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  New Model to Determine Lifetime Spending

  January 30, 2013 — New research shows new, more effective ways to plan for ... > full story
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  Checking out Open Access

  January 30, 2013 — From Wikipedia to shareware, the Internet has made information and software more widely available than ever. At the heart of this explosion is the simple idea that information should be open and free ... > full story
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  Microchip Moves Information Around in 3-D: From Left to Right, Back to Front, and Up and Down

  January 30, 2013 — Scientists have created, for the first time, a new type of microchip which allows information to travel in three dimensions. Currently, microchips can only pass digital information in a very limited ... > full story
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  Broker Fees from Mutual Funds Affect Advice; Predict Worse Performance, New Study Says

  January 30, 2013 — Brokers are supposed to recommend investments that are in the best interests of their clients. But a new study has found that mutual funds offering higher broker fees attract the most investments, ... > full story
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  Good Mood Helps Boost Brain Power in Older Adults

  January 30, 2013 — Older adults can improve their decision making and working memory simply by putting on a happy face, a new study ... > full story
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  Engineers Solve a Biological Mystery and Boost Artificial Intelligence

  January 30, 2013 — By simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, engineering and robotics researchers have discovered why biological networks tend to be organized as modules -- a finding that will ... > full story
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  Ecological Engineering Solves Unsafe Water Problems in Bolivia

  January 30, 2013 — Surrounded by mining, the mountainous region of Potosi, Bolivia is plagued by extensive environmental contamination from past and current mining operations. Researchers have discovered a technique to ... > full story
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  Greater Transparency Needed in Publishing Information from Clinical Trials, Experts Say

  January 29, 2013 — An initiative from the drugs regulator, the European Medicines Agency, to commit to releasing all of the information from clinical trials once the marketing authorization process has ended, which has ... > full story
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  In-Brain Monitoring Shows Memory Network

  January 29, 2013 — Working with patients with electrodes implanted in their brains, researchers have shown for the first time that areas of the brain work together at the same time to recall memories. The unique ... > full story
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  Simulations' Achille's Heel

  January 29, 2013 — What can go wrong when computer simulations are applied outside their original context. In a new article scientists outline the many pitfalls associated with simulation methods such as Monte Carlo ... > full story

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