Beta-decay half-life measurements reveal evolution of nuclear shell structure

An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, ...

‘Inflation is aging’: Bryan Johnson’s war against systemic decay

From Braintree to Project Blueprint, Bryan Johnson views crypto and longevity as a unified war against systemic decay.
Microsoft

The pure exploration problem with general reward functions depending on full distributions

In this paper, we study the pure exploration model with general distribution functions, which means that the reward function of each arm depends on the whole distribution, not only its mean. We adapt ...
IEEE

Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm Based on Cauchy Mutation Trigonometric Function Search to Solve Combined Economic Emission Dispatch Problem

Abstract: Nowadays, problems such as greenhouse effect and air pollution become increasingly prominent. The power generation process should pay attention to the fuel cost and reduce the pollution to ...
IEEE

Penalty Function-Based Distributed Primal-Dual Algorithm for Nonconvex Optimization Problem

Abstract: This paper addresses the distributed nonconvex optimization problem, where both the global cost function and local inequality constraint function are nonconvex. To tackle this issue, the ...
Health.com

What Are the Signs of Kidney Disease?

Hallie Levine is an award-winning health and medical journalist who frequently contributes to AARP, Consumer Reports, the New York Times, and Health.com. She lives in Fairfield, CT, with her three ...