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[:es]New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations[:]

By harnessing randomness, a new algorithm achieves a fundamentally novel — and faster — way of performing one of the most basic computations in math and computer science.
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[:es]Decades-Long Quest Reveals Details of the Proton’s Inner Antimatter[:]

Twenty years ago, physicists set out to investigate a mysterious asymmetry in the proton’s interior. Their results, published today, show how antimatter helps stabilize every atom’s core.
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[:es]Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets[:]

A new proof demonstrates the power of arithmetic dynamics, an emerging discipline that combines insights from number theory and dynamical systems.
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[:es]Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn[:]

The learning algorithm that enables the runaway success of deep neural networks doesn’t work in biological brains, but researchers are finding alternatives that could.
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[:es]Zen and the Art of Puzzle Solving[:]

Sometimes the act of solving a puzzle can itself reveal hidden insights.
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[:es]Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries[:]

By digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insights into sleep, aging and more.
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[:es]Some Proteins Change Their Folds to Perform Different Jobs[:]

Unusual proteins that can quickly fold into different shapes provide cells with a novel regulatory mechanism.
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[:es]Tetrahedron Solutions Finally Proved Decades After Computer Search[:]

Four mathematicians have cataloged all the tetrahedra with rational angles, resolving a question about basic geometric shapes using techniques from number theory.
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[:es]The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic[:]

In the fight against COVID-19, disease modelers have struggled with misunderstanding and misuse of their work. They have also come to realize how unready the state of modeling was for […]