Is Molecular Dynamics the Future of Nanoengineering of Construction Materials?
Molecular dynamics to design roads, bridges, and houses? Yes, through nanoengineering of construction materials.
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How Does CRISPR-Cas9 Edit DNA? Under the Computational Microscope
CRISPR-Cas9: the gene editing tool reshaping our era. How does it cleave the DNA? Let’s take a peep through the computational microscope.
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Scientific Understanding in the Age of AI Oracles: A Journey Beyond Discovery
How is the concept of scientific understanding evolving in the age of AI? What exactly does this entail, and why does it matter?
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Can Quantum Chemistry Simulations Help Trace the Origin of Life?
From cosmic crucibles to Earth’s primordial soups, can quantum chemistry simulations help us understand how lifeless molecules sparked life?
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Serendipity in Science: What’s its Fate in the Age of AI?
What’s serendipity? Where does AI fit into the picture? And what can we anticipate for the future of scientific discovery?
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When Will RNA Structure Prediction Get Its AlphaFold Breakthrough?
We’ve mastered predicting protein structures from their sequences. Can we now replicate this success with RNA structure prediction?
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Water’s Hydrogen Bonds: What Makes Them Vital for Life As We Know It?
How can water’s hydrogen bonds have such a colossal impact on the existence of life on Earth and, potentially, everywhere else?
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Enzymatic Reactions: Quantum Chemistry Modeling of Life’s Catalysts
Can we really investigate enzymatic reactions and estimate their activation energies with quantum chemistry? Let’s talk “cluster approach.”
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Machine Learning in Materials Science: A Second Computational Revolution?
The journey of machine learning in materials science is just at the beginning. Yet, its impact is already clear.
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Quantum Chemistry of Molecule-Surface Adsorption: The 30-Year Struggle To Chemical Accuracy
Theory and experiment battling through three decades: That is the epic tale of quantum chemistry of molecule-surface adsorption.
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Graphene to Wisdom: 10 Life Lessons Inspired by Geim’s Nobel Lecture
Andre Geim’s Nobel lecture is a goldmine of science-inspired life lessons. Eager to dig deeper into the wisdom of he who discovered graphene?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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