Deep Learning Picks Apart DNA Data-Copying Puzzles

DNA, as a data-storage medium, is useful only when read, copied, and sent out elsewhere. The medium for conveying genetic information out of a cell’s nuclei is RNA—transcribed from DNA, which itself never leaves the cell’s nuclei. Now, using deep learning, researchers...

How Do Coronavirus Tests Work?

Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has finally moved from relying entirely on a single, flawed diagnostic test to having what may soon be an onslaught of testing options available from private entities. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration over...