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Nexus, crystallographic computing all around the world.

Crystallographic Nexus CD-ROMs, containing a range of free crystallographic software for single-crystal and powder diffraction available on the Internet, have been distributed on request since 1996. The free CD is made in the form of a ;virtual Internet' with the main intent of benefiting crystallographers with inadequate Internet access. The IUCr funds an annual/biennial update which is distri...

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News from around the World

Medical News A mistaken interpretation of data relating alcohol to mortality Epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease in Denmark 2006–2011: A population-based study WineHealth 2015 The pattern of alcohol consumption and risk of cirrhosis Ethnic differences in presentation and severity of alcoholic liver disease Worsening of health and a cessation or reduction in alcohol consumption to special oc...

News From Around the World

Mysterious disease devastates pacific Coast of Central America A mysterious epidemic has killed more than 24 000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2000 and stricken thousands of others with chronic kidney disease at rates unseen almost anywhere else. Some suggest that agricultural chemicals are the cause, but others contend that the grueling nature of the work and dehydration are to bla...

Artificial Scientists & Artists Based on the Formal Theory of Creativity

I have argued that a simple but general formal theory of creativity based on reward for creating or finding novel patterns allowing for data compression progress explains many essential aspects of intelligence including science, art, music, humor. Here I discuss what kind of general bias towards algorithmic regularities we insert into our robots by implementing the principle, why that bias is g...