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Francis Villatoro

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Informático, físico, doctor en matemáticas y divulgador científico; profesor de la Universidad de Málaga. Podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido. Blog La Ciencia de la Mula Francis en Naukas. Practico el arte de hacer fácil lo difícil. Aprendo cada día.

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Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 6d

Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2025: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred J. Ramsdell y Shimon Sakaguchi por descubrir la tolerancia inmunitaria periférica francis.naukas.com/2025/10/06/p...

Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2025: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred J. Ramsdell y Shimon Sakaguchi por descubrir la tolerancia inmunitaria periférica - La Ciencia de la Mula Francis

Mi predicción ha fallado este año de forma radical (solo tenía en el radar al galardonado japonés). Los padres de la tolerancia inmunitaria periférica reciben cada uno un tercio del […]

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Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 2h

#arXiv Tailoring materials into kirigami robots arxiv.org/abs/2510.07027 Applications of kirigami-enabled robots include grasping, locomotion, and wearables, showcasing their adaptability to diverse environments and tasks. Challenges remain in the design of cut patterns.

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#arXiv Predicting the future with magnons arxiv.org/abs/2510.06382 a magnetic microdisk in the vortex state as a magnon-scattering reservoir, the intrinsic nonlinear interactions transform a simple microwave input into a high-dimensional spectral output for reservoir computing.

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#arXiv Kekulé Superconductivity in Twisted Magic Angle Bilayer Graphene arxiv.org/abs/2510.06451 via an intra-valley, finite-momentum pair-density wave (PDW) which naturally incorporates a Kekulé distortion is essential towards understanding unconventional superconductivity

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#arXiv From two dimensions to wire networks in a dice-lattice Josephson array arxiv.org/abs/2510.07412 A model of flux dependence based on ballistic small-area junctions and diffusive large-area plaquettes yields excellent agreement with experiment.

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#arXiv What is the most optimal diffusion? arxiv.org/abs/2510.07571 A trivial answer would be "a process that converts a Dirac delta-function into a uniform distribution infinitely fast". A non-local process is proposed.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 3h

#arXiv Asymptotic Vanishing of the Success Probability in Shor's Algorithm arxiv.org/abs/2510.06271 The asymptotic vanishing of success probability explains the empirical absence of large-N implementations of Shor's algorithm and sets a fundamental limit on its scalability.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 3h

#arXiv What is Quantum Computer Security? arxiv.org/abs/2510.07334 IBM Quantum, Amazon Braket, and Microsoft Azure provide cloud-based access to quantum processors, making them more widely available than ever before. Quantum computing is not magically immune to security threats.

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#arXiv Integer Factoring with Unoperations arxiv.org/abs/2510.08027 Unoperation Un(O) of some operation O: Given a valid output of O, the corresponding unoperation produces a set of all valid inputs to O that produce the given output. Factoring integer numbers with unmultiplier.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 3h

#arXiv Cosmological Hydrodynamics at Exascale: A Trillion-Particle Leap in Capability arxiv.org/abs/2510.03557 CRK-HACC executed Frontier-E achieved 513.1 PFLOPs peak performance, processing 46.6 billion particles per second and writing more than 100 PB of data in 1 week runtime.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 3h

#arXiv The width of a black hole atmosphere arxiv.org/abs/2510.03242 // doi.org/10.55318/bgj... by solving the Klein-Gordon equation in the quasi-classical approximation. Particles near the horizon are unlikely to cross the Schwarzschild horizon, either absorbed or reflected back.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 3h

Clarification: Diamagnetism explains all their plots.

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#arXiv Signs of Possible High-Temperature Superconductivity in Graphite Intercalated with Lithium-Based Alloys arxiv.org/abs/2510.03256 Temperature-dependent measurements of electrical resistance reveal transitions with Tc in the range of 240-350 K at ambient pressure.

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Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 3h

#arXiv Inspiring stories from women in astronomy in Africa arxiv.org/abs/2510.05195 collection of biographies and tapestry of resilience, passion, and scientific excellence woven through the lives of women who have ventured into the cosmos from the African continent.

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Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 4h

#arXiv The Hidden Wheel-Within arxiv.org/abs/2510.06830 its underlying physical ingredients, is the existence of a neutrally-stable, shape-invariant and actively driven elastic mode. There are various man-made realizations of the wheel-within.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 4h

#arXiv Non-invasive optical quantification of methanol in bottled spirits arxiv.org/abs/2510.06593 based on Raman spectroscopy: limit of detection of 0.2% (v/v) methanol in 40% ethanol was achieved, well below the 2% (v/v) threshold for safe human consumption.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 4h

#arXiv A laser with instability reaching 4×10 ⁻¹⁷ based on a 10-cm-long silicon cavity at sub-5-K temperatures arxiv.org/abs/2510.06636 a new record for optical cavities that provides a prototypical system for using long cryogenic cavities to enhance frequency stabilities.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 4h

#arXiv Notes from the Physics Teaching Lab: Diode Laser Spectroscopy at 658 nm arxiv.org/abs/2510.07154 A small holographic grating disperses light onto a camera driving a large display monitor, providing a high-resolution, real-time look at the laser output spectrum.

Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 4h

#arXiv An Introduction to Mars Terraforming, 2025 Workshop Summary arxiv.org/abs/2510.07344 The story is told in reverse, beginning with possible planetary endpoints and tracing backward to the steps required to reach them. cc @hectorsocas.bsky.social

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Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 6h

Podcast CB SyR 527: Premios Nobel de ciencias de 2025, biomecánica de los escutoides y Cassini en géiseres de Encelado francis.naukas.com/2025/10/12/p...

Podcast CB SyR 527: Premios Nobel de ciencias de 2025, biomecánica de los escutoides y Cassini en géiseres de Encelado - La Ciencia de la Mula Francis

Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 527 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A, iVoox B; ApplePod A, ApplePod B], titulado “Premios Nobel; Escutoides; Encélado”, 09 oct 2025. «La tertulia s...

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Alejandro Polanco Masa @alpoma.bsky.social · 1d

Hoy nos visita en TecOb un reloj gravitatorio de mesa de 1923: alpoma.net/tecob/?p=15429

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Carlos Briones @brionesci.bsky.social · 1d

Cuadragésimo primer fin de semana del año. Así comienza el capítulo 41 de #ABordoDeTuCuriosidad (Ed. Crítica, 2024)

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Daniel Marín @eurekablog.bsky.social · 1d

En el blog > El motor Teprel-C de vacío de PLD Space cobra vida danielmarin.naukas.com/2025/10/09/e...

El motor Teprel-C de vacío de PLD Space cobra vida - Eureka

Últimamente la empresa española PLD Space está que se sale. La compañía sigue adelante con sus planes de lanzar por primera vez el Miura 5 desde la Guayana Francesa lo […]

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Javier Peláez @irreductible.bsky.social · 1d

🔔NUEVO CAPÍTULO en el Podcast Irreductible‼️
La Serie Antártica llega a una expedición épica dentro de la historia de la exploración: El tercer viaje de Weddell.

Si eres mecenas ya puedes escucharlo, si no... anímate!!

▶️Patreon: www.patreon.com/Irreductible

▶️Ivoox: www.ivoox.com/podcast-alde...

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Cuaderno de Cultura Científica @culturacientifica.com · 1d

En los últimos años se ha demostrado que existe un eje bidireccional entre el cerebro, el intestino y la microbiota.

¿Se puede trasplantar la enfermedad mental?

Si existe un eje bidireccional entre el cerebro, el intestino y la microbiota, ¿se puede trasplantar la enfermedad mental?

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Cuaderno de Cultura Científica @culturacientifica.com · 2d

En las pinturas al óleo pueden producirse alteraciones por las interacciones entre sus componentes químicos y por factores externos. Por ejemplo, pueden aparecer sustancias blanquecinas.

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