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[:es]Secret Workings of Smell Receptors Revealed for First Time[:]

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[:]

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[:]

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[:]

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[:]

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[:]

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[:]

A new proof establishes the boundary at which a shape becomes so corrugated, it can be crushed.
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[:es]A Burp or a Blast? Seismic Signals Reveal the Volcanic Eruption to Come[:]

Scientists have begun to decipher the subtle signs that reveal how explosive a volcanic eruption is going to be.
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[:es]Squishy Neutron Star Setback Dampens Hopes of Exotic Matter[:]

Groundbreaking results show that neutron stars of different masses may have the same size — upending astrophysical models.