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[:es]Is the Great Neutrino Puzzle Pointing to Multiple Missing Particles?[:]

[:es]Years of conflicting neutrino measurements have led physicists to propose a “dark sector” of invisible particles — one that could simultaneously explain dark matter, the puzzling expansion of the universe, […]
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[:es]An Ultra-Precise Clock Shows How to Link the Quantum World With Gravity[:]

[:es]Time was found to flow differently between the top and bottom of a single cloud of atoms. Physicists hope that such a system will one day help them combine quantum […]
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[:es]The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds[:]

[:es]Scientists thought that the brain’s hearing centers might just process speech along with other sounds. But new work suggests that speech gets some special treatment very early on.[:]
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[:es]A Hint of Dark Matter Sends Physicists Looking to the Skies[:]

[:es]After a search of neutron stars finds preliminary evidence for hypothetical dark matter particles called axions, astrophysicists are devising new ways to spot them.[:]
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[:es]Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy[:]

[:es]A new model of learning centers on bursts of neural activity that act as teaching signals — approximating backpropagation, the algorithm behind learning in AI.[:]
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[:es]How Animals Map 3D Spaces Surprises Brain Researchers[:]

[:es]When animals move through 3D spaces, the neat system of grid cell activity they use for navigating on flat surfaces gets more disorderly. That has implications for some ideas about […]
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[:es]A New Link to an Old Model Could Crack the Mystery of Deep Learning[:]

[:es]To help them explain the shocking success of deep neural networks, researchers are turning to older but better-understood models of machine learning.[:]
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[:es]Mathematicians Prove Melting Ice Stays Smooth[:]

[:es]After decades of effort, mathematicians now have a complete understanding of the complicated equations that model the motion of free boundaries, like the one between ice and water.[:]
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[:es]Major Quantum Computing Strategy Suffers Serious Setbacks[:]

[:es]So-called topological quantum computing would avoid many of the problems that stand in the way of full-scale quantum computers. But high-profile missteps have led some experts to question whether the […]