In the course of development, cells take on a succession of distinct phenotypic states, from an initial totipotent or pluripotent state through to a final differentiated state in which the cell is ...

Interpreting the functional state of chromatin from the combinatorial binding patterns of chromatin factors, that is, the chromatin codes, is crucial for decoding the epigenetic state of the cell.

Saturn’s moon Titan looks very much like Earth from space, with rivers, lakes, and seas filled by rain tumbling through a thick atmosphere. While these landscapes may look familiar, they are composed ...

The landscape holds the key to rainfall-runoff analysis. The landscape is the result of co-evolution with climate, geological substrate, ecosystem and hydrology. The landscape thus holds information ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that can help create high-quality, accurate 3D models of large-scale landscapes -- essentially, digital replicas of the real world. The framework ...

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