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[:es]As chemists tie the most complicated molecular knot yet, biophysicists create a “periodic table” that describes what kinds of knots are possible. [:]

[:es]Odd enough to potentially model the strangeness of the physical world, complex numbers with “imaginary” components are rooted in the familiar.[:]

[:es]In a major mathematical achievement, a small team of researchers has proven Zimmer’s conjecture.[:]

[:es]The idea that the universe splits into multiple realities with every measurement has become an increasingly popular proposed solution to the mysteries of quantum mechanics. But this “many-worlds interpretation” is […]

[:es]Oil droplets guided by “pilot waves” have failed to reproduce the results of the quantum double-slit experiment, crushing a century-old dream that there exists a single, concrete reality.[:]

[:es]The mystery of ’Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever observed, continues to deepen. A new analysis argues that if it were a comet, it would have broken apart as it […]

[:es]Like a car that’s twice as heavy as the steel that went into it, exoplanets are far more massive than the material that they’re built out of. The new finding […]

[:es]The availability of new genomes for 16 diverse strains of laboratory mice will help accelerate research into the genetic underpinnings of human traits and diseases.[:]

[:es]By measuring mechanical forces inside an embryo for the first time, researchers have shown how a physical “jamming” mechanism assists development.[:]