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Using a “bootstrap” approach, researchers show that a small set of assumptions may naturally lead to a string-theory description of certain high-energy processes.

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When developing in C#, there are many situations where you want to cut out (extract) and use 'only the necessary parts' from long string data. From the log "ERROR: File not found.", you only want the ...