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Geometry of Spacetime as a Quantum Information Processing Device

Photons pass throughout the twisted spacetime near black holes, changing their orbital angular momentum. What does that mean for quantum computing?
- Health & Medicine
Polio Eradication: Almost There?

On October 24, the World Polio Day celebrates the birth of Jonas Salk. In 1952, a team led by Salk at the University of Pittsburgh developed the first effective vaccine against poliomyelitis.

Briefings

CRISPR Babies, Inexistent Cardiac Stem Cells and deGrasse Tsyon's Response. This week's Top Stories
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- October 19, 2018
Acute Flaccid Myelitis is Spreading in the US
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- October 17, 2018

Language

Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Understand How Language Works
- April 24, 2018
By Michael Dunn

English Language Day
- April 23, 2018
By Rita dos Santos Silva

The Swiftness of Glaciers: Language in a Time of Climate Change
- April 16, 2018
By Rob Nixon

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Today in History

World Press Freedom Day 2018 | The Deadliest Countries for Journalists
- May 3, 2018
The Real Wonder Drug: How Aspirin Came into Being
- August 10, 2017
The Vienna Convention – the Day the World Decided to Save the Planet
- March 22, 2017

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Open Access

- February 16, 2018
The Future of Anonymous Peer Review
- May 1, 2017
Impactstory - the Plug-In That Allows Users to Browser Open Access Papers

Impactstory, a nonprofit organization working to advance open access, has unveiled Unpaywall, a browser plug-in that gives users easy access to electronic open access scientific articles.
- March 20, 2017
FP7 Post-grant Open Access Pilot Project is Coming to an End
- November 30, 2016
Open and Post Peer Review: New Trends in Open Access Publications
- June 7, 2016
EU Puts Forward Ambitious Open Access Target
- May 24, 2016
Raising The Standards Of Open Access Journals

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