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GIMPS project discovers largest known prime number

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On January 7th at 22:30 UTC, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) celebrated its 20th anniversary with the math discovery of the new...
obesity

Link between obesity, increased risk of colorectal cancer revealed

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Obesity has long been associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer, but the link has never been understood. Now, a research team led by...
Making 3 D imaging 1000 times better

Making 3-D imaging 1,000 times better

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By combining the information from the Kinect depth frame in (a) with polarized photographs, MIT researchers reconstructed the 3-D surface shown in (c). Polarization...