[url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/obama-plans-major-ebola-offensive-1410738096]Obama briefed at CDC, plans $88 million offensive against Ebola[/url]
[quote]The US military is set to join the battle against an enemy other than ISIS: the Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa. President Obama is expected to outline what officials describe as a “scaled-up” response to the outbreak this week, reports the Wall Street Journal, which notes that while the chances of the disease spreading to the US are considered low, the chances of the virus mutating to become more infectious increase with every new human infection. There are currently eight US military service members working to contain the outbreak, and the stepped-up military involvement is expected to include much-needed logistical help, though not hospital ships, which officials fear could end up being swept by infection. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of hard-hit Liberia, has appealed for American aid as the disease spreads exponentially, Reuters reports. “Without more direct help from your government, we will lose this battle against Ebola,” she wrote to Obama, warning that Ebola treatment centers are being forced to turn away patients and “at this rate, we will never break the transmission chain and the virus will overwhelm us.” In neighboring Sierra Leone, a fourth doctor has died of Ebola after a failed attempt to send her out of the country for treatment, reports the AP. The country, which was desperately short of doctors even before the outbreak, asked the World Health Organization for help evacuating Olivet Buck to Europe, but the request was declined.”[/quote]
But will we "follow the Ebola virus to the gates of hell"? Anything less sounds wishy-washy at this point.

computers that compute ( and don't just heat a room)
 

Hi Math People,

I found a nice article in Scientific American.

/[URL]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-supercomputers-will-yield-a-golden-age-of-materials-science/[/URL]

Regards,
Matt

[URL="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/09/health/brain-training-apps/index.html?eref=edition"]10 best brain training apps[/URL]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/09/10/343681493/this-is-your-brain-this-is-your-brain-on-music"]This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain On Music[/URL]

[URL="http://time.com/3326565/the-power-of-sleep/"]The Power of Sleep[/URL]

[URL="http://time.com/3305272/viruses-spread-everywhere/"]It Only Takes a Few Hours for Viruses to Spread Everywhere[/URL]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/09/05/342469699/cheap-drinking-water-from-the-sun-aided-by-a-pop-of-pencil-shavings"]Cheap Drinking Water From The Sun, Aided By A Pop Of Pencil Shavings[/URL]

[URL="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329861.900-woman-of-24-found-to-have-no-cerebellum-in-her-brain.html#.VBgyB_QqX8t"]Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain[/URL]

[URL="http://theconversation.com/most-birds-cant-taste-sugar-heres-why-the-hummingbird-can-31486"]Most birds can’t taste sugar – here’s why the hummingbird can[/URL]

[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11/naomi-elishuv-plays-violin-mozart-brain-surger_n_5804832.html?ir=GPS%20for%20the%20Soul"]Violinist Plays Mozart Through Her Own Brain Surgery[/URL]

NOAO: Half of all Exoplanet Host Stars are Binaries
[url]http://www.noao.edu/news/2014/pr1406.php[/url]

I moved a post (#1344 above) from MattcAnderson from SopaBox here.

I don't know if someone posted about this yet
 

[URL="http://phys.org/news/2014-09-solid-previously-unsolvable-problems.html"]'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems[/URL]

[QUOTE]The researchers are not shining light through crystal – they are transforming light into crystal. As part of an effort to develop exotic materials such as room-temperature superconductors, the researchers have locked together photons, the basic element of light, so that they become fixed in place.[/QUOTE]

another version of it:


[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/16/solid-light-created_n_5824268.html"]Scientists Say They've Created A Freaky New Form Of Light[/URL]

[QUOTE]New behavior is right. For generations, physics students have been taught that photons--the subatomic particles that make up light--don't interact with each other. But the researchers were able to make photons interact very strongly.[/QUOTE]

I also see:

[URL="http://phys.org/news/2014-09-physicists-zero-friction-quantum.html"]Physicists design zero-friction quantum engine[/URL]

[QUOTE](Phys.org) —In real physical processes, some energy is always lost any time work is produced. The lost energy almost always occurs due to friction, especially in processes that involve mechanical motion. But in a new study, physicists have designed an engine that operates with zero friction while still generating power by taking advantage of some quantum shortcuts.
[/QUOTE]

[url="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140916084819.htm"] 219 million star catalogue[/url] released.

Now on Netflix streaming video: [url]http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/particle_fever/[/url]

[QUOTE=ewmayer;383113][URL="http://online.wsj.com/articles/obama-plans-major-ebola-offensive-1410738096"]Obama briefed at CDC, plans $88 million offensive against Ebola[/URL]

But will we "follow the Ebola virus to the gates of hell"? Anything less sounds wishy-washy at this point.[/QUOTE]

A short paper modelling ebola:
[URL]http://elifesciences.org/content/elife/early/2014/09/12/eLife.03908.full.pdf[/URL]

[QUOTE]A short paper modelling ebola:
[URL]http://elifesciences.org/content/elife/early/2014/09/12/eLife.03908.full.pdf[/URL][/QUOTE]Is it safe to click the link? It could be a virus, right?

:jokedrum:

No, it is not safe.
The file itself is harmless, just a PDF, it can not infect your computer :smile: but the content of the file is dangerous for your brain. You better first finish the khanacademy math section first, with 100% mastered, then try to open the file. The author(s) use some differential math to try to model how the ebola virus (irrelevant, it could be about any other disease, he is just capitalizing on the ebola breakout, which is dishonest, in my opinion) spreads (or has spread).
Nothing important, nor easy to grasp.