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A database is one or more sets of data, for example numbers, characters and images, bundled together with software that enables data to be added, removed or retrieved. Databases can be used to store research data, for example in protein databases and genetic databases, and they organise data into standard formats so that information can readily be obtained.
Here, the authors built a non-redundant catalogue of nearly 1 billion putative small proteins from the global microbiome as a publicly-available resource, and highlight how some highly prevalent and evolutionarily conserved sequences lack functional annotation.
This study constructed a database and platform for the characterization of Klebsiellapneumoniae in clinical metagenomic Nanopore sequencing and developed a website for online analysis.
Artificial-intelligence developers are buying access to valuable data sets that contain research papers — raising uncomfortable questions about copyright.
Large datasets are increasingly widespread and valuable to researchers in the energy sector. Nature Energy has a dedicated article format — the Resource article — for their dissemination.
The genome assembly of a brittle star reveals distinctive features of genome evolution in this echinoderm lineage and enables comparisons of gene expression during appendage regeneration across distantly related animals.
Project covering one-fifth of the country’s population is one of the largest-ever efforts to share results on genetic health risks with research participants.