A new tool developed at ETH Zurich, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in seconds — like a “Google for DNA.”
The compression alogarytm must be interesting to allow search to work for particular genes.
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A new tool developed at ETH Zurich, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in seconds — like a “Google for DNA.”
The compression alogarytm must be interesting to allow search to work for particular genes.
I’m guessing that they used more than just compression but also a linked list type database like graphQL which is what Google uses.
moonbunny@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Oh, so for a brief period it’s going to be useful before eventually sponsored and SEO slop results crowd the first page?