Blog http://www.personal-view.com/talks/categories/blog/p16/feed.rss Sun, 04 May 25 03:29:01 +0000 Blog en-CA War: Huge number of proteins forms are now known - expect new viruses soon http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27229/war-huge-number-of-proteins-forms-are-now-known-expect-new-viruses-soon Sat, 30 Jul 2022 17:29:50 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27229@/talks/discussions

A year ago, DeepMind caused a stir with the announcement of the ability to solve the main mystery in biology - to predict the structure of any protein. At the same time, DeepMind created an open database with data on 350 thousand proteins, the shape of which was predicted by the AlphaFold package. Today, the company announced the discovery of the forms of almost every protein known to terrestrial science - more than 200 million proteins from all spheres of life known on Earth. This is a real revolution in biology.

Knowledge of the spatial shape of a protein can help find the perfect cure for diseases and make many other discoveries in biology. Before the advent of AI algorithms, scientists experimentally determined the shape of proteins, which is very, very difficult and time consuming. The algorithm proposed by DeepMind determines the spatial shape of one protein from 10 to 20 seconds. Thanks to this, the company was able to bring the database of spatial forms of proteins from 350 thousand to more than 200 million in a year.

It should be clarified that predicting the shape of a protein does not mean being 100% accurate. However, AlphaFold showed significant accuracy in determining shapes, which is enough to get started. All the routine work was done by a computer, and it took all the scientists of the world before that 50 years to unravel about only 10% of protein structures.

https://www.science.org/content/article/new-era-digital-biology-ai-reveals-structures-nearly-all-known-proteins

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US: Real value of minimum wage http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27228/us-real-value-of-minimum-wage Sat, 30 Jul 2022 11:06:40 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27228@/talks/discussions image

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Tablets shipments plummet http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27226/tablets-shipments-plummet Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:36:50 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27226@/talks/discussions image

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Winter is coming http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27224/winter-is-coming Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:33:23 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27224@/talks/discussions

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Chinese smartphone market in Q2 2022 http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27222/chinese-smartphone-market-in-q2-2022 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:05:19 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27222@/talks/discussions image

It is estimated that approximately 60 million smart cellular phones were sold in China between April and June. This is 14.2% less compared to the second quarter of 2021.

The local market reached a minimum in almost ten years: sales were below this figure only in the fourth quarter of 2012.

According to the results of the quarter, as already noted, Vivo became the leader: its share was 19.8% against 21.1% a year earlier. In second place is the Honor brand, which sharply increased sales: over the year, the share increased from 7.7% to 18.3%. Oppo closes the top three with a score of 17.9% against 22.0% a year earlier.

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Worldwide PC sales are really bad http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27221/worldwide-pc-sales-are-really-bad Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:02:47 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27221@/talks/discussions image

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AI: Animated neural head avatars http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27220/ai-animated-neural-head-avatars Wed, 27 Jul 2022 04:27:47 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27220@/talks/discussions

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War: Freedom of speech in UK no longer exist http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/27218/war-freedom-of-speech-in-uk-no-longer-exist Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:42:50 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 27218@/talks/discussions

London imposed sanctions against British journalist and video blogger Graham Phillips for covering the situation in Donbass. This became known from a document published on the official website of the British government.

The document alleges that Phillips created and published in the public domain media content that supports and promotes actions and policies that destabilize Ukraine and threaten its territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence.

It is noted that the accounts of the video blogger in British banks will be frozen.

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