Advanced computational software is streamlining quantum chemistry research by automating many of the processes of running molecular simulations. The complicated design of these software packages, however, often limits their use to theoretical chemists trained in specialized computing techniques. A new web platform developed by Fang Liu’s theoretical chemsitry group at Emory University overcomes this limitation with a user-friendly chatbot.Continue readingChatbot opens computational chemistry to nonexperts
Simulations suggest that water can become a superacid under extremely high heat and pressure conditions. This may also explain how planets like Uranus and Neptune get diamond rain.Continue readingJoel Bowman featured in New Scientist: “Water can turn into a superacid that makes diamonds”
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) named William Wuest, Emory professor of chemistry, to its 2025 class of Senior Members, comprised of 162 emerging inventors from NAI member institutions.Continue readingNational Academy of Inventors names chemist Bill Wuest to 2025 class of Senior Members
Established in 2009, the Keystone Symposia Fellows Program aims to provide early-stage independent researchers from underrepresented backgrounds with the skills, professional connections and visibility to support their success at this pivotal career stage.Continue readingGraduate alum Brea Manuel named 2025 Keystone Symposia Fellow
Christine Dunham, Ph.D., of Emory University, and Maria Barna, Ph.D., of Stanford University, hope to unravel the mechanisms behind the specific compounds that enhance protein production and evaluate their role in diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Diamond Blackfan anemia. Continue readingChristine Dunham combating disease through global protein synthesis with Pew suppport
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Chemist Khalid Salaita and mechanical engineer Nathan Sniecinski collaborate to use force-measuring molecules to assess platelet function.Continue readingPlaying tug-of-war with platelets
We all have our tried-and-true cleaning tricks, and one on many of our lists is the magic fizzing action of baking soda and vinegar. You can probably find people scrubbing away at everything from skillets to sinks with the natural cleaner combo… But is it more fizz or fizzle? Is anything actually happening to help the cleaning process?Continue readingBill Wuest discusses chemistry of cleaning with Real Simple
Melioidosis — a bacterial infection that causes fever, pneumonia, and sepsis — presents two enormous challenges for infectious disease experts: it kills roughly half the people who contract it and it is extremely tough to treat even in countries with advanced health care systems.Continue readingDavis Lab collaboration advances combo-drug treatment to combat Melioidosis