Biological systems can adapt to changes in their environment over a wide range of conditions, but responding quickly and accurately is energetically costly. A study pins down the relationship between energy, speed and accuracy.
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ten Wolde, P. The price of accuracy. Nature Phys 8, 361–362 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2302
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