AI in Drug Discovery: Chasing Dreams, Facing Realities
is AI the real deal in drug discovery? And if it is, how exactly is it going to disrupt the drug discovery process?
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Is Machine Learning Going to Replace Computational Chemists?
Machine learning is all over: drug discovery, material design, protein structure prediction. As computational chemists, should we be worried?
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Chemical Space to Material Discovery: Simulations and Machine Learning Leading the Way
How astronomical is chemical space? Immensely so. How do we then discover & design the materials of tomorrow? Computation can give us a hand.
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The Lifesaving Hunch: How Rosenberg’s Unexpected Discovery of Cisplatin Changed Medicine
The discovery of cisplatin: a story of human curiosity and ingenuity inspiring a pivotal turn in medical history.
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Curiosity, Ingenuity, Persistence – Andre Geim’s Random Walk to the Discovery of Graphene
From Friday night experiments to the Nobel Prize, let’s walk Andre Geim’s random walk to the discovery of graphene.
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Do We Live in a Simulation? Yes, No, Maybe: Insights from 12 Leading Experts
Dive into the age-old debate: “Do we live in a simulation?” Explore experts’ views and join me as we weigh the arguments for and against.
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Bridging Theory and Experiment: 14 Reasons Chemical Simulations Stand as the Third Pillar of R&D
Chemical simulations as the third pillar of research and development? From atomistic insights to sustainability, explore 14 reasons why.
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60 Years in the Making: AlphaFold’s Historical Breakthrough in Protein Structure Prediction
After decades of scientific pursuit, machine-learning based AlphaFold has revolutionized protein structure prediction.
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Modeling the Origins of Life: Quantum Simulations of the Primordial Soup
Can quantum simulations of the primordial soup finally crack the mother of all questions: How did Life come to be?
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Digital Alchemy: Computers in Chemistry and the Future of Scientific Discovery
From today’s computers in chemistry to 4 future scenarios of scientific discovery: A post-vacation musing.
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7 Noncovalent Interactions in Proteins: The Hidden Architects of Structures and Functions
Noncovalent interactions in proteins: the flexible wonders that bestow proteins the magic of three-dimensionality.
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Large Language Models for Chemistry: Is the Beginning of a New Era?
If I swap the metal in my metal-organic framework, will it be moisture-stable? Soon, we could ask our personal language models for chemistry.
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Computer-aided Next-Generation Battery Design: From Edisonian trial-and-error to Atomistic Simulations
How can we search through the 10^100 permutations of battery materials? The answer lies in computer-aided next-generation battery design.
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Multiscale Simulations of DNA: From Quantum Effects To Mesoscopic Processes
Multiscale simulations of DNA to tackle a challenge of epic proportions: Embark on a computational journey into the essence of our being.
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Do We Really Need Quantum Computing in Chemical R&D?
Short answer: yes, we do need quantum computing in chemical R&D. The Long answer is what this story is about.
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Quantum Biology: The Fuzzy Connection Between Quantum Mechanics and Living Things
When you really get down to it, all living things, including humans, are just excitations of the quantum fields. Ergo quantum biology.
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Let’s Fight Climate Change With The Computational Design of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF’s)
The computational design of MOFs to improve stability, mechanical properties, and catalytic capabilities can help save the planet.
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From Earth to the Cosmos: How Hydrogen Bonds Shape Life
They used to call me Dr. Hydrogen Bond. I was such a fan. Now, it turns out, hydrogen bonds might just be the secret ingredient of life.
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Quantum Nanoreactor Simulations of The Early Universe: The Dawn of Interstellar Chemistry
What started this whole chemical shebang that we call nature? Quantum nanoreactor simulations of the early universe try to answer.
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Predicting The Hydrogen Dissociation Energy: The 100-Year Battle of Quantum Chemistry vs. Experiment
After a century of predictions on the hydrogen dissociation energy, is it now time to freak out and question the fundamental laws of physics?
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Computational Chemistry 2043: A Quantum Peep into the Future
You wake up and brew yourself a refreshing cup of coffee. Your calendar says it’s 2043. Time to run your daily computational chemistry simulations.
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Beyond The Stars: Astrochemistry’s Hunt For The Molecules of Life
Astrochemistry has discovered over 200 molecular species in the void of space. But the hunt for the molecules of life is not over yet.
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The Evolution of Quantum Chemistry: From Pencil and Paper to Quantum Computing
How did quantum chemistry evolve from the early days when Schrödinger wrote down his equation to today’s quantum computing hype?
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Cosmic Clues: 5 Books to Understand the Universe
Looking for books to understand the universe? Here 5 captivating reads that’ll make you question everything you thought you knew.
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Quantum Climate Challenge 2023: The Leap Towards a Greener Planet
Can quantum chemistry running on quantum computers help the fight against climate change? Enter Deloitte’s Quantum Climate Challenge 2023.
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The Kafka Paradox: Debunking BS Writing Myths
Writing is an urgency and the writer is someone who feels that urgency. If the writer doesn’t write, something within them will die.
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Holy Crap, Did We Just Discover a New Type of Chemical Bond?
The true story of how I went from almost having to leave Berlin to contributing to the discovery of the anion-pi Interactions in proteins.
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On a Multidimensional Adventure to the City of Petra
In a higher-dimensional universe, you have always been born, you have always been falling in love, you have always been dying.
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Quantum Chemistry on Quantum Computers: The Ultimate Holy-Grail Combo
Quantum computing promises to take quantum chemistry simulations to the next level. Hey Hal, what do you think about that?
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8 Books To Savor The Forever Years of Weimar Berlin
Hot Cabaret , “apolitical” writers and artists, scientists who changed the mathematics of the universe – That and more is “Weimar Berlin.”
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Unveiling Literature’s Genetic Code: Bioinformatics Meet Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s DNA? Dante’s RNA Infernal Structures? Discover Literature’s Genetic Code through bioinformatics.
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The Egyptian Museum In Turin — Get Ready To Be Amazed
The Museo Egizio of Turin — The oldest Egyptian Museum in the world located in the heart of Italy’s former capital.
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The Famous “Write What You Know” Rule? It’s Literary Bullshit
The “write what you know” rule is literary nonsense. Instead, do what Charlie Parker does. Know what you write.
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The Key To A Successful Novel? Revise Until You Throw Up
How to revise your novel? Learn from Erwin Schrödinger. Cut, rewrite, repeat. Aim at perfection. Do the best you can.
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The Only One Rule Of Writing (That You Cannot Break)
Write what you know, Avoid prologues, Do not use big words… Forget all of that and focus on the only one rule of writing you cannot ignore.
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Uncreative Writing — The Copy-and-Paste Literature of The Stealing Writer
Are we facing the copy & paste revolution? In Uncreative Writing, Kenneth Goldsmith addresses critical questions on the future of writing.
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May That Fear Be The Northern Star Of Your Writing
Feel the fear of writing. Let your hands tremble, your soul quiver, and write about what seems to be scarily impossible.
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Conquering the Fear of the Blank Page: A trek to the Top of Monserrate Mountain
Do you feel the fear of the blank page? Keeping on writing: the top of the mountain is only few words away.
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Finding Patience in Writing: Lessons from the Invincible Sea
Find your patience in writing. Because having no patience means: to drag your life straight into your death.
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Discover Wim Wenders’ Berlin: A Visual Journey through the frames of The Wings of Desire
Embark on a cinematic adventure: uncover Berlin’s timeless charm through the treasure map hidden in Wim Wenders’ The Wings of Desire.
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The Art of Authentic Writing: Choosing Between Writing Toward Trends and Writing from Within
Writing a book is an inner journey regardless of the outcome. Do not write toward trends. Be authentic, be you.
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Riding Solo: The Magic of Getting Lost
The tales of a Zen Motorbike adventure to Croatia — Riding solo for 4000 kilometers from Berlin and back through six European Countries.
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From Pages to Algorithms: Exploring the World of Digital Humanities
A revolutionary approach is necessary to navigate the quasi-infinity of text produced by mankind. That approach is the Digital Humanities.
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The Best Years of Galileo’s Life: A Visit to Padua
Visit the magnificent city of Padua, home to Galileo, the polymath who pointed a telescope at the stars and invented modern astronomy.
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