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Explainer: Why have protein design and structure prediction won …
Oct 9, 2024 · This year’s chemistry Nobel prize was awarded to three scientists working in the field of protein design and structure prediction. One half of the prize was awarded to David Baker at the University of Washington in Seattle, US, while the other half was awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, both from Google DeepMind, based in the UK.. Why is protein …
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The 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live
Oct 9, 2024 · 3.03pm Collection of papers celebrating the chemistry Nobel prize. The Royal Society of Chemistry has put together a collection of open access papers celebrating computational protein design and protein structure prediction, including four articles featuring David Baker’s work.This collection highlights work on protein design and analysis using …
Physical chemistry textbook now free to download as a ‘gift’ to the ...
May 23, 2024 · The retired Oxford professor said he had opted to give the e-book away – as part of a special collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – as a ‘gift and a thanks to the community’ who have given his other books a ‘loyal following’ over the years.
ChemSpider | Review | Chemistry World
Oct 2, 2009 · ChemSpider is a chemistry search engine, aggregating and indexing chemical structures and their associated information into a single searchable repository, and free at that.
Explainer: The chemistry of farts | News | Chemistry World
Dec 21, 2016 · Consequently, De Lacy Costello and his colleagues have moved beyond the most common gases to studying volatile compounds released from faeces in very low concentrations. 6 Initially, they mimicked conditions in the large intestine by mixing faeces and nutrient medium in a container. They absorbed volatile chemicals onto plastic fibres above the mixture or pumped …
Explainer: The science of alkyl nitrites aka poppers
Sep 16, 2021 · From the 1960s onwards, poppers became established as a recreational drug, with various alkyl nitrites produced, including isopropyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite and butyl nitrite, to get around legal restrictions.The drug was widely used by clubbers for a brief time in the 1990s, but plays a continued role in gay subculture.
Explainer: The chemistry that keeps swimming pools clean and safe
Aug 4, 2022 · It’s the middle of summer with record high temperatures throughout Europe, the US and elsewhere, and people everywhere are turning to outdoor swimming pools for respite.
Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
Sep 6, 2023 · A world-beating deposit of lithium along the Nevada–Oregon border could meet surging demand for this metal, according to a new analysis.. An estimated 20 to 40 million tonnes of lithium metal lie within a volcanic crater formed around 16 million years ago.