Posted: 4/10/2019 Update: 5/21/2019
Sometimes history comes full cycle back! Or when bold ideas finally become reality many years(centuries) later!
Update Of 5/21/2019
I would be seriously remiss, if I did not add the tremendous impact of AI, machine learning, and in particular e.g. graph generation networks on chemistry, medicine, and biology.
AI is already helping to develop molecules with desired properties according to exact specifications.
Google has recently won a competition in protein folding (AlphaFold; Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP), a biannual competition aimed at predicting the 3D structure of proteins) and so on.
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Just read this article Using laser tweezers, chemists nudged two atoms to bond It’s the first time chemists have manipulated two atoms to create a compound
They call this a super controlled chemical reaction at the atom level.
Let the renewed search for the elixir of immortality or the philosopher stone begin! (just kidding)
This discovery has the potential to revolutionize/transform chemistry!
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