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[:es]Mathematicians Coax Fluid Equations Into Nonphysical Solutions[:]
[:es]The famed Navier-Stokes equations can lead to cases where more than one result is possible, but only in an extremely narrow set of situations.[:]
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[:es]Secrets of the Moon’s Permanent Shadows Are Coming to Light[:]
[:es]Robots are about to venture into the sunless depths of lunar craters to investigate ancient water ice trapped there, while remote studies find hints about how water arrives on rocky […]
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[:es]Elegant Six-Page Proof Reveals the Emergence of Random Structure[:]
[:es]Two young mathematicians have astonished their colleagues with a full proof of the Kahn-Kalai conjecture — a sweeping statement about how structure emerges in random sets and graphs. [:]
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[:es]Which Computational Universe Do We Live In?[:]
[:es]Cryptographers want to know which of five possible worlds we inhabit, which will reveal whether truly secure cryptography is even possible.[:]
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[:es]Deep Learning Poised to ‘Blow Up’ Famed Fluid Equations[:]
[:es]For centuries, mathematicians have tried to prove that Euler’s fluid equations can produce nonsensical answers. A new approach to machine learning has researchers betting that “blowup” is near.[:]
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[:es]Newly Measured Particle Seems Heavy Enough to Break Known Physics[:]
[:es]A new analysis of W bosons suggests these particles are significantly heavier than predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.[:]
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[:es]Beyond the Second Law[:]
[:es]Thanks to the power of fluctuation relations, physicists are taking the second law of thermodynamics to settings once thought impossible.[:]
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[:es]Cells Blaze Their Own Trails to Navigate Through the Body[:]
[:es]With self-generated gradients of chemicals and physical tension, cells in the body steer themselves to vital destinations.[:]
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[:es]Brain Chemical Helps Signal to Neurons When to Start a Movement[:]
[:es]Dopamine, a neurochemical often associated with reward behavior, also seems to help organize precisely when the brain initiates movements. It’s the latest revelation about the power of neuromodulators.[:]