Quanta

[:eu]Physicists are attempting to map the distribution of the prime numbers to the energy levels of a particular quantum system.[:]

[:eu]In order to fully understand the quantum world, we may have to develop a new realm of mathematics.[:]

[:eu]For decades, researchers believed that violent supernovas forged gold and other heavy elements. But many now argue for a different cosmic quarry.[:]

[:eu]Examine evolution over the course of years or centuries, and you’ll find that it progresses much more quickly than it does over geologic time. Now the oldest viruses on the […]

[:eu]Computational physicist Sharon Glotzer is uncovering the rules by which complex collective phenomena emerge from simple building blocks.[:]

[:eu]For centuries, mathematicians tried to solve problems by adding new values to the usual numbers. Now they’re investigating the unintended consequences of that tinkering.[:]

[:eu]A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories.[:]

[:eu]For Sylvia Serfaty, mathematics is all about truth and beauty and building scientific and human connections.[:]

[:eu]Physicists are closing the door on an intriguing loophole around the quantum phenomenon Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.”[:]