Unlike stimulation for treatment of Parkinson's or other issues, in which the brain is stimulated continuously or repeatedly with an implanted pacemaker-like device, memory in the latest study was improved by a single burst of current when administered in the right location as memories were being formed, according to Dr. Fried.

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In photo mode you'll get single shot, burst and time-lapse modes with a top resolution of 4, 096 x 2, 048.

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That, she says, suggests the burst came from a single neutron star just a few hundred light years away.

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In a burst of egomania, Obama maintained that a single transformative president (namely himself) could change thousands of years of history.

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She burst into the music charts in 2009 when she featured on the Diamond Rings single by rapper Chipmonk.

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Probably the single greatest cause of the financial crisis and this brutal recession has been the housing bubble that burst four years ago.

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