encode

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"For the first time, we found that astrocytes encode and maintain neural fear signaling," Halladay said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Instead of coding for a viral protein like Covid, these mRNA vaccines encode fragments of tumor-specific proteins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Qubits, meanwhile, are the basic units of information that encode data in a quantum machine, analogous to bits in traditional computers.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

The genre’s marginal roots complicate blanket condemnations, since the same raunchy lyrics often encode critiques of class exclusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

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