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In other words, get ready to read a lot and yet, surprisingly, to enjoy the immersion, as one might the hushed thrill of a surveillance sequence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Not everyone was happy with the new format and there were complaints that a serious, and sometimes emotionally draining sequence, was followed by a quirky item on, for example, rude-looking vegetables.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Taken together, they provide something like a sequence of snapshots, allowing researchers to reconstruct how gas dispersal changes as systems grow older.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Even before the human genome was fully sequenced, the biologist Sydney Brenner said that with a complete DNA sequence and a sufficiently large computer, he could “compute the organism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Ah, Vermont,” he said, breathing deep and slapping his chest, like Oliver Douglas in the opening sequence of “Green Acres.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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The company’s press release goes into more detail, but basically says that Claude was prompted to search through a massive database of DNA sequences for reverse transcriptases, enzymes that copy RNA into DNA.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Ill-advisedly, Wladyka introduces imaginary sequences in which Haru invents dance numbers out of ordinary situations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
As part of the work, researchers generated genetic sequences for several species that had never been sequenced before.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
And dream sequences that sometimes pop out of nowhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
If they were pushed inside, the frightful problem existed of how to pack together two or more chains with irregular sequences of bases.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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A patient’s tumor is surgically removed and then sequenced, allowing researchers to figure out which mutated proteins are expressed on the cancer cells.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The researchers then applied the improved dating approach to 64 previously published plague genomes and 11 newly sequenced genomes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The tumor has to be sequenced to identify the mutations the vaccine should target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
They developed "sequenced steps and timelines" while also committing to "flexibility and creativity", the statement said.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Similar to other sequenced learning approaches, such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development or scaffolding, Gordon’s approach relies on a gradual increase in skill level difficulty as the student progresses.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The samples are prepared for loading into a shoebox-sized sequencing machine made by Oxford Nanopore, which uses specialist software developed at the University of Nottingham, in partnership with hospital clinicians.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
We would not have achieved this without exome sequencing, as the gene we identified wasn't an obvious candidate and little is known about Mal protein in red cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sork’s lab, along with the Nature Conservancy, is sequencing oak DNA to identify which trees are best built to survive a hotter, drier California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
If these therapies become blockbusters, the diagnostic companies doing that sequencing could hold a lucrative tollbooth on every dose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
They are listening, analyzing, visualizing, sequencing, and applying concentrated brainwork to understand what they are singing.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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