And such a machine could be pitted against a human opponent, giving a clear measure of the machine's ability in this kind of reasoning.

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This is a kind of policy change that will have an impact on the ability of our kids in schools all across the country to thrive.

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And these companies have really perfected the ability to find enough money to underwrite mortgages of this kind.

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In fact just this kind of photon-based quantum factoring has been accomplished before, but the ability to put the heart of the machine on a standard chip is promising for future applications of the idea.

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It is hoped that work of this kind will eventually enable scientists to turn mature cells back into stem cells which have the ability to become any type tissue in the body.

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