Complex math from string theory is now helping scientists map human cells
Mathematical tools originally designed to describe the multidimensional universe in string theory are being repurposed to help biologists decode the complex genetic relationships within individual human cells.
Theoretical physics and biology have converged through a method called topological data analysis. Researchers use the geometry of Calabi-Yau shapes, once used to model extra dimensions, to organize the massive datasets generated by single-cell sequencing.
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