Biophysics : The price of accuracy

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys2302
Reference P.R. ten Wolde, Biophysics : The price of accuracy, Nature Phys. 8, 361-362 (2012)
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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.