New Open-source Software Permits Faster Desktop Computer Simulations Of Molecular Motion
Whether vibrating in place or taking part in protein folding to ensure cells function properly, molecules are never still. Simulating molecular motions provides researchers with information critical to designing vaccines and helps them decipher the bases of certain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, that result from molecular motion gone awry.
In the past, researchers needed either supercomputers or large computer
clusters to run simulations. Or they had to be content to run only a
tiny fraction of the process on their desktop computers. But a new
open-source software package developed at Stanford University is making
it possible to do complex simulations of molecular motion on desktop
computers at much faster speeds than has been previously possible.
New Open-source Software Permits Faster Desktop Computer Simulations Of Molecular Motion
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