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Study unveils the unstable nature of some topological phases | Ingrid Fadelli

Image representing time-reversal symmetry. Credit: McGinley & Cooper Aug. 11, 2020 (Phys.org) -- In recent years, physicists worldwide have been conducting studies exploring the characteristics and dynamics of topological phases of matter that could enable the development of quantum devices and other new technologies. Some of these phases are supported by what is known as the time-reversal symmet ...

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later | Mickey Z.

A bombed-out temple in Nagasaki. Photo credit: Cpl. Lynn P. Walker, Jr. (Marine Corps) - Wikipedia Commons Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 2, 2020 “From the very concept of strategic bombing, al ...

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Escape from the Zombie Food Court | Joe Bageant

Joe with BingoThe high technological imprisonment of our consciousness has been fairly recent. There are still those among us who remember when it was not so entrapped. A few of us still know what it ...

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Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination | Catherine Bridges

An ibis as "seen" by a machine, 2015. This processed image, which is based on a photograph by Dr. Zachi Evenor, is courtesy of software engineer Guenther Noack, 2015, and is reproduced from Wikimedia ...

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Social Distancing: (Fire) Escape from New York | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 21, 2020 Photo credit: Mickey Z. The Covid quarantine has helped remind me of just how much I appreciate my fire escape -- and fire escapes, in general. Unable to sp ...

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The Bionic Breast Project | University of Chicago

May 15, 202 (MedicalXpress) -- About half of Prof. Stacy Lindau's patients over the last decade have had breast cancer and express new difficulties with sexual function during and after treatment. Th ...

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Scientists Break The Link Between A Quantum Material's Spin And Orbital States | Glennda Chui

These balloon-and-disc shapes represent an electron orbital -- a fuzzy electron cloud around an atom's nucleus -- in two different orientations. Scientists hope to someday use variations in the orien ...

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Emergency Bras (Adam Hunger)

(Editor's note: World News Trust first linked to this Reuters photo nearly 10 years ago. -Francis Goodwin) Oct. 16, 2010 (Reuters) -- Dr. Elena Bodnar holds up one of her "Emergency Bras," as John Du ...

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Save Journalism | Patrick White

Newsrooms need to take advantage of what AI can offer and come up with a new business model. (Shutterstock) Patrick White, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) May 5, 2020 (The Conversation) -- The ...

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Cuddling Brings Two Minds Together, MRI Study Reveals | Dennis Thompson

Love to cuddle up? It might bring a 'mind meld,' too, new research shows. May 4, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- People in close physical contact appear to have synchronized brain patterns, a revolutionary n ...

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A System To Reproduce Different Animal Locomotion Skills In Robots | Ingrid Fadelli

Credit: Google May 1, 2020 (Tech Xplore) -- Researchers at Google Research and the University of California, Berkeley, have recently developed an imitation learning system that could enable a variety ...

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