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 By measuring the universe’s emptiest spaces, scientists can study how matter clumps together and how fast it flies apart. The […]

 The proof establishes new conditions that cause connected oscillators to sway in sync. The post New Proof Shows That ‘Expander’

 Knowing a little about the local connections on flight maps and other networks can reveal a lot about a system’s

 Quantum algorithms can find their way out of mazes exponentially faster than classical ones, at the cost of forgetting the

 A new result shows how much of the plane can be colored by points that are never exactly one unit

 By treating Earth as a topological insulator — a state of quantum matter — physicists found a powerful explanation for

 In some deep subterranean aquifers, cells have a chemical trick for making oxygen that could sustain whole underground ecosystems. The

 A new algorithm brings together the advantages of randomness and deterministic processes to reliably construct large prime numbers. The post

 Abnormal waves of electrical activity can cause a heart’s muscle cells to beat out of sync. In this episode, Flavio

 Extreme microorganisms carpeting the Atacama Desert in Chile illuminate how life might have first taken hold on Earth’s surface. The