On the other hand, for a compound eye to be effective, its elements must point in lots of directions, in order to cover a wide visual field.

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The secure element doesn't necessarily need to have power running through it or to be in the midst of near-field communication in order to yield up its cryptographic key to a clever intruder who has sufficient time and sufficient desire to breach the security of a smartphone, bank card or national border.

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One driver for CF patients has been the CF Foundation, which pioneered a novel approach of funding drug research directly in order to convince investors and drug companies to enter the field.

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Brazilian authorities, and national oil giant Petrobras, had been working with global oil companies in order to tap the coveted assets, in a field that is thought to contain about 8 billion barrels of recoverable oil.

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"Online and mail-order retailers should collect sales tax at the point of purchase, too, so there will be a level playing field, " says Jason Brewer, a spokesman for the Retail Industry Leaders Association, which includes nine of the 10 largest merchants.

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Most of us consider moral judgment a higher order thought process, but this research shows that it can be tweaked by a weak magnetic field in a matter of minutes.

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