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[:es]Elegant Six-Page Proof Reveals the Emergence of Random Structure[:]

Two young mathematicians have astonished their colleagues with a full proof of the Kahn-Kalai conjecture — a sweeping statement about how structure emerges in random sets and graphs.
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[:es]Which Computational Universe Do We Live In?[:]

Cryptographers want to know which of five possible worlds we inhabit, which will reveal whether truly secure cryptography is even possible.
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[:es]Deep Learning Poised to ‘Blow Up’ Famed Fluid Equations[:]

For centuries, mathematicians have tried to prove that Euler’s fluid equations can produce nonsensical answers. A new approach to machine learning has researchers betting that “blowup” is near.
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[:es]Newly Measured Particle Seems Heavy Enough to Break Known Physics[:]

A new analysis of W bosons suggests these particles are significantly heavier than predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.
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[:es]Beyond the Second Law[:]

Thanks to the power of fluctuation relations, physicists are taking the second law of thermodynamics to settings once thought impossible.
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[:es]Cells Blaze Their Own Trails to Navigate Through the Body[:]

With self-generated gradients of chemicals and physical tension, cells in the body steer themselves to vital destinations.
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[:es]Brain Chemical Helps Signal to Neurons When to Start a Movement[:]

Dopamine, a neurochemical often associated with reward behavior, also seems to help organize precisely when the brain initiates movements. It’s the latest revelation about the power of neuromodulators.
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[:es]An Antimatter Experiment Shows Surprises Near Absolute Zero[:]

An experiment conducted on hybrid matter-antimatter atoms has defied researchers’ expectations.
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[:es]Peptides on Stardust May Have Provided a Shortcut to Life[:]

The discovery that short peptides can form spontaneously on cosmic dust hints at more of a role for them in the earliest stages of life’s origin, on Earth or elsewhere.