Investigadores de EE UU han utilizado un novedoso método de almacenamiento de datos moleculares para codificar un pasaje de una novela de la escritora británica Jane Austen en una serie de oligómeros. Para lograrlo, han comprimido el texto en una cadena de bits mediante un algoritmo.

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The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment — one that physicists use to probe the physics of information.

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Un estudio aporta nuevas pruebas de que estos dinosaurios, considerados cazadores solitarios, en realidad podrían haber sido animales sociales

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An analysis of the costs of climate change caused by adding one tonne of methane to the atmosphere finds that high-income regions of the world should spend much more on efforts to lower such emissions than should low-income regions.

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Birusaren transmisioa eragozteko ezarrita dauden neurri batzuk (distantzia eta maskara), egoera jakin batzuetan, malgutu daitezkeela adierazi du ECDC Gaixotasunen Prebentzio eta Kontroleko Europako Zentroak.

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Ever since the Dead Sea Scrolls were accidentally discovered over 70 years ago in a cave in Israel, they have been a source of fascination.

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Disturbingly light is the head that wears the crown.

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Una nueva investigación muestra que establecer contacto visual con otra persona absorbe nuestra atención y distorsiona nuestra percepción del tiempo.

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Like members of a street gang, male dolphins summon their buddies when it comes time to raid and pillage—or, in their case, to capture and defend females in heat. A new study reveals they do this by learning the “names,” or signature whistles, of their closest allies—sometimes more than a dozen animals—and remembering who consistently cooperated with them in the past. The findings indicate dolphins have a concept of team membership—previously seen only in humans—and may help reveal how they maintain such intricate and tight-knit societies.

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Un ensayo clínico muestra que no es necesario ocultar a los pacientes con intestino irritable si están tomando un placebo para que experimenten mejorías.

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