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[:es]Quantum Complexity Tamed by Machine Learning[:]

[:es]If scientists understood exactly how electrons act in molecules, they’d be able to predict the behavior of everything from experimental drugs to high-temperature superconductors. Following decades of physics-based insights, artificial […]
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[:es]Secrets of Early Animal Evolution Revealed by Chromosome ‘Tectonics’[:]

[:es]Large blocks of genes conserved through hundreds of millions of years of evolution hint at how the first animal chromosomes came to be.[:]
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[:es]Why Triangles Are Easy and Tetrahedra Are Hard[:]

[:es]The triangle angle sum theorem makes working with triangles easy. What happens when you can’t rely on it?[:]
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[:es]In a Numerical Coincidence, Some See Evidence for String Theory[:]

[:es]In a quest to map out a quantum theory of gravity, researchers have used logical rules to calculate how much Einstein’s theory must change. The result matches string theory perfectly.[:]
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[:es]Any Single Galaxy Reveals the Composition of an Entire Universe[:]

[:es]In computer simulations of possible universes, researchers have discovered that a neural network can infer the amount of matter in a whole universe by studying just one of its galaxies.[:]
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[:es]Mathematicians Clear Hurdle in Quest to Decode Primes[:]

[:es]Paul Nelson has solved the subconvexity problem, bringing mathematicians one step closer to understanding the Riemann hypothesis and the distribution of prime numbers.[:]
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[:es]Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution[:]

[:es]A surprising new solution to Leonhard Euler’s famous “36 officers puzzle” offers a novel way of encoding quantum information.[:]
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[:es]Qubits Can Be as Safe as Bits, Researchers Show[:]

[:es]A new result shows that quantum information can theoretically be protected from errors just as well as classical information can. [:]
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[:es]Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning[:]

[:es]Scientists have never been able to adequately explain where lightning comes from. Now the first detailed observations of its emergence inside a cloud have exposed how electric fields grow strong […]