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[:es]The Year in Biology[:]
Momentum for new ideas in Alzheimer’s research joined advances in neuroscience, developmental biology and origin-of-life studies to make 2022 a memorable year of biological insights.
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[:es]The Year in Physics[:]
[:es]In a year filled with sweet new observations in astronomy and tantalizing breakthroughs in condensed matter physics, the brand-new space telescope takes the cake.[:]
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[:es]‘Nasty’ Geometry Breaks Decades-Old Tiling Conjecture[:]
Mathematicians predicted that if they imposed enough restrictions on how a shape might tile space, they could force a periodic pattern to emerge. But they were wrong.
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[:es]What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer.[:]
After decades in the shadow of the reigning model for Alzheimer’s disease, alternative explanations are finally getting the attention they deserve.
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[:es]Physicists Create a Holographic Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer[:]
The unprecedented experiment explores the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information, even as the work’s interpretation remains disputed.
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[:es]The Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements[:]
Researchers discover that to sharpen its control over precise maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals — not the signals themselves.
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[:es]AI Reveals New Possibilities in Matrix Multiplication[:]
[:es]Inspired by the results of a game-playing neural network, mathematicians have been making unexpected advances on an age-old math problem.[:]
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[:es]The Gut Microbiome Helps Social Skills Develop in the Brain[:]
New research in fish suggests that gut microbes can have a crucial early influence on the brain’s social development.
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[:es]New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI[:]
An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers.