h explosives and flammable materials necessary to launch conventional projectiles. A naval EM rail gun system has been in development since 2005 by the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The current phase of the project, initiated in 2012, seeks to demonstrate sustained fire, or "rep-rate" capability. The U.S. Navy hopes to eventua

National Institutes of Health (NIH), with additional support from the Mind Science Foundation; the McDonnell Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts; the U.S. Office of Naval Research; the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (of which Dr. Ramachandran is a board member), and generous contributions from private donors. The NIH fun