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In the event of a pending conflict in the Taiwan Strait, destroying a series of U.S. satellites--the central node of U.S. networks--could effectively paralyze U.S. combat capabilities, denying them the initiative on the battlefield and leveling the operational playing field.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: China's assymetrical strategy
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Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A laser attack on a lymph node provides the drama behind the top-rated video in Nikon's 2012 Small World in Motion competition, which celebrates time-lapse movies made on a microscopic scale.
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Researchers at the University of Southampton have followed their instincts and built Iridis-Pi, a tiny 64-node cluster based on the Raspberry Pi's usual Debian Wheezy distribution and linked through Ethernet.
ENGADGET: Supercomputer built from Raspberry Pi and Lego, managed by humans rather than Minifigs
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To find the body's secret weapon, scientists remove cells from a lymph node - a part of the circulation system used by immune cells, but which also often forms a "staging post" for cancer as it spreads around the body.
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As you might expect, however, that's not quite as simple as a firmware upgrade, and currently requires a 34-node network to keep watch on a standard living room, which is apparently enough to pin down moving objects within a meter or so.
ENGADGET: Researchers create Amazing X-Ray Wireless Network!
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Node 3, also known as Tranquility, will house the station's core life-support systems.
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SanDisk is building both new SSDs using its industry-leading 19 nanometer (nm) technology, the world's smallest, most advanced manufacturing process node.
ENGADGET: SanDisk releases Ultra Plus and X110 SSDs with speed on a budget
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"Taking that position out makes it very difficult for al Qaeda to talk to the field and increasingly makes the central node in Pakistan weak, with minimal day-to-day impact on what's going on overseas, " said Seth Jones, an al Qaeda specialist at Rand Corp.
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However there was still no diagnosis - and Blaze was moved to Manchester Children's Hospital where another raft of tests, including a lymph node biopsy and a bone marrow test, were carried out.
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