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Mathematicians Prove Symmetry of Phase Transitions

By Allison Whitten
July 8, 2021
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A group of mathematicians has shown that at critical moments, a symmetry called rotational invariance is a universal property across many physical systems.

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How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics

By Charlie Wood
September 17, 2020
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Renormalization has become perhaps the single most important advance in theoretical physics in 50 years.

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The Cartoon Picture of Magnets That Has Transformed Science

By Charlie Wood
June 24, 2020
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One hundred years after it was proposed, the Ising model is used to understand everything from magnets to brains.

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The Universal Law That Aims Time’s Arrow

By Natalie Wolchover
August 1, 2019
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A new look at a ubiquitous phenomenon has uncovered unexpected fractal behavior that could give us clues about the early universe and the arrow of time.

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Bubble Experiment Finds Universal Laws

By Charlie Wood
July 31, 2019
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Physicists have found examples of “universality” in a system of confined bubbles. The work could help researchers understand the strange behavior of singularities.

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Universal Pattern Explains Why Materials Conduct

By Kevin Hartnett
May 6, 2019
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Mathematicians have found that materials conduct electricity when electrons follow a universal mathematical pattern.

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The Universal Pattern Popping Up in Math, Physics and Biology

By Thomas Lin
August 23, 2018
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Quanta’s In Theory video series returns with an exploration of a mysterious mathematical pattern found throughout nature.

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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.

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A Bird’s-Eye View of Nature’s Hidden Order

By Natalie Wolchover
July 12, 2016
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Scientists are exploring a mysterious pattern, found in birds’ eyes, boxes of marbles and other surprising places, that is neither regular nor random.


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