First recorded in 1955–60
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"Beyond imaging, a DNA color code could have very useful applications in data storage on DNA," says Tadija Keki?,
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
To find out how much information you will get, on average, from an initial word, you can calculate the entropy for each possible associated color code and weight it with the probability of occurrence.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2023
It's not legislation to have to put on the front and color code it so that a busy working parent can decide.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
The observatory also changed the aviation color code to “orange,” alerting pilots that there’s potential for an eruption and they may need to avoid the area if one occurs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
The mother had devised the color code to save time.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Adapting an approach commonly used by immunologists, the team was able to color-code individual particles within cells using antibodies and then sort them by color.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Austin keeps a color-code chart tracking weapons shipments into the war zone, and keeps the president up to date with it, Sullivan added.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2022
Some people like digital planning, preferring options like Google Calendar, which allows you to set appointments, make to-do lists, color-code your entries, and set reminder notifications.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020
As Shapiro rose to be a manager, he became fluent in the color-code vocabulary.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
You can color-code each item to make identifying different categories of products easy, and items the app does not already have can be typed in.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2016
But "Category 1" ticket holders were placed in sections that, at one point, were color-coded as "Category 2," according to the report.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
The ratings will be color-coded, and companies that perform well on the tests will get a blue shield badge that signals they help reduce harmful content on the platform and their rules are clear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
In private prisons across the country, detained persons are herded through secure checkpoints, forced to wear color-coded uniforms, and locked in cells.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
After the images are collected, software analyzes delicate patterns in the scattered light to generate color-coded maps of fiber orientation and density, known as microstructure-informed fiber orientation distributions.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
The time on my laptop reads 9:00 a.m., and I pull the med cart closer, looking at the color-coded clumps I laid out yesterday.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Intentional use of color-coding was very important to participants, increasing both their understanding and perception of credibility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
This late-August morning, the Oregon air quality index, with a slightly different color-coding system than PurpleAir, has an “unhealthy” scarlet dot over our locale.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2023
For example, the "traffic light" color-coding system, which was introduced in 2013, aims to make it easier for consumers to know whether or not the foods they're eating are healthy for them.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2022
Our 21st-century ideological color-coding, somewhat confusingly, reverses an older one.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
A note on insulation color-coding: Insulating plastic is color-coded to identify live/hot, neutral and ground wires but these codes vary around the world.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
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