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Natalie Wolchover

Natalie Wolchover

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Physicists Attack Math’s $1,000,000 Question

By Natalie Wolchover
April 4, 2017
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Physicists are attempting to map the distribution of the prime numbers to the energy levels of a particular quantum system.

Thomas Royen at his home in Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany.
statistics

A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost

By Natalie Wolchover
March 28, 2017
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When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming.

Illustration: Yves Meyer and his wavelet
Abstractions blog

Yves Meyer, Wavelet Expert, Wins Abel Prize

By Natalie Wolchover
March 21, 2017
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The French mathematician was cited “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.”

Abstractions blog

19 Women Leading Math and Physics

By Natalie Wolchover
March 8, 2017
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Top women in mathematics and physics discuss how they got to where they are — and why there aren’t more of them.

Q&A

‘Digital Alchemist’ Seeks Rules of Emergence

By Natalie Wolchover
March 8, 2017
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Computational physicist Sharon Glotzer is uncovering the rules by which complex collective phenomena emerge from simple building blocks.

animated gif of a fractal tunnel
theoretical physics

Physicists Uncover Geometric ‘Theory Space’

By Natalie Wolchover
February 23, 2017
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A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories.

Particle measurement GIF illustration
quantum physics

Experiment Reaffirms Quantum Weirdness

By Natalie Wolchover
February 7, 2017
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Physicists are closing the door on an intriguing loophole around the quantum phenomenon Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.”

Photo of raindrops on a window by Philip Kraaijenbrink
Abstractions blog

Droplets That ‘Come to Life’

By Natalie Wolchover
January 20, 2017
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Life might have originated in droplets that behave surprisingly like living cells.

Illustration: Dividing Droplets
biophysics

Dividing Droplets Could Explain Life’s Origin

By Natalie Wolchover
January 19, 2017
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Researchers have discovered that simple “chemically active” droplets grow to the size of cells and spontaneously divide, suggesting they might have evolved into the first living cells.


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