A Nobel Prize for simulating chemical processes
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded this year to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems, paving the way for computer models that are crucial for the development of new drugs.
Computer modell of the molecular structure of an HIV protein (green) with one of its inhibitors (red/yellow) in water (blue). (Illustration: Liu et al. J Mol Biol 1996)