Scheduling surgeons: Researchers identify factors that could influence hospital efficiency

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have analyzed nearly 86,500 surgeries at Baystate Medical Center to ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Stop keeping all your backups online—here's why offline-by-default storage actually works

The safest backup machine is the one that’s turned off ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I tested every Windows optimization tip—these 3 actually matter

I followed every popular Windows optimization tip, and these were the only 3 worth doing.
The New York Times

The Best AI Scheduling App Makes You Do the Hard Work

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay After a new round of testing, Sunsama is still our favorite ...
NPR

How algorithms wreaked havoc with these workers' schedules and cut their pay

For a year and a half, Yves Valerus was working a stable, full time job with a regular weekly schedule, a set hourly rate and benefits. The Haitian Creole-English interpreter helps people bridge ...
IEEE

An Adaptive Hybrid Disk Scheduling Algorithm for Fair and Efficient Storage Systems

Abstract: The performance of disk I/O operations remains a significant problem in contemporary computing systems due to mechanical components of hard disk drives. Although there have been significant ...
Scientific American

An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem—by asking AI

Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...
Detroit Free Press

Spring Activity Exposes Spine Problems. Pain Physicians NY Offers Non-Surgical Solutions for Herniated Disc and Sciatica

We practice a different kind of pain medicine beyond injections with treatments like DiscSeel®, intradiscal PRP, and Magnetic Peripheral Nerve Stimulation most patients didn’t know were available.” — ...
USA Today

Mid-majors proving worth in March Madness. Will it fix schedule problems?

Follow all of Saturday's NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports' live updates. PORTLAND, OR – As the mid-majors continue to succeed in the NCAA Tournament, the noise around the ...
Nature

An improved whale optimization algorithm for flexible job shop scheduling problems with machine deterioration effects

Being a core problem in industrial production management, production scheduling has gradually evolved from the traditional Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) to the Flexible Job Shop Scheduling ...
FierceBiotech

Disc lays off 20% of employees to steady ship after FDA rejection of rare disease drug

Layoffs at Disc Medicine will primarily affect commercial roles and “certain supporting functions.” (iStock/Getty Images Plus) Disc Medicine is laying off a fifth of its workforce as the biotech reels ...
International Rescue Committee

5 urgent problems the world faces in 2026

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...