Particle Physicists Detect ‘Magic’ at the Large Hadron Collider

Plus: How we parse words and meaning; 'Reverse mathematics'; An uber-minimal cell; All about Lie groups; Crater Lake's clarity

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser QUANTUM PHYSICS | ALL TOPICS   Particle Physicists Detect 'Magic' at the Large Hadron Collider By SHALMA WEGSMAN The supercollider is now being used to explore quantum phenomena, including a "magic" form of quantum entanglement. Read the article Q&A   The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses Language By JOHN PAVLUS For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to LLMs. Read the article COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY   'Reverse Mathematics' Illuminates Why Hard Problems Are Hard By BEN BRUBAKER Computer scientists know that certain problems in their field are hard, but proving their difficulty is a hard problem unto itself. A topsy-turvy approach to mathematics has helped show why. Read the article GENOMICS   A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life By JAKE BUEHLER The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity. Read the article GROUP THEORY   What Are Lie Groups? By LEILA SLOMAN By combining the language of groups with that of geometry and linear algebra, Marius Sophus Lie created one of math's most powerful tools. Read the article THE QUANTA PODCAST   What Happens When Lakes Stop Mixing Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL with RACHEL NUWER Host Samir Patel and contributing writer Rachel Nuwer discuss what gives Crater Lake its vivid blue color, and what its data can tell us about the way water moves through a deep temperate lake. Listen (Apple) | Listen (Spotify) Read the article Follow Quanta Unsubscribe | About Quanta | My Bookmarks Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2025 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010