encode

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It sends data back by emitting tiny pulses of infrared light that encode electrical signals from the brain.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Since 2019, Microsoft's Silica project has been trying to encode data on glass plates, in a throwback to the early days of photography, when negatives were also stored on glass.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Instead of coding for a viral protein like Covid, these mRNA vaccines encode fragments of tumor-specific proteins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

The genre’s marginal roots complicate blanket condemnations, since the same raunchy lyrics often encode critiques of class exclusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

But, the researchers concluded, the rats don’t appear to encode that experience as learning and memory unless they have some downtime after the experience.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel