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New universe simulation prompts breakthrough discoveries in astrophysics

(Simons Foundation) Novel computational methods have helped create the most information-packed, universe-scale simulation ever produced. The new tool provides fresh insights into how black holes influence the distribution of dark matter, how heavy elements are produced and distributed throughout the cosmos, and where magnetic fields originate.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/sf-nus013118.php

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NASA confirms re-discovered IMAGE satellite

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The identity of the satellite re-discovered on Jan. 20, 2018, has been confirmed as NASA's IMAGE satellite.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/nsfc-ncr013118.php

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Machine learning techniques generate clinical labels of medical scans

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Researchers used machine learning techniques, including natural language processing algorithms, to identify clinical concepts in radiologist reports for CT scans.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/tmsh-mlt013118.php

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NASA's GPM probes Category 4 Tropical Cyclone Cebile

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's GPM Probes Category 4 Tropical Cyclone CebileNASA analyzed a major tropical cyclone spinning in the Southwestern Indian Ocean and measured its rainfall.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/nsfc-ngp013118.php

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Penn engineering research gives optical switches the 'contrast' of electronic transistors

(University of Pennsylvania) Penn Engineers have taken an important step toward the creation of a working optical transistor: precisely controlling the mixing of optical signals via tailored electric fields, and obtaining outputs with a near perfect contrast and extremely large on/off ratios.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uop-per013118.php

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Lehigh University professor Israel E. Wachs awarded Fulbright Senior Scholar fellowship

(Lehigh University) Israel E. Wachs, the G. Whitney Snyder Professor in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department at Lehigh University, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship to study at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel during the spring semester of the 2018-19 academic year.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/lu-lup013118.php

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University of Washington, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team up to make the materials of tomorrow

(University of Washington) The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington have announced the creation of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology -- or NW IMPACT -- a joint research endeavor to power discoveries and advancements in materials that transform energy, telecommunications, medicine, information technology and other fields. UW President Ana Mari Cauce and PNNL Director Steven Ashby formally launched NW IMPACT during a ceremony Jan. 31 at the PNNL campus in Richland, Wash.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uow-uow013118.php

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Trust is good, quantum trickery is better

(ETH Zurich Department of Physics) An international team of scientists prove, for the first time, the security of so-called device-independent quantum cryptography in a regime that is attainable with state-of-the-art quantum technology, thus paving the way to practical realization of such schemes in which users don not have to worry whether their devices can be trusted or not.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/ezdo-tig013118.php

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NASA finds Extra-Tropical Cyclone Fehi sheared

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Cyclone Fehi has transitioned into an extra-tropical cyclone was wind shear pushed the bulk of clouds and thunderstorms south of its center. NASA's Terra satellite and the NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's GPM satellite confirmed the effect of wind shear as the storm triggered warnings in New Zealand.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/nsfc-nfe013118.php

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Reconstructing an ancient lethal weapon

(University of Washington) University of Washington researchers reconstructed prehistoric projectiles and points from ancient sites in what is now Alaska and studied the qualities that would make for a lethal hunting weapon. By examining and testing different projectile points, the team has come to a new understanding about the technological choices people made in ancient times.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uow-raa013118.php

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