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[:es]In New Math Proofs, Artificial Intelligence Plays to Win[:]

A new computer program fashioned after artificial intelligence systems like AlphaGo has solved several open problems in combinatorics and graph theory.
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[:es]A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws [:]

For three decades, researchers hunted in vain for new elementary particles that would have explained why nature looks the way it does. As physicists confront that failure, they’re reexamining a […]
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[:es]A Billion Years Before Sex, Ancient Cells Were Equipped for It[:]

Molecular detective work is zeroing in on the origins of sexual reproduction. The protein tools for cell mergers seem to have long predated sex — so what were they doing?
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[:es]AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware[:]

Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.
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[:es]New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory[:]

Researchers have mapped hundreds of semantic categories to the tiny bits of the cortex that represent them in our thoughts and perceptions. What they discovered might change our view of […]
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[:es]Quantum Complexity Tamed by Machine Learning[:]

If scientists understood exactly how electrons act in molecules, they’d be able to predict the behavior of everything from experimental drugs to high-temperature superconductors. Following decades of physics-based insights, artificial […]
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[:es]Secrets of Early Animal Evolution Revealed by Chromosome ‘Tectonics’[:]

Large blocks of genes conserved through hundreds of millions of years of evolution hint at how the first animal chromosomes came to be.
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[:es]Why Triangles Are Easy and Tetrahedra Are Hard[:]

The triangle angle sum theorem makes working with triangles easy. What happens when you can’t rely on it?
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[:es]In a Numerical Coincidence, Some See Evidence for String Theory[:]

In a quest to map out a quantum theory of gravity, researchers have used logical rules to calculate how much Einstein’s theory must change. The result matches string theory perfectly.