More than half of this surgeon's patients were residents of two counties with fusion rates four times the national average.

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When this beam struck a target of erbium deuteride, the team detected neutrons coming from the target with precisely the energy expected if they were generated by the nuclear fusion of two deuterium nuclei.

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The occasional piercing got in the way, and there was a gross-out or two when eager consumers forgot to change screens, but it was a big step forward from last year's Tongueii, which failed to account for static electricity, fusion and two of Fermi's laws.

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It all seems to be part of a natural progression, as technology and shopping patterns evolve: first came Black Friday, then Cyber Monday, and now, in essence, a fusion of the two.

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It records and distributes content from both worlds, with a focus on creating a fusion of the two as it introduces Western artists to a new, larger audience called desi (Hindi for everything from the Indian subcontinent) and provides South Asian artists a platform from which to cross over to the Western world.

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Medtronic 's ( MDT - news - people ) spine surgery business is dominated by a procedure called spinal fusion, in which two of the segments of the backbone, called vertebrae, are fused together using metal rods and cages, bone taken from elsewhere in the body, and protein drugs that stimulate bone growth.

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In the next century or two, it seems likely we will switch from wind to fusion to the dilithium crystals of Star Trek, and these turbines may lose their purpose as well.

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He says young people embrace visual stimulation, the fusion of different musical styles and experiences that are shorter and more intense than a two-hours-plus orchestral performance.

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