Biology

AlphaFold is an AI system developed by DeepMind, an artificial intelligence laboratory based in London. AlphaFold is able to computationally predict protein structures with high accuracy and speed. This AI system has released over 200 million protein structure predictions, which are available to the global scientific community. Basically, if you…

DeepMind’s AlphaFold algorithm is a significant advancement in predicting protein structures without relying on experimental data…

Have you ever heard the saying, “you are what you eat”? Well, it turns out that you are also what you house inside you, and that is a lot of bacteria. In fact, for every human cell in your body, there are ten bacterial cells. That’s right; you’re more bacteria…

Globetrotters March Writing Prompt / Challenge — Green Around the World — At the time of writing, I am in Lombok, Indonesia. It is a sparsely settled tropical island, about five degrees south of the equator. Every day, I’ve been greeted by endless green, whether it be on the coast, the islands, or on the slopes of Mt. Rinjani. The rumpled topography…

AI and machine learning have made significant contributions to various fields, including deep biology. Deep biology is the study of complex biological systems at different levels of organisation, including molecules, cells, tissues, and organisms. …

Hey there! Today, I wanted to talk about a really important issue that's been in the news a lot lately: the role of methane emissions in global warming. Now, you might be wondering, what the heck is methane? Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is produced by a variety…