Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS   Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math By  NATALIE WOLCHOVER Three physicists wanted to calculate how neutrinos change. They ended up discovering an unexpected relationship between some of the most ubiquitous objects in math. Read the article Share Tweet Forward ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   How the Neutrino's Tiny Mass Could Help Solve Big Mysteries By  MARCUS WOO  The KATRIN experiment is closing in on the mass of the neutrino, which could point to new laws of particle physics and reshape theories of cosmology. Read the blog ABSTRACTIONS BLOG(2018)   Evidence Found for a New Fundamental Particle By  NATALIE WOLCHOVER  An experiment has detected a possible harbinger of a revolutionary new elementary particle called the sterile neutrino, though many physicists remain skeptical. Read the blog IMMUNOLOGY   Cells That 'Taste' Danger Set Off Immune Responses By  CARRIE ARNOLD Taste and smell receptors in unexpected organs monitor the state of the body's natural microbial health and raise an alarm over invading parasites. Read the article Share Tweet Forward ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Immune Cells Measure Time to Identify Foreign Proteins By  JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Read the blog Q&A   Virginia Trimble Has Seen the Stars By  ELIZABETH LANDAU How a young celebrity became one of the first female astronomers at Caltech, befriended Richard Feynman, and ended up the world's foremost chronicler of the science of the night sky. Read the interview Share Tweet Forward COSMOLOGY   Cosmologists Debate How Fast the Universe Is Expanding By  NATALIE WOLCHOVER Read the article ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Mathematicians Calculate How Randomness Creeps In By  MARCUS WOO The goal of a 15 puzzle is to put numbered tiles in order. Now mathematicians have solved the opposite problem — how to scramble one. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS   A Child's Puzzle Has Helped Unlock the Secrets of Magnetism By  MARCUS WOO Read the article Follow Quanta Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Unsubscribe | About Quanta Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2019 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of Simons Foundation