Simplified protein models enable simulations of unknown folding patterns

The chains of amino acids that make up proteins are critical to every form of life. The complex ways that these proteins fold ...
Geeky Gadgets

How AI is Transforming Protein Folding and Solving Global Challenges in Medicine and Sustainability

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the scientific landscape, offering fantastic solutions to some of the most pressing global challenges. From combating climate change to transforming ...
ExtremeTech

Google DeepMind Open-Sources AlphaFold 3 for Medicine and Molecular Biology

Last month, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper of Google DeepMind were jointly awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of AlphaFold 3. This AI model can more accurately predict the ...
9to5Mac

Apple researchers develop SimpleFold, a lightweight AI for protein folding prediction

Google DeepMind’s work with AlphaFold has been nothing short of a miracle, but it is computationally expensive. With that in mind, Apple researchers set off to develop an alternative method to use AI ...
STAT

Four years after AlphaFold’s AI ‘solved’ protein structure, a fierce competition lives on

In 2020, news headlines repeated John Moult’s words at the end of a stunning competition: Artificial intelligence had “solved” a long-standing grand challenge in biology, protein structure prediction.
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Protein structure competition, of AlphaFold fame, nearing deal to replace lost NIH funding

A three-decade-old competition that has spawned three Nobel laureates is becoming victim to the chaos at the National Institutes of Health. The Community Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of ...