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Washington, DC - Ambassador Thomas Shannon will lead the U.S. delegation at a joint meeting in The Hague of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL and Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF). The meeting will focus on measures that are being taken in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2178 to address foreign terrorist fighters and elaborate on the related work plans of the GCTF and the Coalition.
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Stanford, California - People carry a heavier burden from rejection when they view it as revealing something about "who they really are" as a person, new Stanford research shows.
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Berkeley, California - Three bright pulsating stars on the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy could be beacons from an invisible dwarf galaxy that astronomers predicted was there based on its effects on the gas in our galaxy.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - There are certain universal patterns in nature that hold true, regardless of objects’ size, species, or surroundings. Take, for instance, the branching fractals seen in both tree limbs and blood vessels, or the surprisingly similar spirals in mollusks and cabbage.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Imagine if your clothing could, on demand, release just enough heat to keep you warm and cozy, allowing you to dial back on your thermostat settings and stay comfortable in a cooler room. Or, picture a car windshield that stores the sun’s energy and then releases it as a burst of heat to melt away a layer of ice.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Mobile-based telematics - apps and hardware that measure driving behaviors - may be the future of safer roads. Increasingly, people are using these technologies to improve their own driving habits, while insurance companies use the data to offer rewards and discounts to safe drivers.
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