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Nature 455, 30 (4 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/455030a; Published online 3 September 2008

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Big data: Distilling meaning from data

Felice Frankel1 & Rosalind Reid2

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Buried in vast streams of data are clues to new science. But we may need to craft new lenses to see them, explain Felice Frankel and Rosalind Reid.

It is a breathtaking time in science as masses of data pour in, promising new insights. But how can we find meaning in these terabytes?