Data centers—dedicated spaces for storing, processing and disseminating data—enable everything from cloud computing to video streaming. In the process, they consume a large amount of energy transferring data back and ...
Nanophysics
Jul 8, 2022
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In the field of bioinformatics, DNA analysis can be performed with data sketching, a method that systematically reduces the size of a dataset to a smaller sample that allows scientists to analyze and approximate it at greater ...
Biotechnology
Jul 5, 2022
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The chemical industry has only scratched the surface of possible molecules that could be used as drugs, which is unimaginably greater than the number of stars in the universe. To make navigating this vast chemical space more ...
Other
Jun 30, 2022
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12
Is it true that many languages in the world use words similar to "mama" and "papa" for "mother" and "father"? If a language uses only one word for both "arm" and "hand," does it also use only one word for both "leg" and "foot"? ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2022
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Feminicide, the most extreme outcome of gender-related violence, is a worldwide problem. In 2017, 87,000 women were intentionally killed. However, we don't know how many of these killings were gender-related. We need to know ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2022
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2
Combining AlphaFold2 with experimental and computational techniques has helped scientists figure out the human nuclear pore complex's architecture in greater detail than ever before.
Biotechnology
Jun 10, 2022
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468
Just as it's hard to understand a conversation without knowing its context, it can be difficult for biologists to grasp the significance of gene expression without knowing a cell's environment. To solve that problem, researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 16, 2022
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126
Researchers at ETH Zurich have conducted a detailed study of neurulation—how the neural tube forms during embryonic development. They conclude that this happens less actively than previously thought. This also has implications ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 16, 2022
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17
With the help of the world's most powerful supercomputer and new artificial intelligence techniques, an international team of researchers has theorized how the extreme conditions in stars produce carbon-12, which they describe ...
General Physics
May 11, 2022
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344
Earth's oceans are warming and becoming more acidic as the climate changes. For much of the flora and fauna of the sea, that could mean extinction, unless species can adapt to new conditions and food sources—or migrate ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2022
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