Computational chemistry – Page 12
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Zahra Jamshidi
Lockdown measures are easing in Iran, but there’s still no indication of when universities will reopen
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ResearchHeatmap software shows location and extent of strain in cyclic molecules
Visual bridge between physical and organic chemistry
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ResearchQuantum chemistry simulations offers beguiling possibility of ‘solving chemistry’
Academics and tech giants are using neural networks to represent electronic behaviour
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Alán Aspuru-Guzik
University of Toronto quantum computing guru says the computational chemists are ‘not in a normal state’, in Canada or anywhere
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BusinessPostEra points its synthesis algorithm at coronavirus
Mapping out drug discovery routes with artificial intelligence
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NewsOpen source antiviral dataset released to aid fight against Covid-19
CAS collection hosts 50,000 compounds with potential to treat coronavirus infections
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ResearchAlgorithm can map scores of possible chemical transformations for any set of reactants
New tool could help scientists to control the properties of target molecules by simply switching the reaction while using the same starting materials
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ResearchProgram that automatically interprets NMR spectra is boon for structure elucidation
Raw NMR data takes 60 seconds, rather than eight hours, to go from spectrometer to structure
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ResearchHydrogen bonds are single atom nickel’s secret for carbon dioxide reduction
Computational calculations show that hydrogen atoms and charge capacity are behind nickel’s high activity and selectivity in electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction
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Research‘Liquid biopsy’ blood test accurately spots cancer by detecting DNA methylation
Power of AI harnessed to identify 50 different cancers before symptoms have even begun to emerge
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ResearchStructure-based AI tool can predict wide range of very different reactions
Molecular properties, enantioselectivities, yields and relative conversion can all be modelled by the same program
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ResearchAutomatic conformer investigator takes tedium out of exploring low-energy chemical space
Quantum chemical calculations drive program that quickly and easily builds up plausible ensembles of molecular conformers
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ResearchAI tool screens 107 million molecules, discovers potent new antibiotics
Deep learning approach could help in fight against drug-resistant bacteria
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ResearchExcess electrons can degrade polluting fluorinated compounds, simulations find
Strong carbon–fluorine bond dissociates on ultrafast timescale
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PodcastYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane – Book club
We talk about Janelle Shane’s dive into the depths of AI weirdness
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ReviewYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place
From giraffes to strange pickup lines, this delightful and often laugh-out-loud book will help anyone understand AI better
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ResearchComputer says no to membrane-bound life on Titan
Scientists quash inside–out cell membrane theory but don’t completely rule out possibility of life on cryogenic liquid hydrocarbon worlds
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ResearchProgram finds 5 million synthetic routes to complex chemicals
Only around five hundred ‘tactical combinations’ for advanced organic synthesis existed – until Chematica was let loose on the problem
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ResearchRing of pure carbon takes on negative charge
Scientists use simulations to reveal the properties of the newest carbon allotrope
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Research‘Ideal’ water splitting catalysts actually exist, simulations find
New computational model could accelerate the discovery of cheaper and more efficient catalysts