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Brain surface stimulation provides touch feedback to direct movement

For the first time in humans, researchers use brain surface stimulation to provide ‘touch’...

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The UW study is based on the concept of closed-loop “bi-directional brain-computer interfaces” (BBCIs) being developed at the CSNE that can both record from...
doubly magic

Nickel-78 is a ‘doubly magic’ isotope, supercomputing calculations confirm

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From left, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Gaute Hagen, Thomas Papenbrock and Gustav Jansen used the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility...
Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples

Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples

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ALMA image of the L1448 IRS3B system, with two young stars at the center and a third distant from them. Spiral structure in the...
Arctic Found to Play Unexpectedly Large Role in Removing Nitrogen

Arctic Found to Play Unexpectedly Large Role in Removing Nitrogen

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Credit:University of Texas Marine Science Institute Areas of the Arctic play a larger role than previously thought in the global nitrogen cycle—the process responsible for...
Himalaya Map

Entire Himalayan arc can produce large earthquakes

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A map of the Himalayan arc. The country of Bhutan is abbreviated BTN. A new study shows Bhutan has experienced a major earthquake in...
Unexpected giant glowing halos discovered around distant quasars

Unexpected giant glowing halos discovered around distant quasars

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This mosaic shows 18 of the 19 quasars observed by an international team of astronomers, led by the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Each observed quasar...
online

You are less anonymous on the web than you think — much less

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Image Credit: © See-ming Lee/ Flickr Researchers say most people don’t realize how much information they're leaving behind as they browse the web. The...
Researchers develop new method of estimating biodiversity based on tree cover

Researchers develop new method of estimating biodiversity based on tree cover

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Stanford researchers discovered that in agricultural areas of Costa Rica, increased tree cover corresponds with increases in biodiversity. (Image credit: David Spangenburg) Scientists used tree...
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SLAC, Stanford Launch ‘Bits & Watts,’ the First-of-its-kind Holistic Approach to Creating the 21st...

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Sila Kiliccote, head of SLAC's GISMo (Grid Integration, Systems and Mobility) lab, and Stanford graduate student Gustavo Cezar look at a computer dashboard showing...
Precise quantum cloning

Precise quantum cloning: possible pathway to secure communication

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Beam of light passing through splitter. Credit: Lee Henderson/UNSW Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) and University of Queensland (UQ) have produced near-perfect clones...
Finding patterns in corrupted data

Finding patterns in corrupted data

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A team, including researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, has created a new set of algorithms that can efficiently fit probability...