correlation

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Key contributions came from collaborators at Janelia Research Campus in Virginia, including specialists in fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and 3D super-resolution imaging.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Ongoing studies at the Shark Lab suggest that there might actually be a correlation between the high number of people in the ocean and the relatively low number of shark bites.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Taking a step back: The price of gold tracked U.S. real yields for the 15-year stretch before 2022, with an 87% correlation, Baker said.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Even if there were a predictable stocks-oil correlation, it would still be nearly impossible to translate it into a profitable strategy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Obsessive parents might find this lack of correlation bothersome—what was the point of all those Mommy and Me classes?—but that is what the data tell us.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt