Quanta
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[:es]DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.[:]
[:es]The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this exception is possible and hints that it could […]
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[:es]Mathematicians Prove Symmetry of Phase Transitions[:]
[:es]A group of mathematicians has shown that at critical moments, a symmetry called rotational invariance is a universal property across many physical systems.[:]
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[:es]Neurons Unexpectedly Encode Information in the Timing of Their Firing[:]
[:es]A temporal pattern of activity observed in human brains for the first time may explain how we can learn so quickly.[:]
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[:es]How Long COVID Keeps Us Sick[:]
[:es]Other diseases with long-term symptoms can help us understand how COVID can affect us long after the virus itself is gone.[:]
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[:es]Brighter Than a Billion Billion Suns: Gamma-Ray Bursts Continue to Surprise[:]
[:es]These ultrabright flashes have recently been tracked for days, upending ideas about the cataclysms that create them.[:]
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[:es]A Lack of COVID-19 Genomes Could Prolong the Pandemic[:]
[:es]Genomic surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can help control the current pandemic and prevent future ones. But the process is marred by insufficient data and geographic inequities.[:]
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[:es]How Math Might Complete the Ultimate Physics Theory[:]
[:es]Even in an incomplete state, quantum field theory is the most successful physical theory ever discovered. Nathan Seiberg, one of its leading architects, talks about the gaps in QFT and […]
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[:es]Gas Giants’ Energy Crisis Solved After 50 Years[:]
[:es]Jupiter and Saturn should be freezing cold. Instead, they’re hot. Researchers now know why.[:]
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[:es]Secret Workings of Smell Receptors Revealed for First Time[:]
[:es]Researchers have finally seen how some smell receptors bind to odor molecules. The work yields new insights into one of the most mysterious and versatile senses.[:]