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www.quantamagazine.orgELDER CARE AND AGING
By deciphering the molecular signatures of millions of mouse cells, Junyue Cao has found that aging is not haphazard wear and tear but rather a “remodeling of the cell society.” The post Why Aging May Be a Program, Not a Breakdown first appeared on Quanta Magazine
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
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OCEAN AND MARINE SCIENCE
The math, which combines chaos, quantum theory, and infinitely complex fractal structures, has been called a “foundational result.” The post Graduate Student Proves a Quantum Uncertainty Principle for Fractals first appeared on Quanta Magazine
YALE UNIVERSITY
WATER RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT
A simple scaling law brings order to the chaos of flowing water, rock, and sediment. New findings have extended the law even further. The post Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
MARYLANDTEXASUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
HUMAN BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Neuroscientist Ishmail Abdus-Saboor discusses efforts to understand how skin contact can be painful or pleasurable, and what touch-obsessed naked mole rats might teach us about human social behavior. The post How Does Touch Lead To Pain Or Pleasure? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
PHILADELPHIADAVID GINTYDAVID JULIUS