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carbon farming

: farming practices that leverage nature-based methods to increase atmospheric carbon sequestration in plant biomass and soil and decrease greenhouse gas emissions

somatic genomics

: the study of genetic variation found within each cell of a multicellular organism

Scientific Superintelligence

: a level of intelligence that surpasses the existing intellect of both humans and nature and leverages the full spectrum of human scientific knowledge and the adaptive intelligence derived from nature's evolutionary processes

generative biology

: the use of vast computational power to create biological designs with desired properties by inferring the principals of biology from large datasets

genetic chemistry

: the use of genetic code to discover the foundations of small molecule medicines

scope 3 emissions

: greenhouse gas emissions from sources not owned or controlled by an organization, occurring upstream or downstream in its supply chain

preemptive health and medicine

: protecting, maintaining, or improving people's health before they get sick by providing interventions targeted to pre-disease states for those that are seemingly healthy but at risk

transfer RNA (tRNA)

: an RNA molecule that decodes mRNA and transfers the appropriate amino acid to the growing polypeptide chain

chill hours

: the accumulated hours of cool winter temperatures that certain fruit and nut trees need during dormancy to prepare for flowering and fruiting in the spring and summer

soil health

: the capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and people

human microbiome

: the trillions of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, archaea, protozoa, and fungi, that are found within and on the human body

inverse protein folding problem

: the computational challenge of determining the amino acid sequence that produces a desired protein structure