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  30 Years Ago, the World's First Cyberattack Set the Stage for Modern Cybersecurity Challenges

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  • Space & Physics

  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?

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  • 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.

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  • Briefings, Editorial Column

  Our Brain's Unique Cells, Legal Weed in Canada, and More. 5 Stories of the Week

  We picked our five favourite science news and stories. Here is our week’s roundup.

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  Acute Flaccid Myelitis is Spreading in the US

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Open Access

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  • February 16, 2018

  The Future of Anonymous Peer Review

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  • 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.

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  • March 20, 2017

  FP7 Post-grant Open Access Pilot Project is Coming to an End

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  • November 30, 2016

  Open and Post Peer Review: New Trends in Open Access Publications

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  • June 7, 2016

  EU Puts Forward Ambitious Open Access Target

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  • May 24, 2016

  Raising The Standards Of Open Access Journals