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  • Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

    The Simons Foundation’s MPS division is pleased to announce the creation of the Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem.

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  • Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain

    The new Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain is now accepting applications.

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    SFARI Gene is an evolving database for the autism research community that is centered on genes implicated in autism susceptibility.

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Foundation Updates

Simons Summer Research Program Sends Three Fellows to the Intel Science Talent Search Finals

Three students who participated in the 2013 Simons Summer Research program at Stony Brook University are finalists in this year’s Intel Science Talent Search.

Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem
Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on Algorithms and Geometry
Simons Genome Diversity Project
Event:March 12, 2014: Learning With a Nontrivial Teacher

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Mathematical Impressions: Change Ringing

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Science Lives: Phillip Griffiths

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Jim Hudspeth

Simons Science Series: The Energetic Ear

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Science Lives: Margaret Wright

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Mathematical Impressions: Art Imitates Math

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Science of Climate: Climate Projections over North America in the Coming Decades

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Quanta Magazine

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Astrophysics

Case for Dark Matter Signal Strengthens

By: Natalie Wolchover

A new analysis strengthens the case that gamma rays emanating from the center of the Milky Way come from dark matter particles known as WIMPs.

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Mathematics

A Fluid New Path in Grand Math Challenge

By: Erica Klarreich

A daring speculation offers a potential way forward in one of the great unsolved problems of mathematics: the behavior of the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flow.

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Biology

Scientists Reveal Structure of Pain Sensor

By: Emily Singer

Scientists have finally resolved the structure of the molecule that responds to chili peppers, high temperatures and spider toxins.

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