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Large volumes of data from ITER successfully transferred to Japan at unprecedented speeds

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Data of 105 TB were transferred repeatedly every 30min at a high speed (average of 7.2 Gbps) from ITER (France) to REC (Japan) for...
Stanford scientists uncover how a fluctuating brain network may make us better thinkers

Stanford scientists uncover how a fluctuating brain network may make us better thinkers

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Fluctuations of network structure of the brain during rest (top panel). Fluctuations grouped by high similarity show two distinct states: one in which the...
Fossil from oldest ancestor of modern sea turtles

Fossil from oldest ancestor of modern sea turtles

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Silhouette of Ctenochelys acris overlaid with some of the fossils used to reconstruct the species.Credit: Drew Gentry, UAB Several 80-million-year-old fossils found in Alabama are...
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Turning to the brain to reboot computing

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Sandia National Laboratories researchers are drawing inspiration from neurons in the brain, such as these green fluorescent protein-labeled neurons in a mouse neocortex, with...
Analysis of DNA from early settlers of the pacific overturns leading genetic model

Analysis of DNA from early settlers of the pacific overturns leading genetic model

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A 3,000-year-old burial in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu that is source of one of the ancient DNA samples reported on in this...

HIV cure hope thanks to collaboration

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Researchers are hopeful of a cure for HIV after treating the first patient with a promising new treatment that could kill all traces of...
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Ice cores reveal a slow decline in atmospheric oxygen over the last 800,000 years

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Researchers at Princeton University analyzed ice cores collected in Greenland and Antarctica to determine levels of atmospheric oxygen over the last 800,000 years.Credit: Stolper,...
Our galaxys most mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought

Our galaxy’s most-mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought

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This artist's conception shows a star behind a shattered comet. One of the theories for KIC 8462852's unusual dimming is the presence of debris...
Glucose sensing contact lens invented

Glucose-sensing contact lens invented

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This illustration shows the schematic procedure for the fabrication of a surface-enhanced Raman scattering contact lens via transfer printing.Credit: Image courtesy of University of...

How the brain makes new memories while preserving the old

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Columbia scientists have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how the human brain's biological complexity allows it to lay down new...

Mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus causes miscarriage

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The mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus has been linked to miscarriage in humans. A study of 130 pregnant Sudanese women with fever showed that...