The rise and fall of artificial neural networks is well documented in the scientific literature of
both computer science and computational chemistry. Yet almost two decades later, we are …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused the COVID-19
pandemic that has been spreading around the world since December 2019. More than 10 …

Quality control (QC) and preprocessing are essential steps for sequencing data analysis to
ensure the accuracy of results. However, existing tools cannot provide a satisfying solution …

Genomics is a Big Data science and is going to get much bigger, very soon, but it is not
known whether the needs of genomics will exceed other Big Data domains. Projecting to the …

Sooty moulds are a remarkable, but poorly understood group of fungi. They coat fruits and
leaves superficially with black mycelia, which reduces photosynthesis rates of host plants …

A significant proportion of the Earth's surface is desert or in the process of desertification.
The extreme environmental conditions that characterize these areas result in a surface that …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies using DNA, RNA, or methylation
sequencing have impacted enormously on the life sciences. NGS is the choice for large …

Single-cell RNA-sequencing methods are now robust and economically practical and are
becoming a powerful tool for high-throughput, high-resolution transcriptomic analysis of cell …

Currently, bacterial taxonomy relies on a polyphasic approach based on the combination of
phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. However, the current situation is paradoxical in …

Epigenetic and genetic alterations contribute to cancer initiation and progression.
Epigenetics refers to the study of heritable changes in gene expression without alterations in …