Given the amino-acid sequence or 3D structure of a protein, how much can we predict about its function using just a desktop computer? The recent explosive growth in the volume of sequence data and ...

Tyler Kartzinel likens protecting biodiversity to enhancing cellphone networks. His analogy is pretty straightforward: look for gaps in coverage, and then do what’s needed to fill them. “Engineers ...

With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new way of analyzing fossils, allowing them to see how creatures ...

For 50 years, scientists believed that schools of fish would save the most energy by swimming in flat diamond formations.

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

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