All Modeling articles
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NewsScientists ID natural products targeting SARS-CoV-2 - including caffeine
Researchers used computational methods to identify potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins, revealing promising natural compounds for guiding antiviral drug development, including caffeine.
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NewsH5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses
A new computer modelling approach predicts the protein-antibody interactions of the potentially pandemic-causing H5N1 avian influenza virus lineage. It helps to understand the viral evolution to ensure high vaccine efficacy.
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NewsA study identifies ‘surprising’ cause of sargassum blooms in the Caribbean
A group of interantional researchers identified the cause of sargassum blooms in the tropical Atlantic Ocean using computer modelling. They have modelled the ocean currents, wind pattern and the growth conditions that help them thrive in the region.
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Long ReadsAdvancing microbial research in the North East Indian Himalaya: a pathway to sustainable hill agriculture
While the North East (NE) Indian Himalaya are famous for their stunning landscapes and rich biodiversity, the region faces numerous agricultural challenges that threaten environmental sustainability and food safety.
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NewsUnravelling the complex role of climate in dengue dynamics
A research recently shows that specific climates of the region could greatly influence the change in disease dynamics of dengue fever and other climate-related infectious diseases, through analyzing the casual relationships between both.
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NewsResearchers glean photosynthetic insights from volcanic hot springs
With the use of mathematic modelling, scientists uncovered the mechanisms of specific algae, such as Cyanidioschyzon merolae, to survive in the extreme environment of acidic hot springs near volcanos.
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NewsPrecision medicine and inflammatory disease: Power of metabolic modelling to generate personalized probiotics
A research study has recently highlighted the application of large-scale computational modelling of metabolomics in the human gut microbiome to design personalised probiotics for treating gut inflammatory diseases.
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FeaturesForecasting microbiomes
How to accurately model the composition and dynamics of microbial communities, far into the future.
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NewsBenchtop model lays bare secrets of gut microbiome
A benchtop model of the human gut (MiGut) has been developed to allow the interaction of drugs, nutrition, prebiotics, and live biotherapeutics with the gut microbiome to be studied in greater depth than ever before.
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NewsDeep learning tool identifies bacteria in micrographs
Deep learning software Omnipose is helping to solve the challenge of identifying varied and miniscule bacteria in microscopy images and can now identify several other types of tiny objects in micrographs.