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Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map

Ben Brubaker “It’s a great algorithm,” said Erik Demaine, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It’s very fast, simple,...

The Incredible Power of Quantum Memory

Lakshmi Chandrasekaran The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.It’s not easy to study quantum systems—collections of particles that follow...

The Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time

Charlie Wood “It provides a natural framework, or a bookkeeping mechanism, to assemble very large numbers of Feynman diagrams,” said Marcus Spradlin,...

The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects

Max G. Levy This developing field, known as aerial electroreception, opens up a new dimension of the natural world. “I find it...

How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea

Yasemin Saplakoglu To study the cell membranes of deep-sea animals, the biochemist Itay Budin (center) joined forces with marine biologists Steve Haddock...

Cells From Different Species Can Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA

Annie Melchor The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For a molecule of RNA, the world is a dangerous place....

‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work

Leila Sloman Figuring out what subgroups a group contains is one way to understand its structure. For example, the subgroups of Z6...

The Vagus Nerve’s Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense of Mind

R Douglas Fields The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.It is late at night. You are alone and wandering...

New Evidence Shows Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement

Ben Brubaker But not all questions about quantum systems are easier to answer using quantum algorithms. Some are equally easy for classical...

Stephen Hawking Was Wrong—Extremal Black Holes Are Possible

Steve Nadis Now two mathematicians have proved Hawking and his colleagues wrong. The new work—contained in a pair of recent papers by Christoph Kehle of the Massachusetts...

The Quantum Mechanics of the Greenhouse Effect

Joseph Howlett A key question was the origin of the logarithmic scaling of the greenhouse effect—the 2-to-5-degree temperature rise that models predict...

The Vacuum of Space Will Decay Sooner Than Expected

Matt von Hippel The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Vacuum decay, a process that could end the universe as...

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