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Nuclear fusion: making a star on earth

One of the crucial challenges for humanity is to develop clean sources of energy that are available to all and compatible with sustainable development. Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the sun and the other stars. It has enormous potential to help us meet this challenge. Moreover, research into nuclear fusion is a virtuous […]

The Dark Universe

Recent progress in observations have shown that our universe is dominated by two mysterious components called dark matter and dark energy. Under the action of gravity, they hold the universe together but also pulls it apart. The nature of these ingredients is unknown and poses some of the most pressing questions in fundamental science today. […]

How our brain processes information

The brain of each one of us is a network composed of hundreds of billions of neurons. A total or hundreds of trillions of synapses connect these neurons and transmit electrical signals from one cell to another. In reaction to stimulus, waves of electrical activity traverse the network of neurons, processing the incoming stimulus signal. […]