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Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe
...configuration has been “encoded” in a larger, eight-digit state. That evolution resembles a unitary one, in that there are two possibilities at the beginning and two at the end. But...
Is Perpetual Motion Possible at the Quantum Level?
...tie it back to that now? What did you get your chip to do? Khemani (26:53): Yeah, so any computation is just a time evolution. OK? But if you want...
Quaking Giants Might Solve the Mysteries of Stellar Magnetism
...is tipped on its side, meaning that the technique could determine the orientation of magnetic fields, which is crucial for updating models of stellar evolution. A second study, led by...
What Is the Nature of Time?
...that radiation tends to go out from things and not come in. There’s this arrow of time associated with evolution of life. And many others you could invent on the...
How Is Science Even Possible?
...ineffectiveness of mathematics in biology. Because, in fact, the real code is a product of evolution. And there’s nothing special about the number 20. So, this is an example of,...
Tracing the Hidden Hand of Magnetism in the Galaxy
...magnetism on the evolution of stars and galaxies, and Clark is one of the scientists spearheading this effort. As the leader of the Cosmic Magnetism and Interstellar Physics group at...
What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns Biology’s Wheels?
...“You can assume the system is working optimally,” said Aravinthan Samuel, a biophysicist at Harvard University. Evolution has created the flagellar motor, a combination propeller/brain that enables single-celled bacteria to...
The Hidden Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells
...cell sparsely enough to meander and hide efficiently when they need to. “The beautiful thing we see here is what a great designer evolution is,” said Dakota McCoy, an evolutionary...
A Bird’s-Eye View of Nature’s Hidden Order
...eagles, for instance, to spot mice from a mile high), and his lab studies the evolutionary adaptations that make this so. Many of these attributes are believed to have been...