In 1944, most of the world went to an official gold standard system after various unsuccessful experiments during the 1930s.

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In their "in-living-room" experiments the researchers showed the system could correctly identify the right programme every time.

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The shut-down is due to conclude in late November 2014. after which the system will be put through its paces and experiments are expected to resume in February or March 2015.

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It was shut down on Sunday 31 March and will be dismantled this month after some experiments are carried out on its operating system, said the laboratory.

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In their experiments, an electrical current was sent to the limbic system of a rat's brain whenever it moved to a certain area of its cage.

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In addition to testing the system to detect fingerprints, the research team did a series of experiments in which they tested the same fingerprint on the same surface every day for 14 days.

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Their experiments on mice showed the virus impaired the ability of a specific part of the immune system, called regulatory T cells, to calm inflammation.

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Researchers in the field fear, though, that despite being much smaller than existing, inadvertent changes, their experiments will nevertheless become a focus for strident opposition unless there is a clear and respectable system of regulation.

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There is still lots of room for architectural experiments and competition, as demonstrated by HP recently entering the disaggregated server space with their Moonshot 1500 System.

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