Quanta
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[:eu]A Defense of the Reality of Time[:]
Time isn’t just another dimension, argues Tim Maudlin. To make his case, he’s had to reinvent geometry.
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[:eu]Swirling Bacteria Linked to the Physics of Phase Transitions[:]
The new experiments suggest that simple models can explain the behavior of thousands of interacting organisms.
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[:eu]The Quantum Thermodynamics Revolution[:]
As physicists extend the 19th-century laws of thermodynamics to the quantum realm, they’re rewriting the relationships among energy, entropy and information.
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[:eu]The Secret Power of the Cell’s Waste Bin[:]
Trash collectors in the cell moonlight at the controls of the genetic machinery.
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[:eu]A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost[:]
When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming.
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[:eu]Physicists Attack Math’s $1,000,000 Question[:]
Physicists are attempting to map the distribution of the prime numbers to the energy levels of a particular quantum system.
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[:eu]Quantum Questions Inspire New Math[:]
In order to fully understand the quantum world, we may have to develop a new realm of mathematics.
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[:eu]A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold[:]
For decades, researchers believed that violent supernovas forged gold and other heavy elements. But many now argue for a different cosmic quarry.
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[:eu]Evolution Runs Faster on Short Timescales[:]
Examine evolution over the course of years or centuries, and you’ll find that it progresses much more quickly than it does over geologic time. Now the oldest viruses on the […]