New Scientist on MSN7d
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have been awarded the 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry for research on predicting ...
Scientific American7d
2024 Chemistry Nobel Awarded for Cracking the Secret Code of Proteins
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to biochemist David Baker, and Google DeepMind scientists Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, ...
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio who used AI to build proteins, the building blocks of life
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper ...
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Uncovering the mechanisms behind bacterial cell shape and potential antibiotic targets
In Caulobacter, the sugar molecules resemble closed rings, and in E. Coli, they look like trees, with branches sticking off of chained structures. Understanding their shape and all of the decorations ...
Nature13d
Macromolecules flex their muscles
The goal is to make molecules that can, in response to some trigger, change their shape in a way that results ... In other words, all the helical polymer chains have to self-organize into long ...
Fused molecules could serve as building blocks for safer lithium-ion batteries
By fusing together a pair of contorted molecular structures, Cornell researchers have created a porous crystal that can ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
Scientists’ Work on Protein Structure, Which Governs All Aspects of Life, Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper revealed how amino acids shape protein structure, a finding that could aid in ...
8 minutes, 19 seconds: Inside one California man’s dying body as Narcan molecules rush to reverse an overdose
The world naloxone entered was dark, wet and loud. The decibel level inside a human body can exceed that of a vacuum cleaner, ...