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Chinese Academy of Sciences Eyes Multiple S&T Breakthroughs…

[caption id="attachment_9991" align="alignnone" width="712"] Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced its 13th Five-year Plan (Image by CAS)[/caption] Beijing-- The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced its 13th Five-year Plan (2016-2020) this Wednesday in Beijing, outlining…

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Drinking green tea to prevent artery explosion

Green tea could prevent a deadly condition in the body's main artery. A Kyoto University team has found that abdominal aortic aneurysm -- a condition in which the main artery becomes overstretched and bloated --…

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Programmable network routers

New design should enable much more flexible traffic management, without sacrificing speed. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Like all data networks, the networks that connect servers in giant server farms, or servers and workstations in large organizations, are…

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Bubble-wrapped structure requires no mirrors or lenses to…

[caption id="attachment_9754" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT graduate student George Ni holds a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlight and heats water to boiling temperatures, generating steam through its pores. Photo: Jeremy Cho[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass.…