needs to Respect Its Players and Add an Easy Mode.” In the piece, Dave Thier, the author, argues that the title’s egregiously high difficulty settings detract from the superb world and character design. “The difficulty is only one part of what defines these games…
How Alexander advanced his IT career with a Professional Certificate
My journey with information technology growing up in Sierra Leone I grew up in Sierra Leone in the 1990s, at a time when computers were a luxury and largely inaccessible. I got lucky when I was eleven and was able to use the computer for the first time when my mother was assigned a work […]
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T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Wins Approval From US Judge
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: T-Mobile’s edged closer to a takeover of Sprint after a federal judge on Tuesday approved the deal, rejecting a claim by a group of states that said the deal would violate antitrust laws and raise prices. During a two-week trial in December, T-Mobile and Sprint argued the merger will better equip the new…
How ‘MICE’ Brings a Muon Collider Closer To Reality
“Scientists have announced a breakthrough that could be key to the creation of a powerful new kind of particle collider,” reports the Fermilab/SLAC magazine Symmetry. Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shared their report:
As reported in the journal Nature, the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment, or MICE, has for the first time demonstrated the successful taming of a beam of particles called muons through…