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Synaptic transistor learns while it computes: First of its kind, brain-inspired device looks toward highly efficient and fast parallel computing

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Several prototypes of the synaptic transistor are visible on this silicon chip.

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Hubble's New Shot of Proxima Centauri, Our Nearest Neighbor

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New hydrogel from IBN and INM improves delivery of anti-cancer drug

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Herceptin was loaded into Vitamin E gel by convenient mixing. The Herceptin-loaded hydrogel was tested in mice bearing breast cancer....

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Something Flare-y This Way Comes: The mini-Halloween Storms of 2013

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Blood-red auroras over Maryland on Halloween 2003.

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Galaxy Growth Examined Like Rings of a Tree

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New evidence from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) missions...

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Columbia Engineers Develop New Device Architecture for 2D Materials, Making Electrical Contact from the 1D Edge: New Approach Produces Cleanest Graphene Yet, with Previously Unrealized Performance

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Significant Improvement in Weld Mechanical Properties Using Nanoparticles

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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Approaches 'Cooperstown'

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The low ridge that appears as a dark band below the horizon in the center of this scene is a Martian outcrop called "...

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