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[:es]Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials[:]

Two teams of physicists have created the “Higgs mode” – a link between particle physics and the physics of matter. The work could help researchers understand the strange behavior of […]
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The latest artificial intelligence systems start from zero knowledge of a game and grow to world-beating in a matter of hours. But researchers are struggling to apply these systems beyond […]

[:es]Scant Evidence of Power Laws Found in Real-World Networks[:]

A new study challenges one of the most celebrated and controversial ideas in network science.

[:es]Evolution Saves Species From ‘Kill the Winner’ Disasters[:]

Modelers find evidence that a combination of competition, predation and evolution will push ecosystems toward species diversity anywhere in the universe.

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[:es]The Argument Against Quantum Computers[:]

The mathematician Gil Kalai believes that quantum computers can’t possibly work, even in principle.

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[:es]Quantum Algorithms Struggle Against Old Foe: Clever Computers[:]

The quest for “quantum supremacy” – unambiguous proof that a quantum computer does something faster than an ordinary computer – has paradoxically led to a boom in quasi-quantum classical algorithms. […]

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[:es]The Era of Quantum Computing Is Here. Outlook: Cloudy[:]

Quantum computers should soon be able to beat classical computers at certain basic tasks. But before they’re truly powerful, researchers have to overcome a number of fundamental roadblocks.

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[:es]Fossil Discoveries Challenge Ideas About Earth’s Start[:]

A series of fossil finds suggests that life on Earth started earlier than anyone thought, calling into question a widely held theory of the solar system’s beginnings.

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[:es]With ‘Downsized’ DNA, Flowering Plants Took Over the World[:]

Compact genomes and tiny cells gave flowering plants an edge over competing flora. This discovery hints at a broader evolutionary principle.