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Get the latest news delivered to your inbox. The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Individual cells in the brain light …
The Joy of Why Season 3 | Quanta Magazine
For two seasons of Quanta Magazine’s “The Joy of Why” podcast, mathematician and author Steven Strogatz has invited listeners to learn about the questions that drive the work of leading researchers.. Beginning February 1, listeners can look forward to season three of the podcast, with 24 new episodes and a new co-host, the cosmologist Janna Levin.
The Year in Biology | Quanta Magazine
2024年12月18日 · Biologists Meet the AI Revolution . In 2024, hardly a week could go by without some big new paper related to Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold2: a neural network that can accurately predict the three-dimensional structure of a folded protein from the one-dimensional string of its amino acid molecules.In drug discovery, for example, biologists tested its ability to identify new drug targets and ...
Kelsey Houston-Edwards - Quanta Magazine
2024年4月30日 · Kelsey Houston-Edwards is a freelance math and science writer and the former host of the online show PBS Infinite Series. You can find more of her writing at kelseyhoustonedwards.com.
Exotic New Superconductors Delight and Confound
2024年12月6日 · Researchers are still discussing why electrons stick together in these cases. Phonons fit the data in some ways, but something new also seems responsible.. But what really thrilled physicists was the promise of a fresh way to investigate superconductivity in general.
The Year in Math | Quanta Magazine
2024年12月16日 · I n May, a team of nine mathematicians announced a major breakthrough. They had proved what is called the geometric Langlands conjecture — a central component of a broader research program to build a “grand unified theory” of mathematics. The proof, which totaled more than 800 pages and marked the culmination of 30 years of work, was, in the words of one mathematician, a “crowning ...
Quantum Computers Cross Critical Error Threshold
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2024 in Review | Quanta Magazine
2024年12月18日 · Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held assumptions about the immune system and RNA.
It Might Be Possible to Detect Gravitons After All
2024年10月30日 · The discussion recalls a messy, largely forgotten episode from the dawn of the quantum era. In 1905, Einstein interpreted experimental data to mean that light is “quantized,” coming in discrete particles now called photons.
High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last
2022年9月21日 · The research advances the perennial ambition of the field: to take cuprate superconductivity and strengthen its underlying mechanism, in order to design world-changing materials capable of superconducting electricity at even higher temperatures.