New passive cooling approach from UC San Diego uses capillary evaporation to reduce heat in computing environments

Evaporative cooling, like sweating, could reduce energy use in data centers New fiber membrane handles heat with zero added energy use Researchers retool filtration material to cool electronics passively As AI and cloud computing grow, the rising demand for data processing is driving up heat output, with cooling already making up nearly 40% of a…

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Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears

PA Media Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London Boris Johnson pushed for a more “ruthless, authoritarian approach” towards people who refused to self-isolate during the pandemic, according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry. The instinct of policy makers was to favour “punitive measures” over…

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New guidance on doctors’ sexual misconduct cases

Dominic HughesHealth correspondent Getty Images Some medics involved in sexual misconduct cases were handed suspensions instead of General Medical Council advice to strike them off the medical register Last month we reported on research that found in nearly a quarter of cases involving sexual misconduct, the MPTS imposed sanctions on doctors that were more lenient…

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Bangladesh leader declines to meet Tulip Siddiq

Joshua Nevett Political reporter Reuters Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has refused to meet Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to discuss corruption allegations against her during his visit to London. Yunus told the BBC the allegations were a “court matter” and said he had confidence in Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), which is investigating Siddiq. The ACC…

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Ancient bird droppings reveal a hidden extinction crisis

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, New Zealand’s Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and University of Auckland have discovered that more than 80 per cent of parasites detected in kākāpō poo prior to the 1990s are no longer present in contemporary populations. The project used ancient DNA and microscopic techniques to sample faeces dating back more than…

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