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Viruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut

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Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in almost any environment, from the oceans to your intestines. But scientists don’t yet have a complete picture of how viruses affect their environments largely because of their extraordinary diversity and ability … Read more

Viruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut

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Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in almost any environment, from the oceans to your intestines. But scientists don’t yet have a complete picture of how viruses affect their environments largely because of their extraordinary diversity and ability … Read more

Fossilized dinosaur eggshells can preserve amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, for millions of years

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As a scientist, lab work can sometimes become monotonous. But in 2017, while a Ph.D. student of paleobiology at the University of Bristol in Britain, I heard a cheerful exclamation from across the room. Kirsty Penkman, head of the North East Amino Acid Racemization laboratory at the University of York, had just read the data … Read more

AI in biology could find the most creative answers to our climate problems

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Generative AI is being used to improve processes in many industries – from automating office work to creating better marketing materials – but it’s science and engineering where it could have even more impact. When used in combination with biology, generative AI can also be applied to reduce or even eliminate the industrial processes of … Read more