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The Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology aims to advance understanding of the biology, ecology and biogeochemistry of microbial processes that dominate Earth’s largest biome: the global ocean. Image Credit: Armbrust Lab

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Foundation Updates

University of California, Santa Cruz to Develop Human Genome Variation Map

A team at the University of California, Santa Cruz aim to develop a graph-based human reference genome structure built from a diverse sampling of the human population.

Marc Kamionkowski, David Spergel Awarded 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize
arXiv Research Repository Hits One Million Articles
Stony Brook Discovery Fund Challenge Held at Simons Foundation
Autism’s Genetic Architecture Comes Into Focus
Jim Simons Addresses International Congress of Mathematicians in Korea
New SCOPE Investigators Announced
Matthew Church, SCOPE Investigator, Receives Early Career Award
SFARI Hosts Autism Research Social at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

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Science Lives: Dusa McDuff

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George Hart

Mathematical Impressions: Curved and Straight?

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Michael Young

Simons Science Series: Michael W. Young

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George Hart

Mathematical Impressions: Goldberg Polyhedra

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Nathan Seiberg: Where is Fundamental Physics Heading?

Reuben Hersh

Science Lives: Louis Nirenberg

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Quanta Magazine

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Biology

Killer Epidemic Is Invading Koala DNA

By: Emily Singer

An infection sweeping through Australia’s koala population is revealing how retroviruses insert themselves into the genome.

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Biology

Genetic Geometry Takes Shape

By: Ivan Amato

Inside the cell’s nucleus, the double helix folds up in myriad loops and twists. The quest to unravel this structure is revealing the subtle genetic orchestration of all life on Earth.

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Theoretical Physics

In Fake Universes, Evidence for String Theory

By: Natalie Wolchover

Researchers are demonstrating that, in certain contexts, string theory is the only consistent theory of quantum gravity. Might this make it true?  

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Quanta Magazine's mission is to enhance public understanding of research developments in mathematics and science. Quanta articles do not necessarily represent the views of the Simons Foundation.

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