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[:eu]Discoveries Fuel Fight Over Universe’s First Light[:]
[:eu]Researchers have looked further into the early universe than ever before. The new discoveries should make clear just how much black holes contributed to the reionization of the universe, even […]
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[:eu]A Defense of the Reality of Time[:]
[:eu]Time isn’t just another dimension, argues Tim Maudlin. To make his case, he’s had to reinvent geometry.[:]
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[:eu]Swirling Bacteria Linked to the Physics of Phase Transitions[:]
[:eu]The new experiments suggest that simple models can explain the behavior of thousands of interacting organisms.[:]
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[:eu]The Quantum Thermodynamics Revolution[:]
[:eu]As physicists extend the 19th-century laws of thermodynamics to the quantum realm, they’re rewriting the relationships among energy, entropy and information.[:]
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[:eu]The Secret Power of the Cell’s Waste Bin[:]
[:eu]Trash collectors in the cell moonlight at the controls of the genetic machinery.[:]
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[:eu]A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost[:]
[:eu]When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming.[:]
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[:eu]Physicists Attack Math’s $1,000,000 Question[:]
[:eu]Physicists are attempting to map the distribution of the prime numbers to the energy levels of a particular quantum system.[:]
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[:eu]Quantum Questions Inspire New Math[:]
[:eu]In order to fully understand the quantum world, we may have to develop a new realm of mathematics.[:]
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[:eu]A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold[:]
[:eu]For decades, researchers believed that violent supernovas forged gold and other heavy elements. But many now argue for a different cosmic quarry.[:]