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Once Thought To Support Neurons, Astrocytes Turn Out To Be in Charge
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The human brain is a vast network of billions of neurons. By...
Networks Hold the Key to a Decades-Old Problem About Waves
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Two centuries ago, Joseph Fourier gave mathematicians a magical technique. He conjectured...
Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard?
4 days ago
In July 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe...
Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes
7 days ago
Nearly three years ago, a particle from space slammed into the Mediterranean...
How Animals Build a Sense of Direction
9 days ago
On a remote island in the Indian Ocean, six closely watched bats...
Two Twisty Shapes Resolve a Centuries-Old Topology Puzzle
10 days ago
Imagine if our skies were always filled with a thick layer of...
Why There’s No Single Best Way To Store Information
14 days ago
Just as there’s no single best way to organize your bookshelf, there’s...
String Theory Can Now Describe a Universe That Has Dark Energy
16 days ago
In 1998, astronomers discovered dark energy. The finding, which transformed our conception...
Cells Use ‘Bioelectricity’ To Coordinate and Make Group Decisions
18 days ago
We’re used to thinking of the brain as an electric organ. The...
Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations
21 days ago
Nearly 200 years ago, the physicists Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes...
Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality
23 days ago
Read a story about dogs, and you may remember it the next...
In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything
25 days ago
Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty it. You...