Quanta Magazineflipped into PhysicsPhysics How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics Quanta Magazine - Charlie Wood Renormalization has become perhaps the single most important advance in theoretical physics in 50 years. In the 1940s, trailblazing physicists …
Quanta Magazineflipped into MathematicsAlgorithms A New Algorithm for Graph Crossings, Hiding in Plain Sight Quanta Magazine - Stephanie DeMarco Two computer scientists found — in the unlikeliest of places — just the idea they needed to make a big leap in graph theory. This past October, as …
Quanta Magazineflipped into BiologyInvertebrates ‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus Quanta Magazine - Esther Landhuis A novel form of immunological memory that was mostly ignored for a century extends the benefits of vaccines. It could be of help in ending the …
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