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  Researchers testing nuclear fusion technology that could power NASA's rockets

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 4, 2013 06:49 pm + 34 comments

  NASA-funded researchers at the University of Washington will test a unique approach to nuclear Continue reading…

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  White House announces $100 million in funding to help map the human brain

  By Adi Robertson on April 2, 2013 09:48 am + 62 comments

  The Obama administration has officially announced a long-running research project aimed at mapping Continue reading…

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  Sea lion blows scientists' minds by head-bobbing to the Backstreet Boys

  By Sam Byford on April 1, 2013 08:28 pm + 78 comments

  Researchers at the University of California in Santa Cruz have successfully trained a sea lion to Continue reading…

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  Human brain cells found to boost learning ability in mice

  By Louis Goddard on March 30, 2013 05:29 pm + 44 comments

  A recent study by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center has revealed new Continue reading…

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  For American gangsters, the internet is not much of a G thing

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 28, 2013 02:29 am + 23 comments

  What are America's gangsters doing on the internet? Not a whole lot, according to a recent survey. A Continue reading…

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  Scanning felons' brains could help predict whether they'll reoffend

  By Sam Byford on March 27, 2013 12:36 am + 49 comments

  Over five decades since A Clockwork Orange foretold a future where experimental science is used to Continue reading…

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  Link revealed between elite Chinese university and military unit supposedly behind US cyberattacks

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 25, 2013 11:25 am + 30 comments

  One of China's most elite and prestigious research universities appears to have a working Continue reading…

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  EU broadens access to publicly funded scientific research

  By T.C. Sottek on March 19, 2013 11:04 am + 2 comments

  Critics of gated academic and research communities have long sought for more open-access to Continue reading…

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  MRI fingerprinting detects diseases in minutes by their signature 'song'

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 19, 2013 05:54 am + 20 comments

  A new type of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) could enable doctors to detect a number of diseases Continue reading…

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  After years of lab research, hundreds of chimpanzees could be given sanctuary

  By Chris Welch on March 11, 2013 11:01 am + 24 comments

  Research involving chimpanzees in the US is finally winding down, which means hundreds of chimps Continue reading…