Quanta
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[:es]Mathematicians Prove 2D Version of Quantum Gravity Really Works[:]
[:es]In three towering papers, a team of mathematicians has worked out the details of Liouville quantum field theory, a two-dimensional model of quantum gravity.[:]
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[:es]Graphene Superconductors May Be Less Exotic Than Physicists Hoped[:]
[:es]Superconductivity has been discovered in graphene devices without any twists, suggesting the form of superconductivity in the material might be mundane after all.[:]
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[:es]The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve[:]
[:es]The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound consequences for both math and physics.[:]
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[:es]DNA Jumps Between Animal Species. No One Knows How Often[:]
[:es]The discovery of a gene shared by two unrelated species of fish is the latest evidence that horizontal gene transfers occur surprisingly often in vertebrates.[:]
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[:es]Astronomers Find Secret Planet-Making Ingredient: Magnetic Fields[:]
[:es]Scientists have long struggled to understand how common planets form. A new supercomputer simulation shows that the missing ingredient may be magnetism.[:]
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[:es]Mathematicians Identify Threshold at Which Shapes Give Way[:]
[:es]A new proof establishes the boundary at which a shape becomes so corrugated, it can be crushed.[:]
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[:es]A Burp or a Blast? Seismic Signals Reveal the Volcanic Eruption to Come[:]
[:es]Scientists have begun to decipher the subtle signs that reveal how explosive a volcanic eruption is going to be. [:]
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[:es]Squishy Neutron Star Setback Dampens Hopes of Exotic Matter[:]
[:es]Groundbreaking results show that neutron stars of different masses may have the same size — upending astrophysical models. [:]
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[:es]Mathematicians Find Long-Sought Building Blocks for Special Polynomials[:]
[:es]Hilbert’s 12th problem asked for novel analogues of the roots of unity, the building blocks for certain number systems. Now, over 100 years later, two mathematicians have produced them.[:]