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[:es]How Math Might Complete the Ultimate Physics Theory[:]

[:es]Even in an incomplete state, quantum field theory is the most successful physical theory ever discovered. Nathan Seiberg, one of its leading architects, talks about the gaps in QFT and […]
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[:es]Gas Giants’ Energy Crisis Solved After 50 Years[:]

[:es]Jupiter and Saturn should be freezing cold. Instead, they’re hot. Researchers now know why.[:]
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[:es]Secret Workings of Smell Receptors Revealed for First Time[:]

[:es]Researchers have finally seen how some smell receptors bind to odor molecules. The work yields new insights into one of the most mysterious and versatile senses.[:]
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[:es]Mathematicians Prove 2D Version of Quantum Gravity Really Works[:]

[:es]In three towering papers, a team of mathematicians has worked out the details of Liouville quantum field theory, a two-dimensional model of quantum gravity.[:]
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[:es]Graphene Superconductors May Be Less Exotic Than Physicists Hoped[:]

[:es]Superconductivity has been discovered in graphene devices without any twists, suggesting the form of superconductivity in the material might be mundane after all.[:]
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[:es]The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve[:]

[:es]The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound consequences for both math and physics.[:]
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[:es]DNA Jumps Between Animal Species. No One Knows How Often[:]

[:es]The discovery of a gene shared by two unrelated species of fish is the latest evidence that horizontal gene transfers occur surprisingly often in vertebrates.[:]
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[:es]Astronomers Find Secret Planet-Making Ingredient: Magnetic Fields[:]

[:es]Scientists have long struggled to understand how common planets form. A new supercomputer simulation shows that the missing ingredient may be magnetism.[:]
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[:es]Mathematicians Identify Threshold at Which Shapes Give Way[:]

[:es]A new proof establishes the boundary at which a shape becomes so corrugated, it can be crushed.[:]