IBM Is Using A.I. Algorithms To Unlock The Secrets Of Dark Matter DNA Digital Trends

You may have heard of dark matter, a mysterious form of lesser-studied matter that is thought to be composed of some as-yet undiscovered subatomic particles, but which makes up an astonishing 85% of the matter in the universe. These unexplored molecules and matter surrounding our genes make up more than half of the human genome -- but are a total conundrum in terms of what they encode and, more importantly, affect. The good folks at IBM and the Munich Leukemia Laboratory think they can help come up with some answers -- and they've used some groundbreaking A.I. algorithms to help. "Despite it making up a large portion of our genome, dark matter DNA has been ignored, as most scientists believe it plays no role," Laxmi Parida, IBM Research Fellow in Computational Genomics, told Digital Trends. "At IBM Research, we thought there might be more to dark matter DNA than we have been led to believe."