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encode

[en-kohd] / ɛnˈkoʊd /


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Cohen found MOTS-c by combing through the 97% of human DNA that doesn’t encode for genes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"The human ability to encode information in signs and symbols was developed over many thousands of years. Writing is only one specific form in a long series of sign systems."

From Science Daily Feb. 25, 2026

Since 2019, Microsoft's Silica project has been trying to encode data on glass plates, in a throwback to the early days of photography, when negatives were also stored on glass.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

Now, the Surge doesn’t think it would be that much effort to encode those promises into law, to be extra careful.

From Slate Jan. 17, 2026

A gene, in short, possessed not just information to encode a protein, but also information about when and where to make that protein.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“But what helps our scientists is that it encodes information very, very broadly.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Understanding how an animal brain encodes memories and the emotional responses they evoke could lead to better cognitive therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

This might be because the brain encodes bodily information as part of the details of an event.

From Science Daily Nov. 3, 2025

But when the researchers looked at Arhgap36’s genetic sequence in orange cats, they didn’t find any mutations in the DNA that encodes the Arhgap36 protein.

From Science Magazine Nov. 27, 2024

The fact that the genome also encodes genes to repair damage to the genome was discovered by several geneticists, including Evelyn Witkin and Steve Elledge.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"The significance extends far beyond phages – it suggests that genome language models are beginning to learn the design principles encoded by evolution, opening the door to AI-assisted genome writing."

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

A model can’t be jailbroken into revealing dangerous knowledge if its weights haven’t encoded that knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Computers can only perform calculations using data and instructions that have been encoded into physical forms they can recognize and process.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Like traditional computers whose basic information is encoded by bits, quantum computers rely on quantum bits.

From Barron's Mar. 26, 2026

As in, more than one image encoded in his brain.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Accordingly, he discerns that much of what passes for “AI alignment” is, in practice, a small number of San Francisco labs encoding their idiosyncratic values into systems that now shape billions of lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Jargon, while efficiently encoding this knowledge, adds a safety buffer.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Their approach uses high-dimensional encoding and is based on a well-known optical phenomenon called the Talbot effect.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2026

In contrast, encoding information into ceramic materials could preserve it for hundreds or even thousands of years.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

Power was broadcasting in the clear, rather than encoding his message.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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