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Three Decades Later, Mystery Numbers Explained
...toward understanding. Instead of simply cataloging mysterious phenomena — these sets of numbers match! — mathematicians are beginning to really explain why mirror phenomena occur at all. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses
...information about a cell? An incomplete and defective virus particle? A vesicle carrying viral components? Classifying the closely related particles that cells release can be a challenge. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Cell by Cell, Scientists Map the Genetic Steps as Eggs Become Animals
...system. The third video shows a close-up of the embryonic frog’s face as the eyes begin to take shape. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine; Source: Enrique Amaya Enrique Amaya (left and right);...
How Many Genes Do Cells Need? Maybe Almost All of Them
...corrected on April 23 to read “Anastasia Baryshnikova, University of Toronto.” The activities of genes in complex organisms, including humans, may be deeply interrelated. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine; Model by: TheEmptyRoom...
Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician
...shade. (Click here for a high-resolution version.) De Grey’s 1,581-vertex graph. (Click here for a high-resolution version.) Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine; Source: Marijn Heule Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine; Source: Aubrey de Grey...
Trouble Detected in Infamous Dark Matter Signal
...A technician works on the detectors for the DAMA experiment, which uses 250 kilograms of sodium iodide in an attempt to find dark matter. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine © DAMA-LIBRA Collaboration/LNGS-INFN...
New Brain Maps With Unmatched Detail May Change Neuroscience
...in the brain are shown. In the third image, the pathways from many more of the neurons are superimposed. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine; Original by ktsdesign jeansweep for Quanta Magazine Cold...
Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth
...on intact tadpole development (A). Yet they add to the abnormalities in tadpoles that lack a brain (B). Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00597-2 Courtesy of Celia Herrera-Rincon and Michael Levin doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00597-2...
To Test Einstein’s Equations, Poke a Black Hole
...a reliable experimental guide to the universe. Now mathematicians may be getting closer to demonstrating exactly why they work so well. This article was reprinted on ScientificAmerican.com. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...