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  1. Tech

    Technique puts more data into airwaves

    A new approach that exploits the orientations of the electric and magnetic fields in radio waves may increase data flows to and from cell phones and other wireless devices by up to a factor of six.

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  2. Math

    Scheduled random walks skirt collisions

    Researchers in theoretical computer science have made progress in settling the question of whether a clairvoyant scheduler can regulate the timing of moves by random walkers on a grid to keep them from ever colliding.

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  3. Protein May Tie Obesity to Diabetes

    A newly discovered protein secreted by fat cells could be the link between obesity and type II diabetes.