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The mathematician who helps Olympic swimmers go faster
Some US athletes could owe part of their stellar performances to Ken Ono’s scientific approach.
Some US athletes could owe part of their stellar performances to Ken Ono’s scientific approach.
A 510-million-year-old creature that looked like the famously smelly fruit suggests that the earliest molluscs were covered in hollow spines.
Light-based devices can reduce the energy consumption of computers, but most rely on lasers, which are expensive to integrate with other technologies. An approach that uses LEDs instead of lasers provides a path forwards.