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Jeanette Kazmierczak

Jeanette Kazmierczak

Former Editorial Producer

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Abstractions blog

Air Traffic Control for Random Surfaces

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
August 5, 2016
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Mathematicians have had a hard time finding commonalities in large groups of random shapes — until recently.

Interviews

Miranda Cheng: A Moonshine Master Toys With String Theory

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
August 4, 2016

Miranda Cheng explains what umbral moonshine is and how it might illuminate string theory.

Abstractions blog

Hope That an Old Drug Might Treat Zika

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
July 11, 2016
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Scientists are having a difficult time finding a treatment for the Zika virus in part because so few drugs are safe for pregnant women. But one antibiotic has shown promise.

In Theory

How Does Life Come From Randomness?

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
June 30, 2016

David Kaplan explains how the law of increasing entropy could drive random bits of matter into the stable, orderly structures of life.

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Handicapping the 2018 Fields Medal

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
June 28, 2016
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Peter Scholze is a favorite to win one of the highest honors in mathematics for his contributions in number theory and geometry.

Abstractions blog

How to Grow Metal-Eating Microbes

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
June 21, 2016
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Metal-eating microbes get energy from rocks and could teach us about life on other worlds — but first scientists had to learn how to grow them in the lab.

Abstractions blog

Have Physicists Discovered a New Boson?

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
June 14, 2016
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A group of little-known Hungarian physicists claim to have found a new fundamental particle. Now other researchers are raising questions about the team’s past work.

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Suchitra Sebastian: An Explorer of Quantum Borderlands

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
June 9, 2016

Suchitra Sebastian talks about how extreme conditions can create unexpected quantum behavior.

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Ken Ono: A Life Inspired by an Unexpected Genius

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
May 19, 2016

Ken Ono explains how Ramanujan has served as his “guardian angel” throughout his life and career.


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