Chair of Scientific Culture of the University of the Basque Country

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[:es]In New Math Proofs, Artificial Intelligence Plays to Win[:]

[:es]A new computer program fashioned after artificial intelligence systems like AlphaGo has solved several open problems in combinatorics and graph theory.[:]
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[:es]A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws [:]

[:es]For three decades, researchers hunted in vain for new elementary particles that would have explained why nature looks the way it does. As physicists confront that failure, they’re reexamining a longstanding assumption: that big stuff consists of smaller stuff.[:]
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[:es]A Billion Years Before Sex, Ancient Cells Were Equipped for It[:]

[:es]Molecular detective work is zeroing in on the origins of sexual reproduction. The protein tools for cell mergers seem to have long predated sex — so what were they doing?[:]
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[:es]AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware[:]

[:es]Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.[:]
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[:es]New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory[:]

[:es]Researchers have mapped hundreds of semantic categories to the tiny bits of the cortex that represent them in our thoughts and perceptions. What they discovered might change our view of memory.[:]
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[:es]Quantum Complexity Tamed by Machine Learning[:]

[:es]If scientists understood exactly how electrons act in molecules, they’d be able to predict the behavior of everything from experimental drugs to high-temperature superconductors. Following decades of physics-based insights, artificial intelligence systems are taking the next leap.[:]
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[:es]Secrets of Early Animal Evolution Revealed by Chromosome ‘Tectonics’[:]

[:es]Large blocks of genes conserved through hundreds of millions of years of evolution hint at how the first animal chromosomes came to be.[:]
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[:es]Why Triangles Are Easy and Tetrahedra Are Hard[:]

[:es]The triangle angle sum theorem makes working with triangles easy. What happens when you can’t rely on it?[:]
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[:es]In a Numerical Coincidence, Some See Evidence for String Theory[:]

[:es]In a quest to map out a quantum theory of gravity, researchers have used logical rules to calculate how much Einstein’s theory must change. The result matches string theory perfectly.[:]