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Symmetry is all around us in the natural order of things, but why? I can't think of any obvious, inherent benefit. A new study published in proceedings of the nationala omy of sciences high lighted a team of researchers who set out to answer that very same question. They analyzed thousands of protein complexes, r and a structures, in a network of molecules that control how gens switch on and off. It may be possible to conserve water using solar panels, and why growing vegetables might soon involve a trip to the moon.

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