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Race to find COVID-19 treatments accelerates | Science
April 17, 2020Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations | Science
April 17, 2020https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6464/447.full
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Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second | Science | AAAS
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Some languages were clearly faster than others: no surprise there. But when the researchers took their final step—multiplying this rate by the bit rate to find out how much information moved per second—they were shocked by the consistency of their results. No matter how fast or slow, how simple or complex, each language gravitated toward an average rate of 39.15 bits per second, they report today in Science Advances. In comparison, the world’s first computer modem (which came out in 1959) had a transfer rate of 110 bits per second, and the average home internet connection today has a transfer rate of 100 megabits per second (or 100 million bits).
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Somatic evolution and global expansion of an ancient transmissible cancer lineage | Science
April 14, 2020Adrian Baez-Ortega1, Kevin Gori1,*, Andrea Strakova1,*, Janice L. Allen2, Karen M. Allum3, Leontine Bansse-Issa4, …. Michael R. Stratton62, Ludmil B. Alexandrov63, Iñigo Martincorena62, Elizabeth P. Murchison1,†
Science 02 Aug 2019:
Vol. 365, Issue 6452, eaau9923
DOI: 10.1126/science.aau9923
Kroger – Zero Hunger | Zero Waste
April 14, 2020The Human Screenome Project – In the Screenomics Lab at Stanford University
April 13, 2020The Human Screenome Project – In the Screenomics Lab at Stanford University
Biological composites—complex structures for functional diversity | Science
September 30, 2019http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6414/543
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An example is the combination of rigidity and flexibility in protein-based teeth of the squid sucker ring. Other examples are time-delayed actuation in plant seed pods triggered by environmental signals, such as fire and water, and surface nanostructures that combine light manipulation with mechanical protection or water repellency. Bioinspired engineering transfers some of these structural principles into technically more relevant base materials to obtain new, often unexpected combinations of material properties. Less appreciated is the huge potential of using bioinspired structural complexity to avoid unnecessary chemical diversity, enabling easier recycling and, thus, a more sustainable materials economy.
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