analysis

Analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle, though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development. The word comes from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις. From it also comes the word's plural, analyses. As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Alhazen, René Descartes, and Galileo Galilei. It has also been ascribed to Isaac Newton, in the form of a practical method of physical discovery. The converse of analysis is synthesis: putting the pieces back together again in new or different whole.

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Most of England's sewage systems are overwhelmed, finds analysis

Analysis of Cellular “Vehicles” Sheds New Light on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS

Stars Disappear Before Our Eyes: Startling Analysis From Globe at Night

Surprising Findings: New Analysis Reveals the Secrets of Dinosaur Diets

Epidemiology of mental health comorbidity in patients with psoriasis: An analysis of trends from 1986 to 2019 shows the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and suicide in adults with psoriasis was 20%, 21%, and 0.77%.

Expert analysis refutes claims that humans are colonized by bacteria before birth

Massive health-record review links viral illnesses to brain disease. Study ties common viruses such as flu to Alzheimer’s and other conditions — but the analysis has limitations, researchers warn.

India’s federal disaster management agency has imposed a gag order on scientists — Satellite data analysis, combined with other techniques, reveals that the rapid sinking of hill town Joshimath could be caused by groundwater extraction

Analysis of a Martian meteorite reveals evidence of water 4.4 billion years ago

Researchers produce toolkit for RNA sequencing analysis using a 'pantranscriptome'

Team streamlines DNA collection, analysis for wildlife conservation

Self-control is about 60% heritable, according to this meta-analysis of 31 studies.

NASA Awards Space and Earth Sciences Data Analysis-V Contract

The heat flow and lithospheric thickness of Venus may be similar to those of Earth, according to analysis of data collected by the Magellan spacecraft.

New analysis maps out impacts of marine chokepoint closures

Why haven't aliens contacted Earth? New Fermi Paradox analysis suggests we're not that interesting yet

New DNA analysis provides accurate tuberculosis genome

It sounds like the initial assessment from the Russian specialists is at the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is flyable, despite the dramatic coolant leak on Wednesday night. Much more analysis remains, of course.

New ‘Astounding’ Analysis Argues That Greenland Used to Be a Lush, Diverse Ecosystem. Scientists found evidence of over 100 types of plants and animals that lived in the northern part of the island around two million years ago