How an RNA-binding protein detects and responds to non-optimal codon usage in human cells

Human genes are written in long strings of three-letter units composed of four different nucleotides. These units—or ...

Java 26 with JVM optimizations, HTTP/3, and finally no Applet API

The current OpenJDK 26 is strategically important and not only brings exciting innovations but also eliminates legacy issues ...
InfoQ

Claude Opus 4.6 Introduces Adaptive Reasoning and Context Compaction for Long-Running Agents

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 introduces "Adaptive Thinking" and a "Compaction API" to solve context rot in long-running agents. The model supports a 1M token context window with 76% multi-needle ...
GitHub

A small implementation of Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) in pure JavaScript.

Note: this package is not 100% compatible with the CBOR specification. See the Not implemented section for more details.
Smithsonian Magazine

Humans May Have Used These Mysterious Symbols to Encode Information Tens of Thousands of Years Before the First Writing Systems

The team analyzed 260 engraved objects discovered in caves in what is now southwest Germany, including this 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine. Universität Tübingen / Hildegard Jensen, CC-BY-SA 4.0 ...
GitHub

Convert Minecraft worlds between Java Edition and Bedrock Edition

Chunker is a Java application which allows you to convert Java and Bedrock Minecraft worlds. It provides a simple interface for converting worlds and allows you to upgrade and downgrade worlds between ...
IEEE

Error Rate Analysis for Random Linear Streaming Codes in the Finite Memory Length Regime

Abstract: Streaming codes encode a string of source packets and output a string of coded packets in real time, which eliminate the queueing delay of block coding and are thus especially suitable for ...